China's climate endeavors, including its self-imposed commitments and extensive diplomatic efforts before and during the Paris climate talks, have been an indispensable part of global efforts leading to the making of final breakthrough at ...
Tags: Paris Climate Talks, greenhouse gas, global temperature
The European Council announced on Friday, October 24 that the EU heads of state and government have agreed on a European energy and climate policy framework for the 2020 to 2030 period, including a CO2 emission reduction target of 43 ...
Tags: EU Emission, Efficient Mills, Energy
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that there is nothing effective about the existing European climate policy which is highly damaging to the competitiveness of European industry, forcing the shift of industrial production ...
Tags: steel industry, climate change
While climate change negotiators struggle to agree on ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, they have paid inadequate attention to other greenhouse gases associated with livestock, according to an analysis by an international ...
Tags: Climate Change, Livestock
Following the call made by the European Commission (EC) for a meeting on December 4 convening the 14 largest steel producing EU member states, the CEOs of the major European steelmakers, representatives of the European Parliament, and the ...
Tags: Europe, Energy, Climate Policy
Research from carbon advisory firm RepuTex indicates that few companies are expected to face a penalty under the government's Direct Action Plan, with analysis revealing that while many companies will increase their emissions under the ...
Last week, JA Solar, a major Chinese manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, revealed it had secured a US$89.84 million (RMB250 million) credit facility from state-owned lender Bank of Communications under a central ...
Australia's government is to speed up the country's transition to a carbon emissions trading system by dropping its fixed-price carbon tax in 2014, a year earlier than planned, Australian treasurer Chris Bowen said over the weekend. From ...
According to a new Ernst & Young survey, responding to frequently changing regulations and managing the effect on business and stakeholders are now the biggest concerns for power and utilities executives around the world—up from 2011. ...
European Commission vice president Mr Antonio Tajani, responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship met with high representatives from the Steel Industry and the Social Partners in the second meeting of the High-level Roundtable on the ...
Tags: steel industry, meeting of the High-level Roundtable, european economy
Forget cheap shoes.China is leaping up the technology ladder at a rate that has caught its competitors off guard,not least in renewable energy. The pace of the country's progress was on full display last week at an energy conference in ...
Tags: China, solar energy, renewable energy, PV