28 February 2011: China now leads world on wind power
Posted in Comment on 02/28/2011 04:59 pm by Stephen TindaleBy the end of 2010, China had 41.8Gw of wind capacity installed. This grew by an impressive 62% in 2010.
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24 February 2011: European Investment Bank increases lending to climate projects
Posted in Comment on 02/24/2011 07:34 am by Stephen TindaleThe European Investment Bank increased its lending to projects to help control climate change to €19bn in 2010. This was a 19% increase over the 2009 figure and meant that climate projects accounted for almost a third of total EIB lending.
read more »Carbon capture and storage: EU advancing, but not fast enough
Posted in Policy on 02/23/2011 04:58 pm by Stephen Tindale
The EU has made some progress on large scale CCS demonstration projects, but needs to speed up.
read more »Solar power for a Saharan school
Posted in Climate Answers' projects on 02/23/2011 02:04 pm by
This is the report, by the head teacher of Gillespie School in the UK, of his visit to a school in Niger. Climate Answers has paid for solar lighting at this school.
read more »18 February 2011: The EU budget 2014 – 2020
Posted in Comment on 02/18/2011 09:30 am by Stephen TindaleThere is already substantial debate – much of it heated – about the EU’s Budget from 2014 to 2020, the Multiannual Financial Framework. Money on agriculture should be reduced, while money on rural development and redistribution to poorer regions should be protected or increased. Spending on climate protection should be increased, and all spending should be ‘climate proofed’ to ensure it is not making things even worse.
read more »9 February 2011: EU ‘energy summit’
Posted in Comment on 02/09/2011 04:42 pm by Stephen TindaleThe EU summit on 4 February, billed as an Energy Summit, said little new or unexpected. The forthcoming Energy Efficiency Action Plan must be much more ambitious.
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