http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:26:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/community-owned-renewables-in-the-uk/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/community-owned-renewables-in-the-uk/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:15:50 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4288 Community-owned renewables are quite rare in the UK, but extremely common – mainly wind farms – in Germany and Denmark. The UK is at least now moving in the right direction, albeit slowly.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/community-owned-renewables-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/iceland-%e2%80%93-climate-and-energy-statistics/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/iceland-%e2%80%93-climate-and-energy-statistics/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:02:45 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4281 Key statistics on greenhouse emissions and energy sources in Iceland.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/iceland-%e2%80%93-climate-and-energy-statistics/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/russia-can-ill-afford-climate-cavalierism/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/russia-can-ill-afford-climate-cavalierism/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:41:52 +0000 Anthony Giddens http://climateanswers.info/?p=4273 Will the heat-wave and drought that have created so much havoc in Russia cause the leadership in that country to take climate change more seriously? The answer is important not only for Russia itself but for the world community.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/russia-can-ill-afford-climate-cavalierism/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-2-september-2010-slovenia-nuclear-coal-and-wood/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-2-september-2010-slovenia-nuclear-coal-and-wood/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:08 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4257 http://climateanswers.info/2010/09/comment-2-september-2010-slovenia-nuclear-coal-and-wood/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/repowering-communities-case-study-freiburg/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/repowering-communities-case-study-freiburg/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:12:25 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4239 Freiburg has a well-deserved reputation as Germany's green capital. It uses on about half of the energy that other European cities of 200,000 people do, and has become a world leader in solar. This article looks at what the city council has done to achieve this.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/repowering-communities-case-study-freiburg/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/serbia-climate-and-energy-statistics/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/serbia-climate-and-energy-statistics/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:42:21 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4233 Key statistics on greenhouse emissions and energy sources in Serbia.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/serbia-climate-and-energy-statistics/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/slovenia-climate-and-energy-statistics/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/slovenia-climate-and-energy-statistics/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:22:01 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4228 Key statistics on greenhouse emissions and energy sources in Slovenia.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/slovenia-climate-and-energy-statistics/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/ccs-an-obvious-solution-to-the-energy-dilemmas-of-poland/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/ccs-an-obvious-solution-to-the-energy-dilemmas-of-poland/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:21:07 +0000 Aleksandra Tomczak http://climateanswers.info/?p=4210 With around 95% of its electricity generated from coal, Poland comes up higher in coal statistics than Australia, the US, South Africa or even China. The coal intensity of electricity generation in Poland is not only a legacy from the past, but also a conscious choice of consecutive Polish governments. As the most abundant energy resource in the country, coal is considered an important pillar of Poland’s energy security. And yet, despite the central position of coal for the energy sector and the environmental pressure from Brussels, there is little enthusiasm for CCS technology among Polish decision-makers and energy sector stakeholders.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/ccs-an-obvious-solution-to-the-energy-dilemmas-of-poland/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/sustainability-benchmarking-for-crc-energy-efficiency-scheme-success-in-the-uk/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/sustainability-benchmarking-for-crc-energy-efficiency-scheme-success-in-the-uk/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:48:29 +0000 Jimmy Markham http://climateanswers.info/?p=4196 The debate about climate change is still strong and prominent, and the ways we deal with it are discussed on a regular basis. Organisations need to overcome certain barriers more efficiently and focus on driving change within the working environment, influencing central government to take more actions and avoid a ‘climate summit abject failure’ such as Copenhagen.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/sustainability-benchmarking-for-crc-energy-efficiency-scheme-success-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/repowering-communities-babylon-case-study/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/repowering-communities-babylon-case-study/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:17:06 +0000 Peter Meyer http://climateanswers.info/?p=4181 How Babylon, New York used money raised from waste collection charges to overcome barriers to getting homeowners to make their properties more energy efficient.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/08/repowering-communities-babylon-case-study/feed/ 0