Articles containing the tag ‘clean development mechanism’

17 August 2009: Japan and green growth

Japan seems to have come out of recession and its economy is, once again, growing. This is potentially bad news for the climate, but need not be.

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21 December 2009: Was Copenhagen worth it?

Yes, just. The Copenhagen Accord is vague and, having been negotiated by a small number of countries led by the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa, was only “noted” by the Conference, not formally adopted. Some progress was made on finance and some on forest protection – though not nearly enough on either. None was made on targets.

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