The EU, World Bank and European Investment Bank announce the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF). The GEEREF will start by spending more than €100 million to mobilise large-scale public and private pilot projects in renewable energy and clean technology projects, particularly in developing states.
The Commission, which [...]
True to their history as the first company to apply seriously the ideas of scenario planning, oil major Shell has released two scenarios for the future development of energy markets. The two scenarios are:
“In the Scramble scenario, nations rush to secure energy resources for themselves, fearing that energy security is a zero-sum game, [...]
As mentioned earlier, British environmental campaigner and journalist, George Monbiot, has argued that producing sustainable biofuels without adding to net carbon emissions is not possible. He argues for a reduction in the world’s consumption of oil for transport, claiming that:
“All these convoluted solutions are designed to avoid a simpler one: reducing the [...]
The British Government does not have its own, independent assessment of the global supply of oil, according to an article by environmental campaigner, George Monbiot, in today’s UK Guardian. If correct, this is surely gross dereliction of a Government’s duty — to ensure adequate supplies of affordable energy, to anticipate possible future shortages or [...]
Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, is building the world’s first carbon-neutral, waste-free and car-free city, at a cost of US$ 22 billion. Construction work started today, and the city, to known as Masdar City, will house 50,000 residents and 1,500 businesses by 2016.
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