Category Archives: Emissions
Debate Rages on How Best to Manage Tropical Forests
At the UN climate conference in Bali in December last year, the international community accepted the need to build forest protection into the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. However, how forests will be protected was not decided and is now … Continue reading
New Research Shows Further Damaging Effects of Some Biofuels
New research has shown that the levels of Nitrous Oxide emissions associated with the growth of some biofuels are enough to cancel out any beneficial effect in terms of reduced CO2. Nitrous Oxide emissions associated with growing maize and rapeseed … Continue reading
“Decarbonising” the UK’s road transport
The Government is to publish the results of the ‘King Review’ into low carbon cars today, alongside the 2008 Budget. Professor Julia King, Vice-Chancellor at Aston University and former Director of Advanced Engineering at Rolls-Royce, has worked with Sir Nicholas … Continue reading
Shift in UK Renewables Targets
UK targets for the percentage of fuel for transport to come from biofuels have been revised upwards, in accordance with the European Commission’s climate and energy package. Currently standing at 2%, a figure which has taken ten years to achieve, … Continue reading
European Council Agree to Include Aircraft Emissions in Trading Scheme
The European Council has agreed to include aircraft emissions in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from 2012. The Council reached a political agreement yesterday, 20 December 2007. Aviation emissions will be capped at 100% of the average 2004-2006 levels, beginning … Continue reading