Engineering News Za: The Technology Executive Committee (TEC), the policy arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC’s) Technology Mechanism, has concluded its inaugural meeting in Germany this weekend. After the three-day TEC meeting in Bonn, the UNFCCC said that important progress was achieved. The Technology Mechanism was established at the sixteenth

[continue reading...]

Voice of America: Soot second only to carbon dioxide when it comes to global warming emissions. A new study finds that reducing carbon-rich soot emissions could be the fastest and most economical way to slow climate change and protect human health. Those dust-like particles released in the exhaust of diesel-powered vehicles and wood fires rank

[continue reading...]

Sydney Morning Herald: Jason Fong’s question was the runaway winner of the OurSay climate agenda poll. The policy of both major parties is to reduce Australia’s carbon dioxide emissions by 5 per cent by 2020, even though both know that, in Jason Fong’s words, it will make ”negligible” difference to global temperatures. So the question

[continue reading...]

Kuenselonline: Bhutan’s proposals for Japanese assistance include the Maokhola bridge and a GLOF Early Warning System. Sixth Annual Consultation 5 September, 2011 – Bhutan proposed eight projects for grant assistance in survey and technical cooperation from Japan for 2011 during the sixth annual consultation between Bhutan and Japan on September 3 in Thimphu. One of

[continue reading...]

IDRC-CRDI: Climate change has emerged as a key global issue, and increasing numbers of organisations are seeking to address this  issue in various ways. These “climate change organisations” are found at different levels, from the international organisations of the UN system through national ministries and down to local government and community organisations. There is recent

[continue reading...]

WILEY Online Library: In this article, the authors propose a new political economy of climate change and development in which explicit attention is given to the way that ideas, power and resources are conceptualised, negotiated and implemented by different groups at different scales. The climate change and development interface warrants such attention because of its

[continue reading...]