A group of Latin American NGOs has called on the World Bank and IDB (InterAmerican Development Bank) to pay greater attention to energy efficiency and Climate Change mitigation and adaptation.
Climate Change
Of heat waves and when “extreme weather” becomes just plain vanilla weather
Folks,
First off, apologies for the radio silence over the past week. We were slowed down a bit by the heat wave that struck the Northeastern United States but which seems to have passed, at least for now.
Green tech, clean fuels for the rich and wood, charcoal, and animal dung for the poor.
Industrialized and emerging nations are poised to leap into the clean fuel and green technology future, leaving behind nearly a third of the world’s population who is destined to continue burning wood, charcoal, and animal dung using noxious technologies that have remained unevolved for the last 3000 years. What’s up with that?
Malawi: Improved stove and kilns program cashes in on carbon offsets
So you think you can’t reduce energy poverty, cut greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, and turn a profit at the same time in one of the world’s poorest countries?
Conor Fox thinks otherwise.
Kim's Top 10 predictions for 2010. Or why 2010 will be better than 2009.
The first of my top ten predictions for the year is…
1. The US Senate will consider levying taxes against India and China in an effort to “level” the playing field with these top CO2 polluters.