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Summary and Conclusions from the T-PAGE Climate Change Conference, 24 to 25 April 2008
This document summarises discussions and the main conclusions of the T-PAGE civil society conference on climate change which was held on 24 and 25 April 2008 in Washington DC.
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Workshop: Assessing the Commission’s proposal on Carbon Capture and Storage
The Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a technology that some claim can provide a technical fix to buy the world time in its fight against climate change, but that others, e.g. Greenpeace, assert is a ...
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Workshop: Future of the EU ETS
In January 2008 the European Commission (EC) presented an integrated Climate and Energy package to cut emissions for the 21st Century, including proposals for specific targets on renewable energy (20% ...
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Workshop: Assessing the Commission's Proposal on Carbon Capture and Storage
IEEP organised a workshop on behalf of the European Parliament on CO2 capture and storage (CCS), chaired by the Rapporteur Chris Davies, MEP.The workshop assessed the Commission's proposed Directive on ...
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Programme of the T-PAGE Conference on Climate Change
Programme for the Transatlantic Civil Society Conference on Climate Change to be held on 25 April 2008 in Washington DC.
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Transatlantic Civil Society Conference on Climate Change
On 24 and 25 April, IEEP and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will be hosting a civil society conference in Washington DC to debate the scale and effectiveness of action to tackle climate change ...
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Biofuels for Transport – European and US Approaches
This paper summarises the nature of the EU and US market for biofuels and current policy approaches on both sides of the Atlantic to promoting the development of biofuels. The paper also examines some ...
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Transport and Climate Change: the Policy Challenges
This note summarises the issues related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. It focuses on road transport as the largest transport sub-sector in terms of greenhouse gas emissions ...
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EU and US Public Perceptions of Environmental, Climate Change and Energy Issues
The paper discusses the similarities and differences in EU and US public opinions towards the environment and climate change in light of the different governmental approaches taken on both sides of the ...
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Hearing on the Future of the EU Emissions Trading System
The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) organised a hearing on behalf of the European Parliament on 'The Future of the EU ETS' on 15 May 2008.The official hearing on the Commission ...
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Turning the EU Budget into an Instrument to Support the Fight against Climate Change
This report assesses to what extent the EU budget has contributed to achieving the EU’s climate change objectives and sets out arguments on how and why the EU budget might support the fight against climate change in the future...
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David Baldock Meets Gordon Brown and Stresses the Need for Binding EU Targets on Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Following on from the January launch of the Commission’s climate and energy package, it is essential that Member States honour their commitment to ambitious and binding emission reduction targets. On ...
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Climate Change and Energy Priorities: Transatlantic Opinions and Approaches - Outcomes of Second Teleconference
This paper summarises discussions and opinions of participants at the second T-PAGE teleconference on climate change and energy which took place on 13 November 2007. A list of participants is also included. ...
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Draft programme of the Transatlantic Civil Society Conference on Climate Change, 24 to 25 April 2008
Draft programme for the T-PAGE conference on climate change.
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Burden Sharing: Impact of Climate Change mitigation policies on growth and jobs
The impact of climate change mitigation measures on growth and jobs has to date been little investigated, and its implications on different economic sectors are still subject to debate. There is a need ...
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EU binding targets on climate change: turning commitments into reality
When it launched its package of proposals on climate and energy policy, on 23 January, the European Commission set out a powerful vision for the future. Ambitious and binding targets are essential if the ...
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Conference notice: understanding and comparing EU and US actions on climate change
On 24 and 25 April IEEP and the Natural Resources Defense Council will be hosting a conference in Washington DC allowing civil society from both sides of the Atlantic to debate policy, contrast effort ...
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IEEP climate change report at centre of EP discussion
A report on the complex links between global warming and the world's water - drawn up by IEEP, Ecologic and SYKE - had a central role at Fourth Thematic Session of the European Parliament's Temporary Climate ...
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Water scarcity and droughts
The main topics addressed by this study are: the economic effects of water scarcity and droughts, effects on ecosystems and public health, effects of climate change, water price policies in the Member ...
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An overview of global greenhouse gas emissions and emissions reduction scenarios for the future
This study focuses on CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. Key drivers of these emissions are activity, economics, energy intensity and carbon intensity. As reducing GDP or population is not a likely aim of ...
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