“There is not enough money, and therefore you have to innovate,” he said. “The idea that this could be done by brute force doesn’t stand a chance.” He says companies need investment and technical support to prove their low-carbon ideas beyond the pilot stage – and then to scale up to manufacturing. But any Breakthrough […]
Peter Liese, the European Parliament’s chief negotiator, said, “From 2027, it’s crisis time. By then everyone needs to reduce emissions or pay a lot.” From 2026-2034, the EU will phase out the free CO2 permits it currently gives to industries to protect them from foreign competition. Those permits will be phased out as the EU […]
catching crabs Meanwhile, farmers are testing ways to adapt to changing weather patterns and rising salinity – with mixed results. Some are trying to boost yields by using new shrimp varieties, while others are branching out into crab-fatness. Bangladesh has so far focused mostly on producing giant tiger shrimp, but disease, disasters, and limited access […]
We, Ministers and representatives of Governments from Africa, Asia, the Caribbeans, Latin America and the Pacific, members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, representing a significant number of countries most vulnerable to climate change and meeting in Dhaka on 14 November 2011. Recalling the 2009 Male’ declaration as the founding document of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, […]