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Italian government signs a MoU with CDP aiming to improve the environmental performance and stimulate economic growth
The Italian government will invite 100 of the nation’s major companies to monitor and report their emissions of carbon dioxide in a move which aims to help the nation to cut emissions from sectors excluded by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
read more... 17/06/2013
IEA: World carbon emissions at a new record high in 2012
World carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high of 31.6 billion tons in 2012, even if U.S. and Europe registered lower emissions.
read more... 11/06/2013
Eurostat: CO2 emissions down 2.1% in 2012
Eurostat has announced recently that carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union decreased by 2.1 percent in 2012 compared with 2011. However, in 2011 the decline was bigger as it was recorded at 4.1 %.
read more... 31/05/2013
European Environment Agency: EU’s greenhouse gas emissions at lowest level since 1990
The 27-nation bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions tumbled 3.3% in 2011, touching the lowest level since 1990, according to a report released by the European Environment Agency. The main reason for the drop was a milder winter in 2011.
read more... 30/05/2013
China to set a cap on its CO2 emissions by 2016
The world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide intends to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. China is planning an absolute emissions cap for the period 2016-2020, and is also looking at emissions targets for 2030 and 2050.
read more... 27/05/2013