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Fortum openes combined heat and power plant in Klaipeda, Lithuania

17 May 2013 | Energy, Waste Management

Fortum, the Finnish engineering company, has opened the first waste-to-energy combined heat and power plan in the Baltic region.

US$17.8 million climate adaptation grant for Angola, Benin and Madagascar

14 May 2013 | Agriculture, Finance & The Green Economy

African Development Bank boosts support for climate change resilience in Angola, Benin and Madagascar by accessing nearly US$18 million of adaptation finance.

ICT’s to play crucial role in future of sustainable cities according to ITU

13 May 2013 | Cities & the Built Environment, Telecommunications and IT

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have a crucial role to play in tackling the developmental challenges facing cities, concluded participants attending the 8th ITU Symposium on ICT and Environment Change, held in Turin this month.

Climate Leader Interviews

Lisa Rhodes on carbon neutral solutions in the data centre industry

Verne Global owns and operates a data centre campus in Iceland and offers 100% carbon neutral solutions through a range of server density options and energy efficient techniques. Lisa Rhodes, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Market Development at Verne Global discussed the key topics in the industry with Climate Action.

Industry Events

US SIF Conference, Finance for a Sustainable Future - 2013

This event offers a unique opportunity to network with leaders of sustainable and responsible investing, to hear from leading investors, CEOs and policymakers, and to learn about new approaches, trends and policy developments in the field.

All-Energy Exhibition & Conference - 2013

As a free-to-attend event, showcasing the complete range of renewable and sustainable technologies and with a world-class multi-stream conference alongside, All-Energy is where busy people come to do business.

Global Conference on Sustainability and Reporting

Join over 1500 leaders from business, finance, accountancy, consultancy, civil society, government, labor and academia in discussing the key challenges and opportunities on the path to a more sustainable future.

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Blogs

Sustainable energy & political fallout

17 May 2013 | Energy, Africa

The current Ethio-Egyptian diplomatic dispute over the construction of the Renaissance Dam highlights the need for regional cooperation and transparency to prevent the derailment of large sustainable energy projects by political apprehension.

Satellite to measure levels of carbon dioxide in forests given the go ahead by European Space Agency

15 May 2013 | Carbon management, Forestry

The ESA has given the green light to launch a satellite that will be dedicated to monitoring and ‘weighing’ the earth’s forests and calculate the amount of carbon dioxide they store.

Sustainable development in the mining industry

24 April 2013 | Business & Industry, Asia

Mining is one of the many markets that needs to apply environmental standards to its activities as it plays a crucial role in the social and economic development in many countries.

White Papers

South Korea’s emissions trading scheme: Bloomberg New Energy Finance/Ernst & Young Korea

14 May 2013 | Carbon management, Policy & Legislation

South Korea will launch its emissions trading scheme in a little over 18 months. The government has yet to finalise the design of the scheme and is currently engaged in an active dialogue with industry.

Smarter Cities - Smarter Building: AECOM

25 April 2013 | Carbon management, Cities & the Built Environment

Ecological design is an art by which we aim to restore and maintain the wholeness of the entire fabric of life increasingly fragmented by specialization, scientific reductionism, and bureaucratic division.