With CCS projects now included under the Clean Development Mechanism, a component of the Kyoto Protocol that promotes investment in emissions-reduction projects in exchange for tradable credits, the potential for CCS is back in the spotlight.
The prospects for the UAE becoming a regional carbon trading hub have also received a boost following the partial agreement [...]
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WFES 2012 to spotlight MENA potential as a hub for carbon capture and storage
WFES 2012 is the opportunity for MENA to show it means business on climate change
The 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP 17, ended two days past its deadline but ultimately on a positive note late Sunday night.
The conference was able to make headway on some of the key issues – extending the Kyoto Protocol, realizing a process to agree emissions [...]
With Green Speed Ahead
My country, the Maldives, is just 1.5 metres above the sea. For us, climate change is no abstract or future threat, but a clear and present danger to our survival.
But climate change not only threatens the Maldives, it threatens us all. If you can’t save the Maldives today, you can’t save other countries tomorrow.
That’s why [...]
