More than 40 negotiators from Asia, Europe and the United States converged on Washington DC last week for what was billed as the first major war game involving global warming. The Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based national-security think tank, gathered together climate scientists and experts in security, environmental policy and business for the role-playing exercise.

The dependency on carbon-based materials and energy sources and the emission of greenhouse gases have been recognized as major problems of the 21st century. Companies are central to the effort to grapple with these issues due to the large material flows they process and their capabilities for technological innovation.

The Renewables Obligation is part of the country's programme to tackle climate change and to encourage a more sustainable approach to energy consumption.

Enlarge view Of the 27 EU countries, 15 continue to be major emitters Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in EU-27 decreased by 7.7 per cent between 1990 and 2006, while in 2005-2006, emissions decreased by 0.3 per cent (in 2007, EU-27 made a commitment to achieve at least 20 per cent reduction of GHG emissions by 2020 compared to 1990)...Download pdf