The only tool under the Kyoto Protocol to pay for the transition to clean-energy technologies in developing countries is the
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This was designed with two explicit purposes: to assist developing countries achieve sustainable development and to assist industrialized countries
Threat of climate change is real and urgent and know that combating this threat will require deep and drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The question in Poznan is, how will we re-commit the industrialized world to serious reduction of its
emissions. Poznan must also determine if the world is serious about climate change. We know that the poor are feeling the
The 14th Conference of Parties (CoP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held
December 1-12, 2008, at Poznan in Poland, is a little different from all the CoPs held so far in the 21st century. For the first time since the December 1997 CoP held in Japan, the world is moving to a negotiating mode.
Revised guidelines by Ministry of Mines for states on submission of mineral concession proposals. States can now recommend cases for areas not prospected if they are satisfied about the establishment of existence of mineralization.
The current Sarkozy-Fillon Government, acting presidency of the European Union's Council of Ministers, has chosen to massively promote nuclear power even to newcomer countries like Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates.
