...Britain is leading in Europe. Wednesday's proposal by the European commission for a binding 40% greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030 is a significant step forward. The commission has accepted our core argument that the EU's domestic emissions reduction target must be ambitious so we can influence countries like the US and China, ahead of 2015's critical global climate talks. By leading on a strong emissions reduction target, the UK is persuading others on the need for member states to have the freedom and flexibility to develop their own energy mix to achieve these ambitious reductions. Rigid technology specific targets set for each country would not be cost effective – and EU members should be free to decarbonise in a way that is right for them, including renewables, nuclear, carbon capture and storage and energy efficiency. Energy policy's central conundrum today is how to go green at the lowest possible cost. The commission's analysis confirms that British households pay some of the lowest prices for gas and electricity in Europe, but that is little comfort to people struggling to pay rising energy bills. So we have to achieve a fine balance. We need to invest in home-grown clean energy that will bring cheaper prices in the long run, shielding consumers from volatile international fossil fuel markets. But we also need to take people with us as we transition to a low carbon economy, and that...
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...the amount of carbon that can be emitted • The Cap: Each company, will have a limit on the amount of greenhouse gas that it can emit. • The Trade: More efficient companies can sell their extra permits to companies that are not able to make reductions. Source: Text from “Cap and Trade 101”, Center for American Progress Emission Permit Market • Emission permits are traded in market; Creates a new market for ‘Clean Air’(Carbon-less air) Source: “Review of Forestry Carbon Standards”, Imperial College London More on Cap & Trade • The profits: – The program would generate $50 billion per year, but could reach up to $300 billion – The revenue can be used to invest in renewable energy, efficiency, low-carbon transportation technologies, green-collar job training etc Carbon Reduction Targets Source: “Review of Forestry Carbon Standards”, Imperial College London More on Cap & Trade • The cons: – Hard to quantify the effects of carbon emissions, hence put a price – Implementing, monitoring is a challenge – Highly political, highly manipulative Source: Members’ understanding EU-Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) • • • • • • Largest multi-national emissions trading scheme in the world. The objective of EU-ETS is reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in a costeffective and economically-efficient manner. It currently limits CO2 emissions from approximately 12,000 facilities in the 27 EU Member States. Operational Mechanism is via the allocation and trade of...
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...lib dems- 1 A Nature Bill: key measures include legal targets for biodiversity, clean air, clean water and access to green space, extending the Right to Roam and establishing new marine and coastal reserves. 2 A Heating and Energy Efficiency Bill: key measures include building on the Green Deal with a national programme to raise the energy efficiency standards for all Britain’s households. We will legislate to boost renewable and district heating programmes and heat saving standards. 3 A Zero Waste Britain Bill: key measures include establishing a “Stern Report” on resource use, with binding targets and a clear action plan to reduce waste and end biodegradable landfill. 4 A Zero Carbon Britain Bill: key measures include introducing a decarbonisation target for electricity generation, expanding the powers of the Green Investment Bank and banning electricity generated from unabated coal. 5 A Green Transport Bill: key measures include establishing a full network of charging points for electric cars, only allowing low emission vehicles on the roads from 2040 and reforming planning law to ensure new developments are designed around walking, cycling and public transport. Climate change Pass a Zero Carbon Britain Act to set a new legally binding target to bring net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Set a legally binding decarbonisation target range for 2030 for the power sector of 50g-100g of CO2 per kWh, with an indicative target of 60 per cent...
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...Negotiations Group Theory November 2, 2014 BO Most of the limitations of solar power come from one place. That is the lack of infrastructure in place to support it. That is the source of the argument about whether to user solar power and how much to use it. On one side people will argue that solar power can’t support our power needs. It costs too much to implement, and isn’t reliable enough. On the other side people will argue that solar power is free to use. If we invest more in infrastructure and research new, more efficient energy storage technologies, then the price for implementation can be brought down. These are the reasonable arguments that both sides make, however also have those with extreme views on the issue. There are some that will not consider any alternative energy solutions, because they are making money off of what is in place already. They implement roadblocks in the way of alternative energy solutions, and sometimes buy up patents and never use them. Those that hold the extreme view for alternative energies believe that everyone should stop using fossil fuels, and use only alternative energies. Many believe that we should spare no expense to getting new energies in place. Some even believe that we should take a step back, and trying using less energy. They believe that we should try to integrate more into our environment. They look at the past and say “Hey, we used to live this way.” They forget about the advances we have made because of our modern...
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...the year 2020 are 320,000,000 people and for the 2060 are 420,000,000 people. a. The demographic makeup will consist of Ethnicity, Age, and Gender. For the age and gender of the U.S people in 2020, as shown in the following information provided by US Census Bureau : The table shown the population of the US people in 2035 for the Males and Females. The people of US country have 1% or less differences from 2020 and 2035 in terms of the population. This mean that there will be 1% of increase from the year of 2020 to 2035 of the US people. The table shown the population of the US people in 2060 for the Males and Females. The table shown the population by ethnicity or race of the US people from 2012 to 2060. b) Age dispersion of the US in these year is between 40 to 45 years old. c) The industries that benefiting from these figures will be IT industry. As all may know that through time there will be more upgrade of the technology occur now. It is possible that there will be more technology coming in to provide more benefits to people. The company that providing paper as their main business may be lesser than now because of the technology that grown faster. Paper will be more irrelevant for daily use, and that is why there will be more terms like “Go Green” programs introduced right now. 2. Microsoft and Apple is the products that I feel very successful and effectively target my age of group. People age from 18 to 30 will be very suit in technology because...
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...` Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR Name: Mala Srinivas & Animesh Giri (Assistant Professor, Dept of Information Science technology, PEs Institute of Technology-BSc) Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR, PES Institute of Technology – BSc Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com animeshgiri@pes.edu Title: Go-Green with Cloud Computing: Benefits to HR Name: Mala Srinivas Affiliation: III Semester, MBA – HR, PES Institute of Technology – South Campus, Bangalore Email: Mala.s44@gmail.com ABSTRACT Cloud Computing is the hot topic in today’s World. Cloud computing comes with the great advantage of providing higher energy savings, a fact which translates into being environmentally friendly. In the last few years, technology has improved immensely, taking the environment into account and providing a solution for those worrying about carbon footprints and the impact of technology into the environment. In the last couple of decades, HR has re-invented itself from the mundane activities like Industrial Relations, labour etc. to the front of a Company’s Business radar on par with Marketing, Finance, Administration and other departments. HR managers today use hundreds of strategic and collaborative technology tools to keep up the HR function fast moving. But lot of these technology tools is not implemented in a large number of Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) who forms 75% of our country’s market. Why? Because many of the SME’s are of...
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...Trends in manufacturing to 2020 A foresighting discussion paper Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council i Date: 30 September 2011 For more information, or to comment on the paper, please contact: Manager Future Manufacturing Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6213 6000 Facsimile: (02) 6213 7000 Email: Futuremanufacturing@innovation.gov.au ii Future Manufacturing Council discussion paper: Trends in manufacturing to 2020 Table of Contents Executive summary ....................................................................................................................................1 Background.................................................................................................................................................2 Future Manufacturing Council................................................................................................................2 Defining manufacturing...........................................................................................................................2 Profile of Australian manufacturing........................................................................................................4 Trends to 2020 ... and beyond: Issues and opportunities for Australian manufacturing...................12 Terms of trade driving value and volatility of the Australian dollar and structural changes in the economy – an upside...
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...Consuming Countries Smart Energy and your Privacy The Energy Industry and the Internet Energy Industry Technology Made Possible by the Internet Smart Meters Smart Grids Smart Cities Managing Demand Market Size Projections Itron: A Smart Energy Industry Leader Consolidated Financial Data Analysts’ Projections Conclusion Introduction Like so many other industries, the energy industry has been impacted by the internet in a multitude of ways. We see the evolution and efficiency of the energy industry in response to new technology and free flow of ideas and information. A revolution in smart meters, grids, and even smart cities has begun. We will explore a variety of issues related to the energy industry and the internet. There are some common misconception about the impact of internet related energy consumption on the energy industry. Initially, some astronomical claims were being made about the amount of energy the internet actually requires. Equally misinformed projections unsettled consumers and environmental activists alike. The Internet and Energy Consumption When we think about the internet, generally we think of something that has aided humanity toward advancement. These days many companies have the option to “go green” or receive electronic notices instead of paper statements. Generally, this is considered a good thing. Just how “green” is the internet? It’s a question that has been asked before, but is important to understand the impact...
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...Economics Commentary Number: SL Number 1 Title of Extract: Green Taxes to Triple, Costing You £50 a Year Source of Extract: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/7948309/Greentaxes-to-triple-costing-you-50-a-year.html Date of Extract: Tuesday, 17th August 2010 Date Written: Wednesday, 25th August 2010 Word Count: 748 Section of Syllabus: 2 Name of Candidate: FaiyazAzamKolia Candidate Number: 3071-040 Name of Candidate: FaiyazAzamKolia Candidate Number: 3071-040 GREEN TAXES TO TRIPLE, COSTING YOU £50 A YEAR Household energy bills will increase by £50 as the impact of green taxes triples over a decade, new research shows. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent, Published: 12:01AM BST 17 Aug 2010 The sum the Government levies from energy use will rise to more than £16 billion by 2020, a think tank has estimated. Policy Exchange, which has close links to Conservative ministers, calculated that the cost of green taxes, surcharges and other levies on energy will go from £5.7 billion this year to £16.3 billion in 2020. In 2020, some £6.4 billion of the total will come from levies applied to domestic energy consumption. That is up from £2 billion today. The increase will add £40 to the average household gas bill and £8 to an electricity bill, according to data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Household energy bills are increased by a number of Government environmental policies, including the Renewables Obligation and other levies applied to energy usage...
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...The economic benefits of environmental policy A project under the Framework contract for economic analysis ENV.G.1/FRA/2006/0073 - 2nd FINAL REPORT November 2009 Matt Raymenta, Elke Pirgmaierb, Griet De Ceusterc, Friedrich Hinterbergerb, Onno Kuikd, Henry Leveson Gowera, Christine Polzinb, Adarsh Varmaa a b c d GHK Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI) Transport & Mobility Leuven VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) Institute for Environmental Studies Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan 1087 1081 HV AMSTERDAM The Netherlands Tel. ++31-20-5989 555 Fax. ++31-20-5989 553 E-mail: info@ivm.falw.vu.nl Internet: http://www.vu.nl/ivm vrije Universiteit amsterdam Contents Executive Summary 1. 2. 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 4. 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5. 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 6. 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 7. 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8. 8.1 Introduction Environmental Policy and the Economy Environmental Policies and Productivity Description and background Policy instruments Review of evidence from the wider literature Evidence from examples and case studies Scale of economic benefits to date and assessment of the further potential Beneficiaries and timescale Environmental Policies and Innovation Description and background Policy instruments Review of evidence Examples and case studies Scale of economic benefits Beneficiaries and timescale Environmental Policies and Employment Description and background Policy instruments Review of evidence from...
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...Take, for instance, the legally blind man who earlier in 2012 took a spin in Google's self-driving car to go to Taco Bell and then pick up his dry cleaning. Following Nevada's recent legalization of driverless cars on the road, Florida has passed a bill allowing tests of self-driving cars. And legislation has also been introduced to make self-driving cars street legal in California. Self-driving cars may take some getting used to, but we are only at the dawn of a new age in automotive automation. Ever since the 1939 World's Fair, the idea of autonomous vehicles has captured the public's imagination. Today, intelligent, green vehicles are driving the future of transportation. The looming energy and environmental MegaCrisis has carmakers scrambling to raise fuel economy and develop commercially viable vehicles that limit pollutants. Enabling technologies such as advanced IT systems, artificial intelligence, and speech recognition are giving rise to smart cars that drive themselves and to highway "road trains" or platoons. However, some skepticism remains for the latter, as the rapid installation of intelligent systems in vehicles currently outpaces the level of R&D for platoons. Drawing on TechCast's work, this article explains how hybrids,...
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...OSRAM should commit to China market to achieve its 2017 goal • • • Industry trends demand for more energy-‐efficient, intelligent products SSL, a disrup3ve technologies, to achieve 66% market penetra3on in 10 years APAC region grows rapidly to +40% of global market share by 2020 Fundamental shiV in ligh3ng industry OSRAM – a leading integrated ligh3ng expert • • • World’s No. 2 provider of ligh3ng products & solu3ons, “end-‐to-‐end” integra3on along product value chain Differen3a3on by superior technological innova3on (i.e. patens, new product introduc3on) Aspire to increase APAC revenue to global revenue from 24% to 40% by 2017 How can OSRAM achieve its 2017 goal? Set aggressive target in China market and commit high level of resource & investment Focus on OS & GL components to gain market share now, plan for growth in GL luminaires & higher value products Use greenfield strategy...
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...In International trade, the largest exporter is China and importer is Germany of EGS. The promotion of EGS is been done by providing subsidy and standardising the EGS products. According to the International Energy Agency IEA (2011), global renewable energy subsidies were about $66 billion in 2010, and will reach almost $250 billion in 2035. Total global investment in EGS is $260 billion in 2011 – up 5 percent above 2010 levels and almost five times the total of $54 billion in 2004. The tariffs rates imposed on EGS generally range between 5%-10% Introduction International trade in environmental goods and services (EGS) may contribute to the achievement of environmental, economic and developmental benefits and to the transition towards a “green economy”. The international community has been exploring several strategies to promote sustainable development through enhanced trade in EGS. The WTO negotiations on EGS seek to reduce or eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in EGS. The Doha Ministerial Declaration in paragraph 31 (iii) provides the mandate for WTO negotiations on environmental goods and services liberalization by way of “the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods and services (EGS)”.The “EGS industry”, according to European Union estimates, generates 54 billion Euros in economic activity per year and employs more than 2 million people in European Union. (J. Monkelbaan, 2011) Trends of EGS Environmental...
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...A NEW CAR PLAN FOR A GREENER FUTURE A NEW CAR PLAN FOR A GREENER FUTURE © Commonwealth of Australia 2008 ISBN 978-0-642-72554-7 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney General’s Department, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit, Canberra ACT 2600 or posted at http://www.ag.gov.au/cca CONTENTS PRIME MINISTER’S FOREWORD MINISTER’S FOREWORD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WHY A NEW CAR PLAN? THE DETAILS THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE REVIEW OF AUSTRALIA’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY 1 3 5 7 9 13 PRIME MINISTER’S FOREWORD The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Prime Minister of Australia Our first car took to the road as early as 1897, when David Shearer demonstrated his steam-driven horseless carriage in South Australia. Yet it would be two generations before the first 48-215 Holden came off the line in 1948, and motor vehicle production began in earnest. That’s a measure of how hard it is to establish an automotive industry, and a reminder of why Australian governments have dedicated themselves to ensuring that we remain a car-making country. In the past, governments have tried to protect the industry with tariffs and quotas. The Button Plan of the 1980s showed there was a better way. If we want the Australian car...
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...www.uncsd2012.org RIO+20 Issues Briefs Produced by the UNCSD Secretariat and UNCTAD March 2011 No. 1 Trade and Green Economy 1. Introduction The potential trade risks of a transition to a green economy — protectionism, conditionality, subsidies — are issues of long standing and not unique to the green economy. The urgency of the global challenges which a green economy transformation is intended to address, and the scale of the actions being taken by many countries to build green economies, does however bring renewed focus to these risks. At the same time, the new greening of markets associated with a green economy may provide opportunities for many developing countries to find global markets for goods and services with low environmental impacts. This will, however, test the supply capacities of developing countries as reflected, for example, in domestic trade infrastructure. The green economy offers an opportunity to improve both global trade governance and the domestic trade environment to ensure that trade contributes positively to a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. 4) Unilateral policy measures: Many countries seem committed to the use of trade measures to persuade other countries to change their domestic environmental practices, despite the fact that many measures may be contrary to GATT-WTO rules (see Table 1 and discussion). 5) International environmental, climate change agreements/conventions: The outcome of negotiations...
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