Posts Tagged ‘MEX16’
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Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air Link
Here is a link to a very important book, (free and online - thats not why it is important) it is written by David Mackay - a very clever chap, a physicist from Cambridge University who also dabbles in Energy and Sustainability issues, with relation to the UK, he is also an advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
I recommend it to anyone - in the book are his thoughts on Energy and Sustainability - Included are some practical steps to reducing the amount of energy you use personally… I confess to not having read the whole thing, yet, as I have a reading list the size of a bus.
My day job is in local government which taught me a little how UK policy works, I am interested in how the Climate Squad fits into the UK Decarbonisation agenda, particularly how we are contributing to CO2 reduction target of 34% overall in the UK by 2020.
The long term target of 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050.
At a recent talk about Copenhagen, I heard that, at COP15 the real negotiations did not start until Friday 3am, and then with only 30ish Countries fleshing out the deal, in fact Ed Miliband suggested that talks of these types need smaller groups, representatives in order to reach agreement.
There are many issues with the negotiations that have taken place, my mind is not made up, and I feel it will take some time to realise what the effects (if any) of the Accord are, is it enough of a start to be worthwhile or a complete failure, at a very recent DECC event (to welcome home Ed Miliband and the UK delegation) there were very mixed feelings, some criticised the UK others praised it, and the same has been said of the hosts, whatever the case, I am sure this is just the beginnning, after all we have upcoming events in Bonn (early 2010) and MEX16 to look forward to in 2010.
Alaric
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