By Hans Nilsson / Published on Thu, 2006-01-19 06:22
The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate was announced some months ago as a co-operation between the U.S., Australia, The Republic of Korea, Japan, India and China to foster climate-friendly technologies. They have now had a meeting in Sydney and made public a report of what impact such collaboration could bring and a workplan for eight different task-forces, most of them related to energy supply, but also some for key-industry areas such as steel, aluminium, cement, buildings and appliances. Given that the partnership involves some of the fast-growing markets and that, according to press, the allocation of resources could be substantial (50 MUSD from the U.S. and 100 MAUD from Australia) this could be another boost-action for energy efficiency applications.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Fri, 2005-07-29 14:17
A new Pact on Climate Change was announced yesterday to complement the Kyoto Protocol. The pact developed behind the scenes over the past year involves US, Australia (2 economies who have refused to sign the Kyoto protocol because it would damage their economies) and major emitters such as China, India, Japan and South Korea. China and India have signed previously the Kyoto Protocol, but do not have any binding obligations under it. The Pact calls for voluntary measures and emphasises strategic technology development.
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