News from 12 November 2014 on edie

MCA report: Low Carbon, Higher Growth

Earlier this year, as part of its Growth Programme, the MCA Think Tank assembled expert consultants working to help businesses reduce their carbon footprints. The session considered whether efforts to reduce carbon, instead of being a burden on enterprise, provided business opportunities in their own right. Their observations are the basis of this report.

Energy

Political instability threatens future of wind power

Although wind capacity has risen by 15% in the past year, the wind industry says that political instability and unwanted intervention is becoming 'increasingly prohibitive' and may damage future growth.

Low-carbon agenda is an ‘opportunity for economic growth’

Business and government need to work together to reinvent the low-carbon agenda as an opportunity for enterprises to become more efficient and profitable.

US-China emissions deal: Industry reaction

Earlier today the world's two most polluting countries unveiled a climate pact which will see China cap its emissions output by 2030, and the US cut its emissions to 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025.

EU Ministers block scheme to cut plastic bag waste

A group of European Union (EU) Member States - including the UK, Romania, Greece, Croatia and Poland - is blocking a European Parliament proposal to reduce plastic bag use by 80% by 2019, despite 92% of Europeans agreeing that measures should be taken to reduce single plastic bag use.

AkzoNobel to ‘close the loop’ by turning waste into commercial chemicals

Dutch paint and chemicals giant AkzoNobel is part of a team of companies looking to convert waste streams into synthesis gas - a useful starting material for making methane and ammonia.

China and US strike deal on carbon cuts in push for global climate pact

The United States and China have unveiled a secretly negotiated deal to reduce their greenhouse gas output, with China agreeing to cap emissions for the first time and the US committing to deep reductions by 2025.

Day: 12 November 2014