Schroders launches new Climate Change Fund

(ClimateRadar.com) On September 28th, Schroders, a global asset managment company, will launch a global climate change fund. It will be managed by Simon Webber and Matthew Franklin, who already run a similar climate change fund for Asian investors. Although not launched, you can check this webcast about the reasons driving the fund.

http://mediazone.brighttalk.com/comm/Schroders/07b70c5534-3620-681-3231

QUOTE: “For those countries that choose it, nuclear power will be a very important part of their solution to security of supply and reduction of greenhouse gases.”

(ClimateRadar.com) European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik, “For those countries that choose it, nuclear power will be a very important part of their solution to security of supply and reduction of greenhouse gases.” At a press conference on the launch of new nuclear research center SNETP www.snetp.eu

New forum established for sustainable nuclear energy research

(ClimateRadar.com) Energy consumption worldwide is likely to double between 2000 and 2050, and nuclear energy will remain a key element in future low-carbon energy systems. Europe has the largest nuclear industry in the world and one third of its electricity comes from nuclear plants. A Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP) was launched in Brussels, [...]

QUOTE: “The first thing we have to do is destroy oil as a strategic commodity”

(ClimateRadar.com) “The first thing we have to do is destroy oil as a strategic commodity.” Former CIA director James Woolsey said at a renewable enrgy conference in Iowa, USA. Woolsey, is now a lawyer specializing in energy for the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting firm.
http://www.renewableonparade.com/

Climate change deal agreed on ozone

 
(ClimateRadar.com) Governments Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and Climate-Damaging Chemicals at Montreal Protocol’s 20th Anniversary Celebrations
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=517&ArticleID=5671&l=en