Remove Climate Remove Climate Change Remove Mexico
article thumbnail

Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

Green Car Congress

Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. markets all remain in action as effective tools to leverage global climate action and as models to inform. Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Green Climate Fund.

Climate 294
article thumbnail

California and Mexico sign agreement to reduce GHGs

Green Car Congress

The agreement with Mexico follows similar agreements signed by California in 2013 with the governments of British Columbia and the states of Oregon and Washington and China’s National Development and Reform Commission—the first agreement of its kind on climate change between the commission and a subnational entity.

Mexico 273
article thumbnail

New Mexico Adopts Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program

Green Car Congress

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) adopted by a vote of four to three greenhouse gas reduction regulations—called the most stringent in the US—that will reduce global warming pollutants through a regional cap on greenhouse gas emissions. New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Regulation.

article thumbnail

OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

Green Car Congress

Tax rates were below the low-end estimate of climate costs (EUR 30/tCO 2 ) for 97% of emissions. The report found that the share of emissions taxed above climate costs increased from 46% in 2012 to 50% in 2015, and rates exceed €50 per tCO 2 for 47% of emissions in 2015, compared to 37% in 2012. of emissions.

article thumbnail

Greenius Says, Time’s Up Folks. Your Global Warming Goose Has Now Been Cooked…

Creative Greenius

The smartest scientists on the face of the planet, the ones studying climate change and global warming, are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it any more. Natural causes always play a role in changing Earth’s climate, but are now being overwhelmed by human-induced changes.

article thumbnail

US Climate Action Report to UN Projects 4% Growth in Total US GHG Emissions to 2020

Green Car Congress

while the US GDP is projected to grow by 40%, according to the fifth National Communication on US climate change actions submitted by the US Department of State to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The United States released previous Climate Action Reports in 1994, 1997, 2002, and 2006.

Climate 199
article thumbnail

14 Major Cities Form C40 Electric Vehicle Network

Green Car Congress

Fourteen major cities, members of the C40, announced the formation of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network at the Climate Summit for Mayors in Copenhagen. In collaboration with four vehicle manufacturers and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), these cities will focus on four key areas necessary for becoming electric vehicle ready.