By Michel Rose | Huffington Post
PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - China
spurred a jump in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to their
highest ever recorded level in 2011, offsetting falls in the United
States and Europe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on
Thursday.
Helge: China is leading in almost everything, largest exporter, biggest producer, number one paper maker, etc.
CO2 emissions rose by 3.2 percent last year to 31.6 billion tonnes, preliminary estimates from the Paris-based IEA showed.
China,
the world's biggest emitter of CO2, made the largest contribution to
the global rise, its emissions increasing by 9.3 percent, the body
said, driven mainly by higher coal use.
Helge: When are they ready to use more bioenergy? How much energy could be produced from waste?
"When I
look at this data, the trend is perfectly in line with a temperature
increase of 6 degrees Celsius (by 2050), which would have devastating
consequences for the planet," Fatih Birol, IEA's chief economist told
Reuters.
Scientists say ensuring global average
temperatures this century do not rise more than 2 degrees Celsius above
pre-industrial levels is needed to limit devastating climate effects
like crop failure and melting glaciers.
They believe that is only possible if emission levels are kept to around 44 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2020.
Negotiators
from over 180 nations are meeting in Bonn, Germany, until Friday to
work towards getting a new global climate pact signed by 2015.
Helge: Need to take a closer look at this...
The aim is to ensure ambitious emissions cuts are made after the Kyoto Protocol expires at the end of this year.
“The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, BIOTECHNOLGY industries that will create millions of new jobs.” - Joseph Lieberman-
Friday, May 25, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
World Bioenergy 2012 in Jonkoping, Sweden
WEDNESDAY 30 MAY, 09.00-10.45 Waste to energy
Biogenic waste is a major source of energy, available in all countries. Waste can be combusted to be used used for heat, electricity or cooling, or it can be turned into biogas, either by fermentation or by thermal gasification.Chairperson: Kjell Andersson, Swedish Bioenergy Association
Creating an eco-village: saving a forest and improving livelihood
Babar Mohiuddin, Nature Alliance, Bangladesh
Options for the reduction of methane emissions and parasitic electric energy of biogas plantsMatthias Sonnleitner, Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Waste to energy in JönköpingUlrika Gotthardsson, Jönköping Energi, Sweden
Advanced conversion of organic wastes into biogas
Elmar Offenbacher, BDI-BioEnergy International AG, Austria
Crating sustainable and affordable ethanol from waste
Robert Parker, TMO Renewables, United Kingdom
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