Ce mode de gestion permet de réduire la consommation et de multiplier les sources d'énergies renouvelables

La révolution de l'électricité est en marche. Les réseaux électriques intelligents, ou «smart grids», s'apprêtent à bouleverser notre manière de produire, de distribuer et de consommer l'énergie. L'enjeu écologique est triple : les smart grids sont le sésame pour réduire la consommation globale d'électricité, limiter le recours aux centrales les plus polluantes et intégrer des millions de sources d'énergies renouvelables.

Munich – 12 companies today signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Munich to establish a DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (DII). The objective of this initiative is to analyse and develop the technical, economic, political, social and ecological framework for carbon-free power generation in the deserts of North Africa. The DESERTEC concept, developed by the TREC Initiative of the Club of Rome, describes the perspectives of a sustainable power supply for all regions of the world with access to the energy potential of deserts. The founder companies of the DII, whose regional focus is on Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), will be:

Carbon trading is effectively an interaction between buyers and sellers trading the right to emit greenhouse gases. Mandatory government schemes have been created as a result of the Kyoto protocol, and are known as the compliance market. The scope of legislative schemes is largely limited to heavy industry and power generating companies at present, although there are moves to increase the number and type of organisations that will be included in compliance schemes in future.

We are shocked at the callous manner in which Oxfam, who pretends to speak on behalf of the world’s poor, can so blatantly dismiss biofuels whenthey offer the developing world the first opportunity in decades—if not ever—to build a sustainable industry that would give them access to added value markets while increasing food and fuel security.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies have increasingly been brought to the fore as a valuable tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve CO2 stabilization. In the policy debate, CCS is advanced as an option in the context of a portfolio of climate change mitigation strategies, such as transition to renewable energy, promotion of energy efficiency and other low-carbon alternatives such as nuclear and hydro.

The objective of REDD payment distribution mechanisms is to support policies and measures that reduce deforestation and degradation through transfer of revenues from international REDD funds or carbon markets to (or within) national levels.