New 'placed on the market' targets, soaring costs to producers and accounting for unofficial collection are major issues stakeholders will have to deal when implementing new rules on waste electrical and electronic goods (WEEE), experts have warned.
The review of the UN's clean development mechanism (CDM) must be fully transparent, linked to the creation of a new international market-based mechanism, and ensure the credits generated by the scheme are entirely legitimate, say stakeholders.
There are no major gaps in EU environmental law when it comes to regulating the current level of shale gas activity, according to a consultancy report conducted for the European Commission's energy department. The findings were published on Friday.
It is anticipated that the EU's 20% energy saving goal will not be achieved. Discussions on the energy efficiency directive can turn this around but differences on how to measure savings must be resolved, writes Andrew Warren.
The Kyoto Protocol is an important policy framework but most major emitters will never join it. The focus of the next UN meeting in Durban should be to reach a legally-binding global deal, writes European climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard.
The EU has long stated support for demand response as an important way of achieving its climate and energy goals. But progress towards making it a reality has been slow, says Jessica Stromback of the Smart Energy Demand Coalition (SEDC).
London, 21 October
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