Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate change. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2009
Prospects for a global deal on climate change: Three European views
0 comments Posted by PD at 9:01 PMWill governments negotiate an agreement on reducing carbon emissions at the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference?
Economists Nicholas Stern and Michael Grubb, along with European Commissioner Janez Potočnik, discuss their views on prospects for a global climate deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009. These interviews were conducted by McKinsey’s Matt Hirschland in Brussels on January 26, 2009. Watch the video, or read the transcript HERE. You may need to register at the McKinsey website. Its Free.
Climate change has businesses, governments, and nonprofits examining how to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gases while still maintaining economic growth. In plotting the course to a low-carbon economy, they will weigh a number of methods for addressing the various risks and opportunities. Carbon capture and storage (CCS)—or more accurately, the sequestration of carbon dioxide—is an important topic in the emerging field of climate change. It represents one possible approach for stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gases—although there are many economic, technical, and legal barriers to its implementation. As background for informed discussion, McKinsey offer an interactive depiction of the technologies involved in CCS.
Read the full article HERE. You may need to register at the McKinsey website. Its Free.
Read the full article HERE. You may need to register at the McKinsey website. Its Free.
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