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Copenhagen Accord: Reduction targets of countries published

Posted by Jan Prahm February 2nd, 2010

As announced yesterday in Berlin by Henning Wuester of the UNFCCC, UNFCCC has published the comments and CO2 reduction targets until 2020 of 56 countries.

The Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen – What´s next?

Posted by Jan Prahm February 1st, 2010

Today a forum took place to contemplate what the Copenhagen Accord means for the German industry.
Mr Henning Wuester of the UNFCCC started the row of introductory statements. He sees the Accord as an important step towards climate protection and that in Copenhagen not all pieces of the puzzle had been together.
Yesterday, 31 [...]

Global CO2 budget today and 2050

Posted by Jan Prahm January 26th, 2010

In an UNFCCC internal document that leaked to the public during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen the pledged CO2 reductions are set against the annual global CO2 budget of mankind that would keep the global temperature increase to 2°C. Two scenarios are compared: The business-as-usual (BAU) scenario and the 450ppm-scenario. The 450 ppm [...]