See events for our CEO Veolia Water address Sydney 24th 12-2pm

The UK Guardian reports that cities in California are amending planning codes and changing building designs to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations despite resistance from utilities concerned at shifting demand peaks.

Joint press conference by the Secretary-General with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom, and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, about the launch of a new high-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. see http://www.un.org/webcast/#

At the TED talks in Longbeach Cal. today Bill McDonagh announced the formation of a new organisation the c2c institute.

 

UNFCCC receives list of government climate pledges

(Bonn, 01 February 2010) Following the conclusion of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries. These countries together account for 78 per cent of global emissions from energy use.

This represents an important invigoration of the UN climate change talks under the two tracks of Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol,” said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC.

The commitment to confront climate change at the highest level is beyond doubt. These pledges have been formally communicated to the UNFCCC. Greater ambition is required to meet the scale of the challenge. But I see these pledges as clear signals of willingness to move negotiations towards a successful conclusion, he said.

Industrialised countries listed their mid-term targets to cut emissions:

Developing countries communicated information on their nationally appropriate mitigation actions:

The next round of formal negotiations is scheduled to be in Bonn, Germany, at the end of May 2010. Several countries have indicated their wish to see a quick return to the negotiations with more meetings than the scheduled sessions. We are seeking further guidance from governments, de Boer added.