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Poznan, Dec 5, 2008: The economic crisis must not be abused as a pretext for retrogressive industry policies at the climate conference in Poznan. This demand is brought forth by the Chief Executive Director of the cross-sectoral European business association European Business Council for Sustainable Energy (e5), Sebastian Gallehr. He warns the German chancellor of yielding to the demands of Poland and other states for further free-of-charge emission rights for energy producers in the context of climate protection. „Even now, many businesses are irritated because of unjustified high profits to the disadvantage of the general public“, Gallehr said. He added demands concerning the European economic stimulus programmes which are currently to be launched. They should concentrate on innovative, resource-friendly technologies and structural measures for energy efficiency in order to expand European positions as market leaders and to defend them against increasing competition from Japan and the USA. This would support small and medium-sized businesses and, by virtue of an immense job creation effect, initiate the desired boost of consumer demand.
Organized by the European Business Council for Sustainable Energy (e5),
the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Der Emissionshandel bietet angesichts der Finanzkrise und des begonnenen Wirtschaftsabschwungs vor allem mittelständischen Unternehmen die Möglichkeit zusätzliche Liquidität zu generieren. Durch den Verkauf von Emissionsberechtigungen (EUA) können Unternehmen kurzfristig zusätzliches Kapital verfügbar machen.
(Reuters) - European Union leaders stuck to ambitious targets for tackling climate change on Wednesday, despite Italy and a group of eastern European nations calling for caution during the economic crisis.
(PointCarbon) - Germany expects to issue EU allowances next week to companies covered by the emissions trading scheme, a government spokeswoman told Point Carbon today.
Bonn – The UN Climate Change secretariat announced on Tuesday (14.10.) that it is on schedule to complete the live connection of the UNFCCC International Transaction Log (ITL) with the European Union (EU) Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and 26 European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading system (EU ETS) registries.
(BCSE) - Amid a worsening global economic slowdown, EU leaders say they will reach a deal on ambitious CO2 reduction laws before January 2009. But the rules could be significantly watered down in order to make concessions to reluctant member states.