Paris Agreement enters into force on 4th November!
Today has been officially exceeded the thresholds to enter into force of the Paris Agreement (over 55 Parties covering more than 55 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions). “This is a truly historic moment for people everywhere. The two key thresholds needed for the Paris Climate Change Agreement to become legal reality have now […]
America and the Caribbean give a price on carbon to fight climate change
Around 700 representatives of governments and the private sector, representing 47 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, are meeting in Panama for a three-day forum, ended September 3rd, on climate change. According to the World Bank, more than 2/3 of these countries are aiming on introducing carbon pricing in order to achieve the objectives […]
Forthcoming the entry into force of the Paris Agreement
Another 31 governments have announced yesterday to have taken up at national level the Paris Agreement, surpassing one of the two threshold necessary for the entry into force of the agreement. And, in fact, it needs to be ratified by at least 55 countries, and the acceding countries have to be responsible of at least […]
Published the new UNI standard on carbon credits voluntary market
On September 8th, the standard UNI 11646:2016 “Greenhouse gases – specification for the realization of a national system to manage the carbon credits voluntary market, deriving from GHG emission reduction or enhancement removal projects” has been published. The document is the result of an extensive work done within the GL15, the UNI Working Group dedicated […]
Many news from Seoul on voluntary environmental standard
The ISO/TC 207 Plenary Meeting in Seoul ended last Saturday. Many interesting news emerged from the meeting, such as the start of the works for the development of a standard for validation and verification of the environmental component of sustainability reports (ISO 14016). In terms of environmental communication it is to report the forthcoming publication […]
Second step of the delicate path of development of the new ISO 14067 standard
In these hours it was decided in Seoul to continue the development of ISO 14067, the standard related to Carbon Footprint of Product, with a second draft of the document (WD2). 58 experts, representing 25 countries, mostly developing, attended the intense week of work during which 300 comments were discussed and solved. Very satisfied is […]
BEGINS IN SEOUL THE ANNUAL MEETING OF ISO/TC 207
Begins today in Seoul, South Korea, the ISO/TC 207 Plenary Meeting, Technical Committee dedicated to voluntary environmental management standardisation. The activities, divided into dozens of Working Groups (WG), belonging to the different thematic Sub-Committee (SC), will continue until Saturday, September 3rd. Strongly growing are the activities in the SC7, area dedicated to greenhouse gas management […]
“Con l’acqua alla gola” at the bookshop Piola Libri in Brussels!
Wednesday, June 1st at the bookshop Piola Libri in Brussels, there will be the presentation of the book “Con l’acqua alla gola. Tutti responsabili dell’emergenza climatica in cui viviamo” ed. Giunti. The speakers will be the author Daniele Pernigotti and Paolo Masoni, director of the Sustainability Area of ENEA. For more information, click here.
Succession at the UNFCCC summit: the new chief is the Mexican Patricia Espinosa
Confirmed yesterday from Ban Ki-moon, the designation of Patricia Espinosa as Executive Secretary of UNFCCC. The Mexican lady, currently ambassador in Germany, was the Foreign Minister from 2006 to 2012. Patricia Espinosa Cantellano has already proved her experience in the negotiations on climate change in 2010, when she led the COP 16 in Cancun, first […]
Climate Change: The State of the Science
The data visualization summarises and visualizes several of the most significant statements in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) recent Fifth Assessment Report, (Working Group I summary for policymakers, the Physical Science Basis).