New York, 23 September – New commitments, new ideas, and new financing for significant actions to address the challenge of climate change dominated the announcements made by more than 100 Heads of State and Government and leaders from the private sector and civil society at the Climate Summit hosted Tuesday by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.World leaders reaffirmed the need to take urgent action to limit global temperature rise to less than two degrees Celsius. Acknowledging that the world was not on a pathway to reach that goal, they also committed to significantly ramp up climate action, Read more >>>By http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/
When it comes to expanding its influence in Europe through energy, Russia has been looking to move beyond natural gas into financing for nuclear-energy projects. But its investment push has become complicated by rising political tensions over the Ukraine crisis.Read more >>>
Canada's
Natural Resources Minister and U.S.
Energy Secretary met in Ottawa and discussed ways to help Ukraine to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. Increase of use of national energy resources, diversification of energy import, as well as energy efficiency measures and renewable energy should be parts of the solution.Energy experts from both countries have been working to identify Ukraine's critical energy needs and the state of energy efficiency and conservation efforts in the country.North American geological survey teams have gone on mission to Ukraine to evaluate the access to, and quality of, oil and gas geological data. Read more....By CBCNews
Apart from a highly topical programme covering more than 60 reports and presentations of the best industry experts and key market players, REF-2014 Kyiv will also run a branch exhibition where a variety of services and equipment from the leading companies both foreign and Ukrainian will be presented. A separate part of REF-2014 Kyiv exposition is named “Secure heating season 2014-2015” and will be related to the decisions, equipment and fuel necessary to guarantee a viable upcoming heating season. Read more >>>By
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