Climate Action 2010-2011

Contents
8 Advertisers Index
9 Foreword
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, UNEP
11 SPECIAL REPORT – Oceanlinx:
Clean electricity from ocean waves
POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
12 Towards a green economy. Realising the benefits of building a
resource-rich, low-carbon future
Pavan Sukhdev, Special Adviser & Head, Green Economy Initiative, UNEP
15 SPECIAL REPORT – VALE:
Leadership in managing climate change
17 The Green Deal: financing energy efficient buildings across
the UK
Greg Barker, Minister of State for Climate Change, UK
19 SPECIAL REPORT – Drax:
‘Field to Furnace’ – measuring the carbon footprint of biomass fuel
Sean Ebnet, Director of New Business
22 Solar, wind and geothermal energy – success stories from the
Caribbean
Senator Liz Thompson, Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate of Barbados
28 SPECIAL REPORT – The EPM Group:
Leading Colombia on climate change
29 Mother Earth, can you kick-start an Energy [R]evolution?
The quest for a global renewable energy future
Lalita Ramdas, Founding Member of Greenpeace India
32 SPECIAL REPORT – State of Bahia:
Implementing climate protection measures in the State of Bahia,
Brazil
34 Buildings provide common ground for outcome in Cancun
Maria Atkinson, Chair of the UNEP-Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative
(SBCI) Board
38 SPECIAL REPORT – Evonik Industries:
Trailblazing climate-friendly technologies
ENERGY AND MITIGATION
41 Photovoltaics – a cornerstone for a clean and democratic
energy future
Adel El Gammal, Secretary General of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
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