Cheap oil, natural gas and power will continue to spur emissions-intensive industry and conspicuous consumption.
The UN climate talks in Paris created important political momentum to get something meaningful done on climate change – momentum that is vital to spur aggressive emissions reduction and to cement a "clean" development dimension to the new sustainable development goals (SDGs) agreed in September.
Replacing such dirty fertilisers with the lighter-footed algae-derived sort may make a sizeable dent in carbon emissions, and spur environmentally conscious consumers to plump for foods grown using the technology.
In 2010 tax incentives, subsidies, credit guarantees and spending programmes will begin to be showered on everything from hybrid cars to fitting buildings with energy-efficient LED lighting.The country plans to spend around 2% of its GDP on green tech through to 2013, to reduce emissions and spur a new export industry.
Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia signed a pact last year to combat climate change, which includes plans to reduce emissions and spur growth of renewable energy projects throughout the corridor.
He insists that the requirement to buy emissions credits will spur refiners to look for new ways to cut emissions.
Today, environmentalists said that the shorter period of postponement, combined with interim measures designed to spur sales of low-emission cars like gasoline-electric hybrids, represented a significant victory.
Emissions reduction pledges from the European Union, the United States, and China, which account for over half of all global emissions, spurred momentum coming into the talks.
As recently as 2009, California's standards on vehicle emissions spurred the Obama administration to dramatically strengthen federal standards for gas mileage).
