The Balkan renewable energy promise The Balkan countries could be the next place to be for renewable energy project developers. The region has excellent geographical and climatic conditions and a need for alternative sources of power and heat. Its proximity to the EU market and legal obligation to apply EU internal energy market rules, stemming from…
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Paris agreement is good news for development consulting and its beneficiaries
Paris agreement is good news for development consulting and its beneficiaries The Paris Agreement confirms that international efforts for tackling climate change will be driven at a national level. Developing countries will receive assistance through capacity building actions supported by financial institutions, international and regional bodies and developed countries, opening new, impactful project opportunities. The…
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Every cloud has a silver lining Governments and society at large can no longer afford to ‘blow hot and cold’ on environmental and energy-related issues. The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris has identified energy efficiency as a key environmental and economic response to…
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Will the Paris summit deliver a “real deal” on the fight against climate change?
Will the Paris summit deliver a “real deal” on the fight against climate change? More than 140 world leaders will be present in Paris starting today, for the global climate summit tasked with keeping Earth livable for the next generations, by limiting carbon emissions as well as the rise of the planet’s mean temperature below…
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