Climate Progress » Blog Archive » The Tech Transfer Trap By Climate Guest Contributor on January 22, 2009 at 7:32 am If the Obama administration hopes to coax China to take action on global warming — and if the administration wants to give the U.N. climate negotiations a chance of success — it will need to solve the thorny problem of technology transfer. If it does so, however, it may face a quarrel with the clean-tech industry, one of its closest allies in the business community. In the U.N. climate talks last month in Poznan, Poland, technology transfer emerged as one of the key stumbling blocks. Details of this proposal were not fleshed out, but much of the tech transfer discussion centered on China’s proposal for a multi-billion-dollar fund generated by wealthy nations’ contributions of at least 0.7% of their GDP. Less attention has been given to another element of China’s proposal — the demand for a system that would give developing nations low-cost or no-cost access to those patented technologies. – Robert Collier Related Posts:
15 Ways to Reclaim 2 Precious Hours Every Day at Ririan Project “For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.” Do you want to make better use of your time? If so, you’re not alone. We all want to be more productive in order to get ahead in our lives. Time management is really about managing yourself. Whether you’re a time-tested veteran or a promising rookie, the following tips will help you reclaim some precious hours. 1. Making a list externalizes your worries. 2. BANJO is an acronym for “Bang A Nasty Job Off”. 3. Wading through the latest ‘unmissable’ offers from some pizza delivery or loan companies is the last thing you need when you’re legging it to work. 4. Unless you fancy the cleaner, staying late at the office is a waste of time. 5. Getting on your bike could seriously speed up your commute. 6. Feel like you’re constantly in meetings? 7. When you’re trying to concentrate, is there anything more distracting than a vibrating cell phone or the pinging sound of an incoming email or IM? 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Plan agreed to tackle online music piracy | Top News By Kate Holton LONDON Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:34pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - The music and film industries launched a fight back against online piracy on Thursday, persuading the six biggest Internet providers to send warning letters to those suspected of illegal file-sharing. Some 6 million people are thought to engage in illegal file-sharing each year and the trend has cost the music and film industries millions in lost revenue. ISPs had previously argued they were mere conduits and not responsible for content. But they agreed to the deal after the government said it would impose legislation if they did not work to curb illegal file-sharing. Analysts said the plan would likely scare off younger users of illegal sites, who download content often without their parent's knowledge, but would need to be just the first step in an escalating battle. "But that will not be enough." The UK Film Council also welcomed the announcement as a significant first step. (Editing by Louise Ireland/Elaine Hardcastle)
20 Productive Ways to Use Your Free Time - lifehack.org If you’ve got a big block of free time, the best way to put that to use is to relax, have fun, decompress from a stressful day, or spend time with a loved one. But if you’ve just got a little chunk — say 5 or 10 minutes — there’s no time to do any of the fun stuff. Put those little chunks of time to their most productive use. Everyone works differently, so the best use of your free time really depends on you, your working style, and what’s on your to-do list. But it’s handy to have a list like this in order to quickly find a way to put that little spare time to work instantly, without any thought. Reading file. Got some productive spare-time tips of your own? Read full content
McKinsey & Company - Greater China - China’s green revolution: Prioritizing technologies to achieve energy and environmental sustainability Thinktanks seek funds to back green technologies in poor countries | Business New financial mechanisms to ensure the transfer of low-carbon technology to emerging economies will help achieve a meaningful breakthrough at the Copenhagen climate change conference in December, according to a report by an alliance of some of the world's leading thinktanks. The recently formed Global Climate Network, which includes the UK's Institute for Public Policy Research, the Center for American Progress led by John Podesta, head of Barack Obama's presidential transition team, and the influential Research Centre for Sustainable Development from China, is gathering in London this week to establish a policy to fund action to fight global warming using solar power, wind, carbon capture and energy efficiency. These include harnessing the cheap borrowing facilities available in rich countries to be targeted at low-carbon energy in poorer countries. "That situation needs to be reversed for real progress to be made in reducing emissions there.
90 months and counting | Andrew Simms Ten months have passed since pointing out that we have, at best, 100 left before a new, far more dangerous phase of global warming begins. The "chatter" of concern is getting louder. But at the same time, the political system in Britain has been wracked and absorbed more by its own inadequacies than by this fundamental threat to civilisation. The fall of the Roman Empire was due to a large extent, writes the historian Adrian Goldsworthy, to a system of government that became inward-looking and weakened by internal dissent. In its place was a bloated, inefficient and suspicious bureaucracy of 35,000, seeking power and personal advantage. In the last ten months, support for needing to take radical action over countdown period has been far and deep. Yet, in spite of the support that investing in the great transition could give to a weakened economy, the new and additional resources being made available are paltry compared to the support given to the financial sector.
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