WORLD BANK TARGETS FOSSIL FUELS FOR CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION
November 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the Copenhagen climate change conference looms the World Bank has issued a detailed report calling on governments to reduce "the fossil fuel intensity of energy" and the "overall energy intensity" of their countries' economies. It says while very poor countries cannot reduce energy consumption and develop economically, this is possible for rich and emerging market countries.
*http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTOGMC/Resources/co2_emissions1.pdf
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AS the Copenhagen climate change conference looms the World Bank has issued a detailed report calling on governments to reduce "the fossil fuel intensity of energy" and the "overall energy intensity" of their countries' economies. It says while very poor countries cannot reduce energy consumption and develop economically, this is possible for rich and emerging market countries.
*http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTOGMC/Resources/co2_emissions1.pdf
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