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Event: Transatlantic Energy Futures
On Wednesday 7 March 2012, Fleishman-Hillard Brussels hosted the book launch of ‘Transatlantic Energy Futures’, followed by a high-level panel discussion on transatlantic energy relations chaired by Dan Baxter, SVP and head of the office’s Sustainability Team. The book was …Read Post
Efficiency, renewables and fossil fuels – What’s the right energy for Europe?
On 25 January Fleishman-Hillard Brussels organised a roundtable discussion on the future of the EU energy mix, with a particular emphasis on the role that energy efficiency could play in this context. A discussion paper laying down the terms of the …Read Post
Event: What’s the Right Energy for Europe?
Fleishman-Hillard Brussels hosts a luncheon roundtable on ‘Efficiency, renewables and fossil fuels – what’s the right energy for Europe?’ in Brussels on Wednesday 25 January 2012. Ms. Dagmara Koska, Member of the Cabinet for European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger and …Read Post
Is Europe’s Drought a Symptom of Climate Change?
Driving across the rolling farming country of northern and central France, as my wife and I have just done, you might think that French arable farmers have never had it so good. Grain prices are high and the landscape as …Read Post
Is Your Organisation Ready for the European Citizens’ Initiative?
The European Citizens’ Initiative -the new EU petition scheme- has the potential to radically change Brussels public affairs as we know it. Is your organisation ready for its advent? This Fleishman-Hillard paper explores the threats and opportunities that this instrument …Read Post
Outcome of COP15
The Copenhagen Climate Conference did not meet most expectations. After two weeks of negotiations, world leaders delivered a three-page non-binding political declaration (‘Copenhagen Accord’) that fails to provide a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, expiring in 2012. The attached briefing …Read Post
EU Must Toughen its Stance After Copenhagen
For the European Union it was a depressing end to the year! Gone were all hopes of providing global leadership at the Copenhagen conference on climate change. The EU found itself helpless on the sidelines as the US president, constrained by a sceptical Congress, confronted a Chinese prime minister apparently determined to reject any binding [...] Read Post
The role of Technology Transfers in Climate Change (COP15)
This edition addresses the “Role of Technology Transfers in Climate Change”. The transfer of renewable and clean energy technologies from industrialized nations to developing countries is a key issue in the on-going discussions on the post-Kyoto regime. This paper outlines …Read Post
Briefing on Financing Climate Change (COP15)
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen approaches, one of the more controversial topics on the agenda will be the issue of financing. Members of Fleishman-Hillard’s financial and sustainability teams examine behind-the-scenes financial efforts and take a …Read Post
Briefing on Clean Development Mechanism (COP 15)
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a key topic of negotiations at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), gives industrialized countries carbon credits for investing in reduction projects in developing countries. Members of Fleishman-Hillard’s sustainability and public affairs teams …Read Post
