Saliem Fakir
LOW-CARBON FUTURE
Will the planet be saved?
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Fourteen days of deliberations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seventeeth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) culminated in a diplomatic coup where, for the first time, countries agreed to negotiate a new treaty that...
By: Saliem Fakir
20 Jan 12
Low Carbon Future - Saliem Fakir
COP 17 – waiting for light at end of tunnel
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Some predictions are easy and others require a savant’s wisdom to penetrate the unseen world. One can be sure the outcome of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's seventeeth Conference of the Parties, or COP 17 – being...
By: Saliem Fakir
02 Dec 11
Low Carbon Future - Saliem Fakir
Learning from the Chinese approach to carbon taxation
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The Australian government recently just managed to squeeze through carbon tax legislation. The Australian system starts off with a fixed price, eventually moving to a trading scheme. India already has a carbon tax of about $1.03/t for coal...
By: Saliem Fakir
25 Nov 11
Low Carbon Future - Saliem Fakir
Thinking of value-add in a way that guarantees future of sustainability
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The world was once run on three big economic engines: Europe, North America and Japan. These engines of growth are slowing down but three or four or five new engines have come onto the scene with youthful vitality: India, Brazil, Turkey, China and...
By: Saliem Fakir
07 Oct 11
Low Carbon Future - Saliem Fakir
Perennial doubters and future of renewables
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It is somewhat tired argument to suggest that renewables will make no progress as a technology and that they will never compete with coal or nuclear.
By: Saliem Fakir
02 Sep 11
Low Carbon Future - Saliem Fakir
There are still many unknowns about shale gas extraction in the Karoo
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I recently attended what is probably the most insightful conference I have ever attended – not because it was attended mostly by industry players but because the debate was vigorous and illuminating. There were also some very good presentations.
By: Saliem Fakir
05 Aug 11
Low Carbon Future
SA needs an independent system operator
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Previously, I noted some reservations about the idea of an independent system and market operator (ISMO).
By: Saliem Fakir
08 Jul 11
Low Carbon Future
Do green jobs threaten other jobs?
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You have probably heard this before: green industries will steal jobs from other sectors. Superficial logic invites superficial conclusions. But here is an exploration that may help to deepen the debate on this matter.
By: Saliem Fakir
10 Jun 11
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