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Publisher: Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR)
China propels greenhouse gases to record level
Münster - China increased its emissions of greenhouse gases to the record level of 6.4 billion tons in 2007 (2006: 5.9 billion). That equates to an increase of nearly 500 million tons compared to last year, announced the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) in Muenster, Germany. According to current calculations, the USA is still only slightly ahead of China with 6.6 billion tons (2006: 6.5 billion). In 2007, a total of 30.9 billion tons - an unprecedented amount - of climate-damaging greenhouse gases were emitted worldwide.
"Just two countries alone, the USA and China, are already responsible for significantly more than 40 percent of annual CO2 emissions," said IWR Director Dr. Norbert Allnoch. While emissions in the USA are increasing relatively slowly, the prolonged increase in China already in 2008 may see ‘the country in the middle’ take the top-spot of greenhouse gas emitters, according to the IWR forecast.
Muenster, 7 August 2008
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About Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR)
In 1996, the International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies (IWR) was established as an independent and private service institution of the renewable energy industry. The IWR focuses on the fields of research, economic and policy consultation as well as media and international networks in the renewable or regenerative energies sector. One main objective of the IWR is to play an instrumental role in introducing and spreading awareness for an industrial, international business profile of the renewable energy industry.
Dr. Norbert Allnoch, Director of the International Economic Platform of Renewable Energies (IWR), 1995, on the definition: "According to our definition, the Renewable Energy Industry is one which takes an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of renewable energy supply (protecting both the climate and resources) and the construction of renewable plants and systems (industry policy for the three areas electricity, heat and fuel."Chronology of the Renewable Energy Industry - Important IWR contributions, including prizes and awards - 2007 Publication of the first structural analysis for a federal state according to the IWR-analysis method for renewable systems engineering and services�(study "Zur Lage der regenerativen Energiewirtschaft in NRW" )2007 International network-contacts:IWR-director Dr. Allnoch speaks with King Harald V. of Norway and �slaug Haga, norwegian minister of energy Presentation of the network / RENIXX in the USA, dialogue with McGinty, environment minister of Pennsylvania2006 IWR starts renewable stock index RENIXX� (