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UN Recommends Biofuels to Manage Climate Change




United Nations report makes a number of recommendations to deal with climate change, ranging from improving transportation systems, embracing green building codes, and investing in energy-efficiency. The UN Foundation and Sigma Xi present the report: Confronting Climate Change: UN Secretary General sees climate change as a top priorityAvoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable.
... "It also recommends expanding the use of biofuels through energy portfolio standards and incentives to growers and consumers. The report outlines a role for the international community, through the UN and related multilateral institutions, including helping countries in need to finance and deploy energy efficient and new energy technologies while accelerating negotiations to develop a new international framework for addressing climate change and sustainable development. " ...

Via UN: United Nations on Climate Change

 

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