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Pakistan to host 8th World Wind energy conference in December 2008

Pakistan shall be hosting the 8th World Wind Energy Conference from December 4 to December 6, 2008 in the port city of Karachi. Canada is hosting the 7th Conference in February 2008.

World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) is an international non-profit association embracing the wind sector worldwide, with members in 80 countries. WWEA works for the promotion and worldwide deployment of wind energy technology.


Reference: http://www.wwindea.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=197&Itemid=76

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Changing laws is far more important than changing the light bulbs

The Climate campaigner Al Gore urged world policymakers to change laws “not just light bulbs” in tackling global warming, and a UN official said world market turmoil must not be allowed to delay action.

An annual meeting of world political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, this year has scheduled a record number of sessions and workshops on global warming. But a sharp downturn on markets and fears of recession have dominated discussion.

“If we get distracted by the aberrations that you see in the financial market right now it would clearly be very unfortunate,” said Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Gore, in a swipe at U.S. President George W. Bush’s environmental record, said the election of a new president in November could only bring an improvement.

“In addition to changing the light bulbs, it is far more important to change the laws and to change the treaty obligations that nations have,” Gore told delegates, in apparent reference to what he sees as the Bush administration’s reluctance to initiate legislation on environmental control.

Courtesy: ENN: http://www.enn.com/business/article/29925