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Enigin - Countries Worldwide Adhere To The Copenhagen Accord

The European Union and the United States have made their adherence to the Copenhagen Accord formal this week, as the end of January deadline approches.

The US aim to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020. This target only represents a 4% reduction on 1990 levels, which many other nations are pushing to set as a baseline.

The EU has maintained its position with its pledge to achieve a unilateral 20% cut in emissions from 1990 levels by 2020, and confirmed that it would raise the target to 30% if other industrialised nations make “comparable offers” and developing countries promise “adequate contributions”.

Norway features among the most ambitious nations in regards to cutting emissions, with a promise to achieve at least a 30% reduction from 1990 levels by 2020, willing to increase that target to 40% should other countries also commit to higher targets.

9 other nations (Australia, France, Canada, Singapore, Turkey, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Ghana and the Maldives), have also officially signed up to the Copenhagen Accord, while others are expected to join them in the next couple of days prior to the deadline.

Cutting emissions and respecting the sometimes very ambitious targets that countries are setting for themselves will require drastically efficient measures that guarantee a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Saving energy in the industry and public sectors means reducing the carbon output of some of the biggest offenders in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. About a third of total global emissions is generated by the industry sector, which means reducing it through the use of energy efficient systems would make a consequential difference and contribute largely in reducing a country's carbon footprint.

Energy efficient solutions can be accessed through energy efficiency companies such as Enigin PLC, who specialise in this field and can offer their state-of-the-art products and services all over the world.

Enigin can respond to businesses' most essential energy sourcing needs, such as lighting, air conditioning, refrigeration and motor driven production facilities.

Business owners wishing to switch to energy efficiency will find the solution to all their requirements with Enigin. Implementing energy saving products means saving a considerate amount on energy bills, possibly up to 30%. It also means that the business will be needing less energy to run on a daily basis, which will reduce its carbon footprint.

So far, the only country that has officially rejected theCopenhagen Accord is Cuba. UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband comments:

“The Copenhagen Accord was an important step forward but we now need to redouble efforts to secure the legally binding treaty, and complete the unfinished business of Copenhagen.”

Friday 29th January 2010