Robert Zlokower
Project ManagerComment:Visions
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Energy Innovation and the Low Carbon Economy 2 days, 22 hours ago · View
The world faces a plethora of urgent and critical energy challenges, with a need for immediate investment to build an energy infrastructure to deliver a low carbon economy. In order to ensure the low carbon economy is secure and affordable, innovation needs to be brought into the energy sector, experts say. The skilled work needed could [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Platts Biofuels Conference 2012 3 days, 21 hours ago · View
Location: Hilton Amsterdam Hotel, Amsterdam Tackling Fragmentation in the International Biofuels Sector Using our extensive knowledge of global biofuels markets, Platts Biofuels Conference 2012 will bring together producers, regional policy makers, trading and financial houses, and selected academic and media agencies to discuss how to expedite the alignment of policy and trade flows in the [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Seeking expert viewpoints for ‘Innovation’ discussion on Comment:Visions 2 weeks, 3 days ago · View
Dear readers, We would like to invite you to contribute a written online comment in our Comment:Visions discussion on ‘Innovation.’ To pre-submit a comment, click here to register or e-mail me at robert(at)commentvisions.com. Comment:Visions was born out of a partnership between the global channel euronews, and the Economist-owned newspaper, European Voice, in association with Shell. This project explores the views [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: World Biofuel Markets 2012: Q&A with JOil 4 weeks ago · View
While at the World Biofuel Markets in March in Rotterdam, Comment:Visions spoke with Dr. Hong Yan, Cheif Scientific Officer at JOil, about developing regions and Jatropha.
CV: Can you tell us how successful projects have developed and thrived despite the developing world being concerned with issues such as sustainability and land use? HY: That is a big topic for me. I would [...] -
Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: The UK Energy Summit 2012 1 month ago · View
Location: The Grange St Pauls, London
The UK Energy Summit 2012 will bring together policy makers, industry leaders, investors, regulators, innovators and influential thinkers to discuss how the UK’s vision for the energy sector is unfolding and what further actions are required to achieve a secure, low carbon economy.
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Transparency and extractive industries 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
On 22 November, 2011 Comment:Visions invited a panel of policymakers and experts to discuss how transparency in extractive industries can contribute to reduce corruption and help extraction countries out of the ‘resources curse’. A central point of the discussion was the recently proposed revision of the EU transparency directive, which would impose new, more stringent [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Seeking expert opinions for ‘Transparency’ discussion on Comment:Visions 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
Dear readers, We would like to invite you to contribute a written online comment in our Comment:Visions discussion on ‘Transparency.’ To pre-submit a comment, click here to register or e-mail me at robert(at)commentvisions.com. Comment:Visions was born out of a partnership between the global channel euronews, and the Economist-owned newspaper, European Voice, in association with Shell. This project explores the views [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: What impact did COP17 in Durban have on carbon prices? 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
The EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), which was launched in 2005, is central to the European Union’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It provides a marketplace for buying and selling emissions trading rights. By setting a price for CO2 emissions, the scheme is intended to establish the most cost-effective way of lowering emissions and [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Seeking expert opinions for ‘Emissions Trading’ discussion on Comment:Visions 2 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Dear readers, We would like to invite you to contribute a written online comment in our Comment:Visions discussion on ‘Emissions Trading.’ To pre-submit a comment, click here to register or e-mail me at robert(at)commentvisions.com. Comment:Visions was born out of a partnership between the global channel euronews, and the Economist-owned newspaper, European Voice , in association with Shell. This project explores the [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Energy at the crossroads 5 months, 1 week ago · View
Meeting the energy demands of our increasingly urbanised society while also cutting greenhouse gas emissions seems like an almost impossible task. It’s a formidable challenge that sees the energy sector at the crossroads. This month on Commentvisions.com we’re discussing the role that society can play in delivering a clean energy future. And we’re looking back, in this programme, at the last year in which we’ve discussed [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Contributing to ‘Sustainability’ discussion on Comment:Visions 5 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Dear readers, We would like to invite you to contribute a written online comment in our Comment:Visions discussion on ‘Progress towards sustainability’. To pre-submit a comment, click here to register or e-mail me at robert@commentvisions.com. Comment:Visions was born out of a partnership between the global channel euronews, and the Economist-owned newspaper, European Voice , in association with Shell. This project [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Download the Shell INSIDE ENERGY app to explore interactive stories on innovation 5 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Our project sponsor Shell has launched a new app for iPad that showcases innovation in energy. INSIDE ENERGY explores the role innovation plays in producing energy to power and sustain our lives. Discover new ways of finding energy, learn about advances in technology, and meet the people involved in making it happen. New stories and interactive [...]
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Robert Zlokower posted an update in the group Climate Change: 5 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Thanks Barry. These are interesting topics you bring up!
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Chickens & Eggs: Euro-policies on Alternative Fuel & NGV Infrastructures 5 months, 3 weeks ago · View
An Interview with Dr. Franz-Xavier Soeldner 24 November 2011 The European Commission has been working with alternative fuel stakeholders to understand and assess the various elements and actions that will lead to sustainable markets for alternative fuel and vehicle technologies . The results of their work will culminate in new policy initiatives for alternative fuels and natural gas vehicles. Dr. Franz-Xavier [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: World Biofuels Markets 2012 to Offer Final Word on Food Versus Fuel Issue 5 months, 4 weeks ago · View
The BBC’s Jeremy Paxman to moderate interactive discussion on realities and myths of ongoing biofuels debate The World Biofuels Markets ( http://www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com), Europe’s largest conference and exhibition focused on biofuels, announced an interactive keynote session entitled “Food vs. Fuel: The Global Debate Continues.” Moderated by BBC Newsnight host Jeremy Paxman, the panel of experts will address the realities [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Making economics environmentally friendly 6 months ago · View
Researching how to improve and develop a sustainable world, Dr. Stanislav Shmelev published a book this month called Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice . The aim is to present the alternative view where logic, methodological clarity and transparency could help build the capacity to improve economies and make them more sustainable. Dr. Shmelev is also a contributor to [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: The European Emissions Trading System – 2020 & beyond 6 months, 1 week ago · View
Launched 2005, the EU Emissions Trading System is designed to help member states achieve their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, allowing participating organizations and states to buy-and-sell emissions allowances as they need. But the recent lull in manufacturing and therefore demand for power in the wake of the global financial [...]
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Robert Zlokower wrote a new post: Contributing to ‘Emissions Trading’ discussion on commentvisions.com 6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Dear readers, We would like to invite you to contribute a written online comment in our Comment:Visions discussion on ‘Emissions Trading’. To pre-submit a comment, click here to register or e-mail me at robert@commentvisions.com. Comment:Visions was born out of a partnership between the global channel euronews, and the Economist-owned newspaper, European Voice , in association with Shell. This project explores [...]
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Robert Zlokower and Barry Stevens are now connected 6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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Robert Zlokower posted an update in the group Climate Change: 7 months, 1 week ago · View
Who is more responsible for combating climate change — nation-states or local governments?
See article I found: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=local-governments-lead-efforts-to-combat-climate-change
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