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TURN IT OFF!
The International Energy Agency estimates that standby mode could be causing a full one percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, close to what the entire aviation industry emits. A typical European, Japanese, Australian or American home is likely to have 20 devices constantly drawing standby power.The IEA has launched a campaign aiming to reduce standby consumption to one watt.
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CN NET IN THE NEWS
Tuesday, 20 December 2011 - New Phase for UNEP's Climate Neutral Network
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced the closure of the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net). Members of the web-based platform, which allowed companies, organizations, cities and states to showcase their climate neutral strategies, and to share and access information and ideas with fellow participants, are being invited to approach other similar platforms to continue their climate neutral efforts.
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CN Net follows guidelines in “Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality”.
- Recommends reducing GHG emissions by:
- Making the Commitment
- Measuring and analyzing
- Reducing
- Offsetting
- Finetuning, adjusting, absorbing lessons learned
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