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Written by Javier Sánchez
Thursday, 28 May 2009 09:59
Climate change is a serious challenge to humanity and sustainable development, which requires both proactive responses and concerted effort by the international community. China attaches great importance to tackling climate change. In 2007, it established the National Leading Group on Climate Change (NLGCC), headed by Premier Wen Jiabao. That same year, China issued its National Climate Change Program , the first ever by a developing country. In its National Climate Change Program , China set an objective to lower its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20% or so of 2005 level by 2010 and in its Mid- and Long-Term Plan for the Development of Renewable Energy , China also sets an objective of increasing the proportion of renewable energy in the primary energy mix to 10% by 2010, and to 15% by 2020.
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Written by Javier Sánchez
Thursday, 28 May 2009 09:53
El invento se llama 'Wind-it' y es el resultado de la suma de dos elementos muy comunes en nuestro paisaje: la torreta eléctrica y la turbina eólica. "La idea es que si hay unos objetos como son las torretas eléctricas que ya ocupan un espacio y que todo el mundo acepta, por qué no entonces aprovecharlos de un modo más inteligente", nos cuenta desde París Nicola Delon, una de las tres cabezas pensantes de las que ha salido esta curiosa fusión galardonada en Nueva York con el primer premio de la Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition.
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