Translation of "energy transfer function " (English → French) :

Order Transferring to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources the Powers, Duties and Functions of the Minister of Forestry and Amalgamating and Combining the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and the Department of Forestry under the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources

Order Transferring to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources the Powers, Duties and Functions of the Minister of Forestry and Amalgamating and Combining the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and the Department of Forestry under the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (SI/93-144)

11. Recognises the fact that road transport has brought down considerably its emissions of particulate matter (PM 10), acidifying substances and ozone precursors, but is still worried about its level of nitrogen oxides and of fine particulates (Term report 2008, fig. 5.1). Is however particularly disappointed about its CO2 emissions, which in the period from 1990 - 2006 increased by 28 %, compared to a reduction of 3 % in the other sectors. Considers that the impact of black carbon (soot) particles on global warming should also be taken into account and that particle filtration should be recommended to eliminate that impact in order to at least partly compensate for the increase or insufficient reduction of CO2 emissions. Calls for freight traffic to be ...[+++]gradually transferred off the roads and onto rail and other energy efficient transport means, pending the construction of new railway lines that are compatible with the existing network's capacity. Calls, in addition, for the building of new interport facilities to be incentivised (which could improve the process of transferring freight from road to rail) and for the functionality of currently existing facilities to be improved;

D. whereas economies are like ecosystems: both systems take in energy and materials and turn them into products and processes, the difference being that our economy follows linear resource flows whereas nature is cyclic; and whereas ecosystems perform functions which convert waste into resources, by transferring energy from the sunlight, and whereas industrial processes are not able to do this; whereas, against the backdrop of r ...[+++]apidly growing economies and populations, production and products that lead to waste streams which nature cannot absorb and turn into new resources are increasingly problematic from the point of view of sustainability,

117. Calls for greater support to be given, for example through knowledge and technology transfer, to the use of sustainable, locally available forms of energy and decentralised energy networks in particular in developing countries, in order to ensure access to energy, save resources, create jobs, reduce dependency and assist the development of properly functioning market economies;

116. Calls for greater support to be given, for example through knowledge and technology transfer, to the use of sustainable, locally available forms of energy and decentralised energy networks in particular in developing countries, in order to ensure access to energy, save resources, create jobs, reduce dependency and assist the development of properly functioning market economies;