Syria
"Mr de Mistura said that the peace process should be pushed from "the bottom up" as was happening in the war-ravaged northern city of Aleppo.
He said that first it was necessary to organise a freeze on fighting, then provide more humanitarian aid and then encourage local political dialogue."
China
"Stock-Trading Link Between Hong Kong and Shanghai to Start Next Week
China will give investors much greater access to its stock market, a big step in Beijing’s efforts to lure foreign capital and part of attempts to overhaul its economy."
Denmark
"Denmark is pursuing the world’s most ambitious policy againstclimate change. It aims to end the burning of fossil fuels in any form by 2050 — not just in electricity production, as some other countries hope to do, but in transportation as well.
Throughout Europe, governments have come to the realization that electricity markets are going to have to be redesigned for the new age, but they are not pursuing this task with urgency. A bad redesign could itself throw customers into the dark, after all, as happened in California a decade ago.
As Denmark, like other countries, installs more smart meters and smart appliances able to track those prices with no human intervention, one can imagine a system in which demand would adjust smoothly to the available supply. Most people would not care if their water heater were conspiring with other water heaters to decide when to switch on and off, as long as hot water reliably came out of the tap.
it has another big task to meet its 2050 goal: squeezing the fossil fuels out of transportation.electrification of cars was the way to go, but the cars themselves were not really ready.
“We need longer range and lower prices before this becomes a good option,” he said. “Technology needs to save us here.”
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