Policing carbon markets
Carbon markets have emerged in recent decades as one of the most important tools for curbing industrial greenhouse gas emissions, but they present a number of novel enforcement challenges when compared
Cap And Trade
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China considers ways of reducing emissions
Despite leading in some aspects of green technology, such as solar and wind power, China still faces a fight to reduce its level of emissions. China considers ways of reducing emissions Twenty six
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New York court nixes challenge to carbon market
A New York state court on Wednesday dismissed a Tea Party-backed lawsuit that tried to block the state from participating in a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions in the Northeast, finding that
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Ministry sees 20-27% emissions cuts by 2030
Japan could cut its greenhouse gas emissions between 20 and 27 percent by 2030 if it relies solely on domestic measures and based on the nation's reliance on nuclear power, projections by the Environment
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EU aviation carbon spat seen unlikely to reach WTO
Countries that oppose the European Union's move to include airlines in its scheme to control carbon emissions would find it difficult to bring a dispute to the World Trade Organization (WTO), an official
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EU CO2 Prices To Treble On Supply Cut: Survey
European carbon prices could treble from current levels to average above 19 euros ($23.80) over the next eight years provided European governments cut supply of permits, according to a survey by consultants
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California Takes Step Toward Linking CO2 Market To Quebec
California on Wednesday released an updated draft of its cap-and-trade regulations that for the first time includes language that would link its carbon market to a similar scheme in the Canadian province
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European Slump Leads Utilities To Burn More Coal
Europe's economic slump is allowing utilities in some countries to burn increasing amounts of cheap, highly polluting coal for electricity generation and still meet legally binding targets to cut carbon
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Post-Durban climate policy architecture based on linkage of cap-and-trade systems
The outcome of the December 2011 United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, provides an important new opportunity to move toward an international climate policy architecture that is capable
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No EU carbon trade for desi airlines
New Delhi: Acting tough on the unilateral carbon tax proposed by the European Union for airlines operating to and from the region, India has barred its airlines from submitting any emission data to EU.
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China’s carbon emission trading: an overview of current development
China has embarked on one of the largest endeavours in climate economics ever, to establish a national carbon emission trading system by 2015. As a first step, carbon-trading pilots have been initiated