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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REDD+ and carbon markets: ten myths exploded
<p>Over the last four years, the United Nations’ negotiations on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – REDD+ – has become increasingly central in global discussions on climate change. Unfortunately there are still a number of serious misconceptions about the suitability of carbon markets to finance forest protection.
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An Unclear Course on Emissions Policy
Opposition to cap and trade, a regulatory tool for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, normally comes from the right end of the political spectrum, where it is derided as
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California Carbon Market On Ice
A California judge has suspended the implementation of an emissions cap-and-trade scheme till air regulators can examine alternatives, dealing another setback to an ambitious program that could serve as a model for other states. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith ruled that the California Air Resources Board (ARB) should "take no action" to implement cap-and-trade plans until i
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Judge Blocks Cap-and-Trade Plan
A California judge ruled on Friday that state air regulators must stop carrying out a cap-and-trade plan until they examine alternatives to emissions trading to meet the state
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America's top climate cop
The United States has abandoned comprehensive greenhouse-gas curbs, but California is pressing ahead. Mary Nichols is leading the fight against emissions.
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China Opposes EU Move To Curb Airline Emissions
Chinese airlines have joined U.S.
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Global status report on local renewable energy policies
<p>This report makes clear that there are many different approaches to renewable energy policy. Many factors influence the approaches that local governments choose.
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The emissions omitted
The usual figures ignore the role of trade in the world
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The effectiveness, efficiency and equity of market-based and voluntary measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the agri-food sector
<p>Most scientists agree that human activity that releases carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere is the dominant cause of climate change. The current concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is around 380 parts per million (ppm), up from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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The implications of international greenhouse gas Offsets on global climate mitigation
<p>International greenhouse gas offset credits from developing countries could play a major role in fulfilling developed countries’ emission reduction pledges under the Cancún Agreements, but there is great uncertainty about the future role of such offsets.