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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Additionality in the clean development mechanism: why and what?
Article 12.5 of the Kyoto Protocol specifies that emission reductions are only to be certified under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) if they are additional to any that would occur in the absence of the certified project activity. The primary question to be pursued in this discussion paper is simply: Why?
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Carbon markets are collapsing
Julian Glover Europe
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Indias carbon market could end soon if EU has its way
Edinburgh: If the European Union has its way, the Indian carbon market could see its end soon. In a fresh strategy ahead of the key UN meet on climate change at Copenhagen in December, the EU has demanded that instead of earning money out of the existing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), India should instead be taking on commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
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Slowdown hits clean energy market
A volatile carbon credit market means companies will be less likely to invest in clean energy projects as the incentives are hard to predict.
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Carbon offsets: Growing pains in a growing market
There's a new market growing in the United States, but unlike others trading in tangible commodities, this one trades in the absence of something that no one wants: greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. According to industry figures, the global markets for both voluntary offsets and those sold to meet compliance requirements are growing rapidly, and U.S.
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Trade your emissions, says EU
James Kanter BRUSSELS: The European Commission was preparing an appeal on Friday to wealthy countries
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Weather Politics
MANSHI ASHER, environmental activist, uncovers the murky carbon credit market in India
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Depressed carbon prices to have ripple effects
Date: 16-Jan-09 Country: UK Author: Michael Szabo - Analysis LONDON - Tumbling prices for emissions permits may have knock-on effects on the world's $120 billion carbon market, including a slowing of U.N. offset supplies and a shake out in green project developers.
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Obama energy pick says will fight global warming
Date: 14-Jan-09 Country: US Author: Tom Doggett WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will tackle the threat of global warming by seeking a cap-and-trade system to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Steven Chu, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be U.S. energy secretary, told lawmakers on Tuesday.
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Getting ready for REDD: toward an effective and equitable policy on international forest carbon
Deforestation is a leading cause of climate change