The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Australian government's proposed cap-and-trade scheme to regulate greenhouse gases, released in draft legislation last month, is facing mounting criticism from opposition politicians. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose Labor party holds a slim majority in the House of Representatives and none in the Senate, is under pressure to alter the …
There are local air pollution benefits from pursuing greenhouse gases emissions mitigation policies, which lower the net costs of emission reductions and thereby may strengthen the incentives to participate in a global climate change mitigation agreement. The main purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which local …
There are local air pollution benefits from pursuing greenhouse gases emissions mitigation policies, which lower the net costs of emission reductions and thereby may strengthen the incentives to participate in a global climate change mitigation agreement. The main purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which local …
Although still accounting for a small segment of the global carbon market, the voluntary carbon market is a place for innovation where original solutions are proposed to deal with some challenges faced by the regulatory market, including efforts to value the occasional ancillary benefits of climate action, to simplify methodologies, …
In order to strengthen cooperation on and deepen analysis of issues related to sustainable development, the Swedish Government has set up an advisory Commission on Sustainable Development. The Commission serves as a forum for discussion, analysis and dialogue. At the end of this year, governments from all countries of the …
With just eight months to go for the decisive United Nations Climate Change Conference, participating countries the world over are trying to weigh their options and ensure that their political requirements are met. Yvo de Boer highlights the four key political points that the participating countries ought to be clear …
Ministry of Environment has set a target of registering 100 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the country to promote the business of carbon sequestration for reducing carbon emission to mitigate the climate change. This was announced by the Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi in a meeting …
Stage set for credit sale THE UN appointed last month German consultancy firm tuv sud to verify the authenticity of clean energy projects in developed countries. The firm will certify if the project did indeed reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Once a project is certified by an accredited agency, every tonne …
Drastic emission cuts for developed nations ON MARCH 2, the Council of the European Union released the EU position on climate negotiations. This followed the January-end proposals of the European Commission to negotiate a post-2012 global climate deal. The negotiations will take place in December in Copenhagen. Overall the EU …
The global meltdown led to expectations governments would use money to reinvent economies for climate change. The plan was simple: spend obscene amounts of public money in infrastructure and other projects, to stimulate national economies. If this money got spent on all those things which would improve the environmental sustainability …
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has moved firmly onto the agenda as the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) approach the climate change negotiations at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 15 at Copenhagen in December 2009. REDD is an option that could …
Rich countries cannot afford to start a trade war with China and other developing countries that they believe are not doing enough to fight global warming, the Netherland's top trade official said on Wednesday. "Should we use a loophole under the WTO rules to impose trade restrictions on, for example, …
On mitigation commitments of developed countries The proposal is silent on historical emissions or current per capita emissions. The formula focuses on capacity, ignoring
The Australian Government proposes an unconditional target of reducing 2000 year net emissions by 5%, and would make a 15% cut if other developed nations make similar commitments. These targets are indefensible on the basis of the latest science.
A carbon dioxide emission limit for power plants should apply to both new and existing installations if it is to have a significant impact on reducing emissions by 2030, according to a study published by environmental consultants Ecofys.
