In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Barack Obama is keen to curb greenhouse-gas emissions with a cap-and-trade scheme. Can Congress come round to his way of thinking? AS HE clinched the Democratic nomination for president last year, Barack Obama declared:
The ongoing global economic downturn and a sharp fall in crude oil prices in the last few months have dampened the market for carbon credits. The prices of carbon credits dropped nearly 75 per cent in 2008, leaving those who had invested in them with huge losses. The reason: Companies …
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: …
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 …
A volatile carbon credit market means companies will be less likely to invest in clean energy projects as the incentives are hard to predict. For the first time in more than four years, growth is slowing in India
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 …
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. Carbon offsets traded under the Kyoto Protocol and …
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. "Climate change is a growing and …
In an effort to inform the climate change dialogue, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Pew Center on the States have developed a series of brief reports entitled Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change. These reports are meant to provide a reliable and …
This analysis examines the state of U.S. climate change and energy policy at the federal and sub-national levels, capturing the key developments in 2008, and looking ahead to 2009. It refers to the role of the U.S. courts, and the activities of American industry. It argues that the United States …
