Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
European Union negotiators agreed early on Thursday the text of a law designed to make governments and utilities improve energy efficiency and lower the bloc's fuel bills. The legislative proposal was agreed by representatives of the Commission, the European Parliament and the presidency shortly after midnight, EU sources said. It …
Europe's emissions trading scheme has failed to create incentives for utilities to use cleaner energy fuels, meaning that governments will have to switch to simpler tools, such as subsidies and regulation, to enforce emissions reduction targets. One of the most effective steps to reduce emissions would be to switch from …
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 the plaintiffs had no grounds to challenge the program. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who represented New …
This is the proceedings of National level Consultation on “International REDD Plus Architecture and its relevance for India” held at India Habitat Centre on 14th June, 2012. The major objectives of the workshop are: To understand how various forests related instruments are impacting g the REDD+ both at the National …
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 with the global trade body said on Friday. China and India have boycotted their airlines from taking …
European environment ministers are expected to reopen a difficult debate later this month on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts, but a draft text ahead of the meeting stops short of any firm targets. Previous discussion of bigger carbon cuts has been tense, with coal-reliant Poland objecting that they could damage …
The European Union needs to aim for a deeper emissions cut soon, to rescue a record low carbon price and spur long-term investment in low-carbon technology, leading carbon market players said at an industry gathering. Europe's economic slump has made it easier for the EU to reach its 2020 climate …
The European Union needs to aim for a deeper emissions cut soon, to rescue a record low carbon price and spur long-term investment in low-carbon technology, leading carbon market players said at an industry gathering. Europe's economic slump has made it easier for the EU to reach its 2020 climate …
The total value of the carbon market grew by 11 per cent in 2011, to $176 billion, and transaction volumes reached a new high of 10.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), according to a new report from the World Bank (WB). The report titled on "State and Trends …
ActionAid believes that agroecology-based Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture (CSRA) is an effective way to respond to both the climate and food crisis. CRSA proposes to overcome the gaps of contemporary mitigation and adaptation programmes in agriculture by bringing to the fore the actual priorities, needs, and knowledge of farming communities …
This study conducts a review of World Bank-financed operations, and selected interventions by other institutions, on household energy access in an attempt to examine success and failure factors and to inform the new generation of upcoming interventions. First, the report provides a brief literature review to lay out the multidimensional …
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2012: Developing Dimension is the sixth annual report created to shed light on trading volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivations of buyers voluntarily purchasing carbon offsets. Findings are based on data voluntary reported by 312 offset suppliers, seven exchanges, and all …
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 PwC. In its annual GHG Market Sentiment Survey, PwC found that 80 percent of respondents were in favor …
The annual report on State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2012 presents an optimistic view of the carbon market, which despite adverse conditions, still grew by 11% in 2011, amounting to US$176 billion with US$10.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) traded during 2011. The report was launched …
Germany has asked for discussion on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts to be put on the agenda at a meeting of environment ministers in June, EU sources said. If agreed, a more ambitious target could help to spur the European Union's carbon market, which has sunk to record lows. Previous …
Germany has asked for discussion on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts to be put on the agenda at a meeting of environment ministers in June, EU sources said. If agreed, a more ambitious target could help to spur the European Union's carbon market, which has sunk to record lows. Previous …
Bavaria's stock exchange will abandon its carbon emissions certificate trading operations in the EU-traded CO2 market on June 30 after volumes in Europe "plunged to practically zero" in recent months, it said on Tuesday. The EU's emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) limits the carbon dioxide emissions of the 27-nation bloc's …
To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020. Yet the challenge facing Merkel's new environment minister Peter Altmaier, his predecessor fired this week following …
While its Latin American neighbors move forward with national climate laws, Argentina is backsliding on actions to tackle its greenhouse gas emissions as the country struggles to meet energy demand from a fast-growing middle class. Argentina's GDP grew 7.3 percent last year, driving demand for energy that is overwhelmingly derived …
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 of Quebec. The draft language called for the mutual acceptance of compliance instruments like allowances and offset credits …
