Carbon-credit schemes fall short (Guardian Unlimited)
Environment, science & technology: Scale of problem will fuel criticism that the world cannot rely on carbon markets to tackle climate change
Carbon-credit schemes fall 30% short of projections, report claims (Guardian Unlimited)
Scale of problem will fuel criticism that the world cannot rely on carbon markets to tackle climate change
Stern launches carbon credit ratings agency (Financial Times)
Lord Nicholas Stern, author of the UK’s Stern report on climate change, will launch a new carbon credit ratings agency on Wednesday, the first to score carbon credits on a similar basis to that used to rate debt.
Power prices to grow up to 15% in 2009 (Prague Daily Monitor)
Prague, June 23 (CTK) – Czech households will pay more for electricity again as of January 2009 and analysts believe power prices may rise by as much as 15 percent owing to growing wholesale power prices on the Prague Energy Exchange.