Prices of carbon credits have fallen to euro 14 per tonne from a peak of euro 20 two months ago – a level, which experts feel, is unlikely to be regained in the short term. Go to Source Read more »
Gujarat’s Green Credit Strategy to counter global warming (New Kerala)
Anand, Dec 4 : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that to counter the challenges of climate change, the state has gone one step ahead by adopting Green Credit strategy, in which Indian government has given its nod, instead of Carbon Credit strategy. Go to Source Read more »
Colorado Farmers Cash In On Climate Concern (CBS4 Denver)
A growing number of Colorado farmers are reaping financial rewards by helping reduce greenhouse gases. “No till” keeps the carbon sequestered in the soil. By preventing carbon from escaping to the atmosphere, it helps control harmful greenhouse gases. Qualified farmers can sell the credits to the Carbon Credit Exchange based in Chicago. Go to Source Read more »
President wants carbon (Yehey!)
President Gloria Arroyo said she wants the carbon credit mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to be retained to effectively fight global warming. Go to Source Read more »
United Nations Environment Programme (United Nations Environment Programme)
Poznan/Nairobi, 6 December 2008 – The huge potential of the building and construction sector for combating climate change remains virtually untapped, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found. Go to Source Read more »
Greening Australia a natural fit for carbon trading (Queensland Country Life)
Carbon trading promises grief of some kind for most businesses, but for Greening Australia it is a natural fit with the organisation’s brief of revegetating degraded landscapes. Go to Source Read more »
Carbon credits eyed to finance corn post-harvest projects – ABS-CBN
Carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are being eyed to finance environment-friendly, biomass-run post-harvest and bulk handling facilities for the country’s corn industry. CDM project organizer Seedlinks Phils. Inc. (SPI) said it … Go to Source Read more »
Carbon credit prices crash on falling crude – Economic Times
MUMBAI: Prices of carbon credits have fallen to euro 14 per tonne from a peak of euro 20 two months ago — a level, which experts feel, is unlikely to be regained in the short term. CERs, or certified emission reductions, are credits issued by the … Go to Source Read more »
We Need a Global Carbon Tax – Wall Street Journal
If President Barack Obama wants to stop the descent toward dangerous global climate change, and avoid the trade anarchy that current approaches to this problem will invite, he should take Al Gore’s proposal for a carbon tax and make it global. A tax … Go to Source Read more »
Contracts for carbon still sticky – Chicago Tribune
Almost nobody noticed when the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange launched a new set of carbon-credit contracts for delivery in 2013, and who would? If ever a market were half-baked, this is it. For years, insiders have talked about its great potential … Go to Source Read more »