Policing carbon markets
Carbon markets have emerged in recent decades as one of the most important tools for curbing industrial greenhouse gas emissions, but they present a number of novel enforcement challenges when compared
Cap And Trade
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Climate Exchange Shares Jump 17 Percent
Shares in carbon emissions exchange operator Climate Exchange plc jumped nearly 17 percent on Tuesday after IntercontinentalExchange said it had taken a 4.8 percent stake in the company on Monday. The shares, trading on the London Stock Exchange, closed up 107 pence or 16.6 percent at 751 pence.
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Emission trading rights and India (Editorial)
By combining participation in a global regime of tradable emission rights with faster energy efficiency improvement, India not only reaps a handsome climate policy dividend, but also helps mitigate global warming, says Vijay P Ojha
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U.S. Report to Press Case For Quick Moves on Climate
The report by the U.S. Global Climate Research Program is billed as "a comprehensive scientific report on current and pending impacts of global climate change in the United States, and why it is important to act now, rather than later, to minimize those impacts."
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Carbon offsets, reversal risk and US climate policy
One controversial issue in the larger cap-and-trade debate is the proper use and certification of carbon offsets related to changes in land management.
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Companies Not Disclosing Climate Risks: Studies
Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday.
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Companies Not Disclosing Climate Risks: Studies
Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday.
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Climate future
Deciding how to evaluate a cap-and-trade programme raises some thorny questions, says David Goldston.
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U.S. climate bill best bet to take enviro lead: Chu
The U.S. climate change bill making its way through Congress is the best legislative bet to help the country take the lead in tackling global warming on the world stage, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Monday.
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Sectoral approaches and the carbon market
Sectoral approaches are proposed as a means to broaden the global scope of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to developing countries. Market mechanisms are put forward in that context to create incentives for mitigation in developing countries beyond the existing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and to
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Emissions Traders Expect US Carbon Market Soon
Carbon market professionals hope speedy US Congressional approval of a federal cap and trade scheme will boost emissions trading, which is threatened by recession and slow UN climate talks.