16 June, 2010
Governments last month pledged to provide $4 billion in finance for a framework to protect forests through the intergovernmental REDD+ Partnership – which also acknowledges the role of the private sector in scaling up finance for the sector.
16 June, 2010
An innovative approach to attract billions of dollars from the bond market to finance low-carbon growth in developing countries has been outlined by the International Emissions Trading Association.
16 June, 2010
The International Finance Corporation is awaiting board approval to establish a carbon fund to buy emissions credits generated after 2012 from projects it has financed.
09 June, 2010
The first global spot exchange for verified emission reductions launched this week.
02 June, 2010
Small-scale Clean Development Mechanism projects can now automatically prove ‘additionality’, removing a significant uncertainty in the project registration process as the Executive Board moves to improve the mechanism.
02 June, 2010
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat, has called on negotiators to start addressing the role of the carbon market in a post-2012 climate change agreement.
02 June, 2010
Climate change projects in Europe and along the southern shore of the Mediterranean will be a major focus of CDC Climat in the coming years, according to chairman and director general Pierre Ducret.
02 June, 2010
Two-thirds of its shareholders currently want Trading Emissions Plc to continue operating post-2012, according to its investment advisor, but a decision is going to be deferred until 2012.
26 May, 2010
Carbon prices will not rise high enough to keep global warming within the 2°C limit agreed at Copenhagen, according to a survey of market participants published today.
26 May, 2010
A total of €10.8 billion had been invested in funds designed to finance reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2009, according to French bank Caisse des Dépôts.
26 May, 2010
Project type is the most important criteria for retail buyers of voluntary carbon offsets, according to a poll published last week.
26 May, 2010
Carbon market specialists are pessimistic about the likelihood of curbing global warming, according to a recent survey.
19 May, 2010
Agreement on new market-based mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions will not be reached until the end of next year, proposes a draft negotiating text.
19 May, 2010
One of the pioneers of the carbon market has questioned the ability of carbon credits from reduced deforestation and degradation projects to ever drive investment into forestry – but other investors argue that such projects offer attractive medium-term potential.
19 May, 2010
The Voluntary Carbon Standard Association is seeking feedback on a proposal to compensate developers of new methodologies.
19 May, 2010
The UN is likely to suspend Bulgaria from carbon trading at the end of June, its environment ministry admitted last week.
13 May, 2010
Swedish project developer Tricorona has trimmed its portfolio of carbon credits by 9% over the last three months, it announced in its first-quarter results last month.
13 May, 2010
Lithuania last month held a tender to sell surplus Assigned Amount Units, and is now deciding which of the potential buyers it will negotiate with.
