Although the back-loading plan was meant to be a small intervention to prop up carbon prices, the last seven months of heated debates make this a ‘make or break’ deal. This past week, the Environment Committee in the European Parliament voted in favour of
This year is a crucial one for countries to finally address emissions from international aviation, which is responsible for 4.9% of man-made global warming. The Kyoto Protocol requires Parties to find solutions to mitigate emissions from aviation by working through the International Civil Aviation
Brussels, 26 February 2013. Today, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted in support of the EU Commission’s “Stop-the-Clock” proposal which derogates flights to and from Europe from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for one year to give enough time to negotiate a
Brussels, 19 February 2013. Along with European environmental NGOs Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, Greenpeace and WWF, Carbon Market Watch welcomes the European Parliament Environment Committee’s support for the proposal to temporarily curb the oversupply of emission allowances in the EU emissions trading scheme
In Doha Parties also heatedly discussed which countries should have access to carbon credits from Kyoto Protocol mechanisms (CDM, JI and AAUs). While many developing countries strongly advocated that the use of these mechanisms should remain the privilege of countries which commit to binding
This policy brief, based on SEI research for the High-Level Panel of the CDM Policy Dialogue, shows how large-scale power supply projects may undermine the value and integrity of the CDM and proposes transitioning away from them. It recommends that 1) the CMP and
This report follows on work analysing offset usage that Sandbag started in 2009. Its primary purpose is to highlight what is happening on the ground. Linking the installations in the EU ETS with the projects they bought offset from has brought the use of
See Newsletter #1, November 2012 International offsets account for ¾ of the overall surplus in the EU ETS. The real impact of offset credits becomes clear when looking at the new findings of research papers commissioned by the high-level panel on the CDM policy
See Newsletter #1, November 2012 Guest article by Bill Hemmings, Transport & Environment Progress is finally evident at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to develop a global market-based measure (MBM) to address CO2 emissions from international aviation. With the aviation industry predicting significant
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