Scroll down for French and Spanish Climate change exacerbates global injustice for present and future generations, and poses one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. In order to deliver for the most vulnerable and marginalized people in the world, Paris must
Scroll down for French and Spanish An essential issue that must be tackled to ensure ambition in the Paris agreement this December is the fate of 11 billion ‘hot air’ credits built up through countries submitting low climate pledges and lack of environmental standards
The October talks in Bonn had a shaky start after the G77 opposed the Co-Chairs’ minimalist draft text. Other Parties expressed unhappiness at the lack of options and issues they saw as missing. Through Monday, Parties were allowed to bring in, with “surgical precision”,
Brussels, 12 October. Following numerous incidents of human rights violations related to carbon offsetting projects, the UN’s Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will, for the first time, discuss options to address these concerns at its 86th meeting starting today. The Board will
Following numerous incidents of human rights violations related to CDM projects, the CDM Board will, for the first time, discuss options to address these concerns at its next meeting starting on 12 October. It will also discuss recommendations to overhaul the CDM’s local stakeholder
The adoption of the new universal sustainable development goals (SDGs) has kicked-off a set of government actions to achieve a clean and prosperous future. Two major polluters, the US and China, announced a joint vision on climate change. China, UK and France ramped up
EU Environment ministers met in Brussels on 18 September to reach common positions on many of the key elements that they will be negotiating for at the UN climate talks in Paris in December.
Last week, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) closed a tender to buy 350.000 carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). According to the Invitation to Bid (ITB), offset credits must meet high quality requirements to be eligible. Quality criteria exclude
From 30 November to 11 December 2015, countries met in Paris to flesh out a historic deal to tackle global warming. The Carbon Market Watch team was in Paris to support the negotiations providing independent analysis on key issues and to raise awareness about
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