It’s been dubbed a first of its kind – a new offset deal between Switzerland and Peru under the Paris Agreement. But how ground-breaking is this deal? And has there been any real change from the old offset efforts under the Kyoto Protocol of the past? Because of the postponement of COP26 in Glasgow, rules…
This is a guest contribution for Watch This! by Charles Komanoff, the director and co-founder of the US based NGO Carbon Tax Centre. We take a deep dive into the US climate politics on the eve of the US presidential elections. This article was first written in July 2020. As in 2016, Democrats appear poised…
The international shipping sector is also being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and any government response to support this industry should accelerate the pathway to climate neutrality. Shipping accounts for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and this could grow by between 50 and 250% by 2050 if no action is taken. A study from…
Interview with (Andrew Murphy – Manager, Aviation at NGO Transport & Environment) For decades the aviation industry has enjoyed favourable conditions to expand its operations throughout Europe with little consideration of their climate impact. At the start of 2020, few could have predicted that the sector’s carbon emissions would drop as sharply as they have…
Sail to the COP – COP25 from two sides of the Atlantic Ocean Sail to the COP is a think tank and campaign advocating for sustainable travel. The aviation industry, for example, is a rapidly growing sector that alone is projected to emit more than the Paris Agreement carbon budget in 2050.. To put travel…
An interview with Falguni Joshi (CMW member from Gujarat, India Q1: Can you describe what you/your organisation is working on? I have been working on environmental issues since 1997, especially strengthening people’s participation in environmental decision-making processes, creating awareness, raising material on environmental issues, disseminating knowledge about climate change among youth in India, through capacity-building…
Sign on to the international Open Letter Along with partners around the world we will submit an open letter to the UNFCCC and its member states calling for the End of the Clean Development Mechanism. We are calling on more support from civil society to join over 60 organisation around the world currently signed on:…
We have launched a social media appeal to ask civil society and citizens to support our end the CDM campaign on Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin from 09:00-10:00am Tuesday 4 December 2018 @COP24 See here At this moments we’ll be sending an international open letter to UNFCCC Parties calling on them the End the CDM in 2020. Background At the UN climate…
CLICK THE RED BUTTON TO JOIN THE AVIATION TWITTER THUNDERCLAP ON SEPTEMBER 27TH Carbon Market Watch have launched a global online campaign to raise awareness on the upcoming ICAO deal, that is crucial for the climate but not known by the large public and to show airlines, a fundamental ICAO influencer, as well as governments, the decision makers,…
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