Since early 2000 almost 7000 projects have sprouted on the UNFCCC registry, claiming reduction of more than 1.3 billion tonnes C02. All these projects except for a handful are corporately initiated, owned and controlled. The carbon being traded is an icing on the profit
Agricultural emissions have been a source of intense debates in the UNFCCC since Copenhagen COP 15. Developed countries see it as huge potential for mitigation and some aim at using agricultural emission reductions as offsets. It is also alleged that 90% of the mitigation
Picture: cc @Doug88888 By Hannah Mowat, Carbon and Ecosystems Trading campaigner, FERN As a reader of Watch This! you will be well aware of the numerous problems the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme faces in terms of windfall profits for polluting companies,
Photo: Eva Filzmoser By Falguni Joshi, Gujarat Forum on CDM We are almost at the middle of the year 2013 – the first year after finishing the first commitment period under the Kyoto protocol. As you know, India is one of the world’s largest
Today, a new NGO “Nature Code – Centre of Environment & Development” was launched to host Carbon Market Watch and future initiatives beyond carbon markets. The new organisation has the mission of ensuring that the protection and welfare of all living beings becomes the
European NGOs are deeply concerned at the continuing lack of progress at ICAO towards an agreement to implement a global market-based measure addressing international aviation emissions. The next weeks leading up to the 38th Assembly are critical and we ask the EU to take
Today, the EU Climate Change Committee approved a draft regulation by the European Commission that allows operators under the EU ETS to continue the use of more than 600 million offset credits for compliance with emission limits from 2013 to 2020. Carbon Market Watch
It is our pleasure to invite you to a celebratory evening where we will officially launch our new non-profit association: Nature Code – Centre of Environment & Development
Today, the European Parliament voted in favor of the back-loading proposal to temporarily curb the oversupply of emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Carbon Market Watch welcomes the outcome as a first step towards structural reform of the EU ETS
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