At COP18 in Doha, countries did little to address the billion tonne gap we need to close in order to keep us safe from catastrophic climate effects. No new mitigation pledges were made and most loopholes remain. Yet some positive decisions were made: Parties
Estimados Ministros, Estimados Delegados, Nosotros, 156 redes, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y ciudadanos preocupados de 74 países hacemos un llamado a las Partes para que incrementen de manera urgente y significativa sus compromisos de reducción de emisiones y cierren todos los vacíos legales.
Messieurs et Madames les Ministres, Chers Délégués, Nous, 156 réseaux et organisations de la société civile et citoyens concernés de 74 pays, invitons les Parties à s’engager davantage, et de façon urgente et significative, à réduire leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre
This article was written in part by Carbon Market Watch and originally published for the Climate Negotiations 2012 NGO Newsletter: ECO – Issue 3. A staggering 13 billion emissions permits are left over from the first Kyoto commitment period. Hot air is looming large – and
A Middle Eastern premiere and special presentation of the film ‘The Carbon Rush’ is occurring during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP18 Conference in Doha, Qatar. The film is presented by the Indigenous Environmental Network. It is a public event and entrance is
This article was written in part by Carbon Market Watch and originally published for the Climate Negotiations 2012 NGO Newsletter: ECO – Issue 2. Here in Doha Parties will decide on an appeals procedure against decisions of the CDM Executive Board. It is crucial that civil
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
New policy brief on standardized baselines (SBL) by eminent experts in the field criticise the CDM’s current approaches to standardisation. The authors highlight that current guidelines are impractical to apply and could result in significant over-crediting in some cases and remove incentives in others.
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
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