Land grabbing in India takes many forms including expansion of plantation monoculture for carbon sequestration. Often, private companies are contracting farmers to grow eucalyptus trees, purportedly as raw materials for paper, promising higher income. Hoping it could be a ticket out of poverty, many
Carbon markets are in the dumps and the future for these so called “flexible mechanisms” is grim. It’s no wonder carbon markets are collapsing; we don’t need them because weak pledges and the economic crisis are reducing emissions for us. The next international climate
The European Union is considered a leader in the international negotiations on climate change. Its main instrument to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) from industrial emitters is the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). However, the effectiveness of the EU ETS has been increasingly questioned
Last month coal was let back into the CDM. Yes you heard right, despite all evidence new heavily polluting coal power plants can once again apply to earn carbon credits. So, theoretically, a coal-fired power plant in Europe can still offset its emissions with
When the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board held its meeting in September in Bangkok more than 4,500 CDM projects had been registered and more than 1 billion CDM offset credits or Certified Emission Reduction (CER) units issued. At the same time, CER prices
In September, the High-Level Panel on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Policy Dialogue presented its final report with recommendations on how to improve the CDM. Overall, the report fails to address fundamental flaws of the CDM, is strongly based on political opinions and ignores
El MDL tiene un doble mandato para entregar mitigación del cambio climático y los beneficios de la sostenibilidad. Sin embargo, numerosos estudios y la evidencia anecdótica muestra que la mayoría de los proyectos del MDL no pueden entregar beneficios de sostenibilidad. Las razones del
El MDL tiene un doble mandato para entregar mitigación del cambio climático y los beneficios de la sostenibilidad. Sin embargo, numerosos estudios y la evidencia anecdótica muestra que la mayoría de los proyectos del MDL no pueden entregar beneficios de sostenibilidad. Las razones del
As carbon prices continue to plummet, resuscitation measures are being discussed everywhere. CDM Watch will be making sure to warn you about recommendations that ignore inherent flaws of the CDM and initiatives that only attempt to fix the carbon market for its own sake.
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