Brussels – Most EU Member States are virtually abandoning plans to develop new energy and fuel saving policies that could save the public money and reduce dependency on Russian gas thanks to weak European climate targets that are likely to be overshot, according to
Guatemala City -Brussels – In a meeting starting today, the Executive Board of the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will decide on whether to approve the Santa Rita Hydroelectric plant in Guatemala. The Peoples´Council of Tezulutlán and Carbon Market Watch call on the Board
Yesterday, the European Commission released new data on the number and origin of carbon offsets used in 2013 by companies in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Despite new eligibility criteria that took effect in 2013 which should incentivise investments in Least Developed Countries
The number of carbon offsets used in 2013 by companies in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) was publicly released today but a dramatic reduction in the data made available was condemned by Sandbag Climate Campaign, the Climate Market & Investment Association (CMIA), and
The European Parliament’s plenary voted to extend the exclusion of intercontinental flights from paying for carbon emissions as part of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) until 2016.
Today, the Environment and Public Health Committee (ENVI) at the European Parliament voted against a deal that would have extended the derogation for intercontinental flights from the EU Emissions Trading System.
Carbon Market Watch welcomes the European Commission’s proposal to end the EU’s dependency on international offsets in its 2030 climate package but says the failure to address the current oversupply of 2 billion emission permits in the European emissions trading scheme will weaken the
Warsaw, Panama City – Last week, the Clean Development Mechanism’s Executive Board rejected the request for registration of the Bonyic Hydroelectric Project in the Naso indigenous territory in Panama. This decision demonstrates that the Board has the authority to exclude projects that fail to
Brussels/Paris/Ahmedabad, 16 October 2013. Today, thirty environmental NGOs from Europe and India have sent Open Letters to the French government and EDF Trading to clarify their involvement in a CDM coal power project in India. The project is in violation with domestic laws over
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