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WATCH THIS! NGO Newsletter #12: Recycling should be a part of Solid Waste Management NAMA
Scroll down for French and Spanish The government of India is determined to deal with issues of waste mismanagement through development of a NAMA in solid waste management. However, proposals on the table focus on harming technologies, such as incineration of waste, and neglect
07/09/2015
WATCH THIS! NGO Newsletter #12: Empowering youth to achieve low emission schools in Mexico
Scroll down for French and Spanish This articles presents efforts led in Mexico to create a youth empowerment platform to mitigate school´s Co2 emissions. The result was the creation of a NAMA for the school sector that was piloted in 4 states in Mexico and
07/09/2015
WATCH THIS! NGO Newsletter #12: The Green Climate Fund: About to finance its first projects and programs
Scroll down for French and Spanish The Green Climate Fund is moving closer to financing its first projects and programs. If things are done the right way it could contribute effectively to global efforts to counter climate change, but first transparency in the decision
07/09/2015
Uncertainty over Barro Blanco’s CDM approval
On the first of September tensions in Panama heightened when heavy machinery moved very close to the Ngöbe-Bugle Comarca to complete the highly contested Barro Blanco hydro dam, which is registered under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism. This was preceded by the forceful eviction
03/09/2015
New study adds pressure on UN climate talks to address hot air carbon credits
A new study by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) finds that bogus carbon offsets issued under the Kyoto Protocols’ Joint Implementation (JI) offsetting mechanism to date have increased global emissions by 600 million tonnes CO2 to date. The study came timely ahead of the
03/09/2015
New policy brief compares accountability mechanisms of the UNFCCC’s climate instruments
As countries are streamlining the negotiating text that is to be adopted in Paris later this year, one key issue is how to ensure that the climate treaty sufficiently incorporates human rights.. A new policy brief released by Carbon Market Watch compares the social
03/09/2015
Bonn Climate Talks: Environmental integrity must withstand new round of text consolidation
With merely four weeks of negotiating time left before the conclusion of the Paris meeting to agree a new global climate agreement, the ongoing climate talks in Bonn that will conclude tomorrow, 4 September could either be a step forward or help bring about
03/09/2015
EU ETS review proposal earmarks €160 billion for Europe’s largest polluters
Just when everyone started leaving for their summer holidays, the Commission published a legislative proposal to revise Europe’s carbon market to make it fit for the post-2020 period. The proposal was heavily criticized for failing to tackle the fundamental flaws of the EU ETS
03/09/2015