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By Andrew Coiley / Anysee Kenfack Ngnintedem/ Florencia Ortúzar & Astrid Milena Bernal / Falguni Joshi & Mahesh Pandya on 20 Oct 2020
Capacity download: Summer webinar series
Over the summer Carbon Market Watch along with our members and new working partner NGOs in Latin America, Africa and India hosted a series of online webinars to discuss the current state of carbon markets around the world and their specific impacts on various regions. The online events were designed to substitute for physical workshop…
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Capacity Building Webinar: Role of international carbon markets in India
Carbon Market Watch in association with ParyavaranMitra invites civil society organizations, academic institutes, policy makers, researchers and other interested to participate in webinar on role of international carbon markets in India.
Carbon Market Watch’s briefing note for COP25
Dear respected colleague, Ahead of COP25, Carbon Market Watch is pleased to share our recommendations and recent publications. Strong rules to avoid double-counting of emission reductions There is a significant risk that emission reductions under the Paris Agreement could be counted towards two or more climate commitments which would water down efforts to stop the…
By Gilles Dufrasne | Kaisa Amaral on 17 Jun 2019
UN climate negotiators to discuss future carbon markets as calls to end offsetting grow louder
This week, UN climate negotiators are meeting in Bonn, Germany, to try and find common ground on the Paris Agreement’s market provisions. There is growing political momentum to move beyond offsetting in global climate policy, but only a handful of countries around the negotiating table are willing to walk the talk. “We can no longer…
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Carbon Market Watch Newsletter – April 2018
Editorial It’s been two years since the Paris climate deal was signed, and governments are busy working on the rules to put it into practice. Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn next week, we take a look at what is needed to ensure that international carbon markets increase climate ambition. Shipping is…
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By Gilles Dufrasne, Kelsey Perlman on 26 Apr 2018
UN carbon markets – what to expect from Bonn?
On Earth Day 22 April 2016, world leaders were in New York to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Two years on, governments are working on the rulebook to put the historic deal into practice. Ahead of the Bonn Climate Change Conference, we take a look at the Paris Agreement market provisions and lay out…
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UNFCCC Side Event: Protecting human rights in international carbon markets
Watch the recording of the event here Time and venue: May 1st, 16.45 – 18.15, Bonn Climate Change Conference / World Conference Center, Kaminzimmer This side event focused on measures to uphold the rights of local stakeholders affected by climate mitigation projects in the context of the negotiations on the Sustainable Development Mechanism (SDM), with considerations…
By Aki Kachi on 25 Oct 2017
On Kyoto, Paris, and carbon markets
In less than two weeks, Parties will meet again in Bonn at a UN climate conference for another round of negotiations to prepare for the adoption of the rules to implement the Paris climate change agreement. What role will markets have in how the world works to limit global warming to 1.5C? Although observers…
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Pricing carbon to achieve the Paris goals
Executive Summary Putting a price on carbon, based on the polluter pays principle, has the potential to be a powerful policy tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the fight against climate change. A carbon price can come in the form of a tax or a cap and trade system. With a tax, the price of polluting…
By Aki Kachi on 18 Sep 2017
Governments pledging to boost carbon pricing must follow up with ambitious action
In the days of Trump, Irma, Harvey, Talim and Doksuri, it is important to have positive signs that people can also work together, especially on climate change. The tenth anniversary of the International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) on 1 September 2017 was one such occasion. One must hope that the gathering gave policymakers renewed ambition…
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