Climate Change

State and trends of carbon pricing 2014

This new World Bank report on the state and trends of carbon pricing shows that while international negotiations may be slow, countries and cities are moving on climate pricing.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2014
The World Bank
Tags:
Carbon Market, Carbon Tax, Emissions Trading, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation, Kyoto Protocol, EU-ETS, Climate Agreements, REDD, Carbon Offset, India, Global
Climate Change

British Columbia Said to Seek Lower LNG Carbon Emissions

The British Columbia government is considering a requirement to force liquefied natural gas terminals to have a carbon footprint at least one-third below global standards, said two people familiar

Publication Date: 
27/05/2014
Bloomberg
Tags:
Energy, Power Industry, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Canada, Carbon Offset, Carbon Tax, Climate Change
Climate Change

China’s First Emissions-Tied Notes to Unlock Carbon Asset Value

CGN Wind Energy Ltd.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2014
Bloomberg
Tags:
Carbon Offset, China, Climate Change, Emissions Trading, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases
Environment

China to launch first carbon-linked financial product

China will launch its first carbon-linked financial product on Thursday, a debt note linked to the performance of carbon offsets on the Shenzhen Emissions Exchange, issued by a unit of China Genera

Publication Date: 
06/05/2014
China Daily
Tags:
China, Carbon Market, Environment, Green House Gases, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Offset
Climate Change

World Cup visitors can have their carbon footprint offset for free

Individuals who score tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil but worried that the jet travel required to get to matches will contribute to global warming can rest easy.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2014
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Games, Deforestation, Biomass, Forest Management, Carbon Offset
Climate Change

The clean development mechanism and emerging offset schemes: options for reconciliation?

During the first Kyoto commitment period, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) emerged to be a global standard for the global carbon market. Linking developing and industrialized countries in an international cooperation mechanism, it provided a governance and accounting framework for emission reduction efforts around the world.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2014
Aki Kachi, Dennis Tänzler, Wolfgang Sterk
Umwelt Bundesamt
Tags:
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Carbon Offset, Carbon Market, Emissions Trading, Global, Certified Emission Reduction, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change
Climate Change

Brazil looks to swap World Cup publicity for carbon credits

Brazil, looking to offset the carbon emissions generated by construction, travel and other activities related to hosting the 2014 Soccer World Cup, said on Tuesday it wants holders of United Nation

Publication Date: 
16/04/2014
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Games, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Carbon Offset, Carbon Market, Certified Emission Reduction, Energy, Waste Management
Climate Change

North American terrestrial CO2 uptake largely offset by CH4 and N2O emissions: toward a full accounting of the greenhouse gas budget

The terrestrial ecosystems of North America have been identified as a sink of atmospheric CO2 though there is no consensus on the magnitude. However, the emissions of non-CO2 greenhouse gases (CH4 and N2O) may offset or even overturn the climate cooling effect induced by the CO2 sink. Using a coupled biogeochemical model, in this study, we have estimated the combined global warming potentials (GWP) of CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in North American terrestrial ecosystems and quantified the relative contributions of environmental factors to the GWP changes during 1979–2010.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2014
Hanqin Tian, Guangsheng Chen, Chaoqun Lu, Xiaofeng Xu & et al
Climatic Change
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, N C America, Carbon Offset, Green House Gases, Carbon Sinks, Ecosystems, Global Warming, GreenHouse Gases, Extreme Weather Events, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Drought, Forests, Wetlands
Forests

Spring tree plantation kicks off in KP, 10m saplings to be planted

Peshawar—The spring tree plantation campaign on Wednesday started across Khyber Pakthunkhwa wherein 10 million saplings of different species would be planted with assistance of different stakeholde

Publication Date: 
13/02/2014
Pakistan Observer
Tags:
Pakistan, South Asia, Trees, Afforestation, Climate Change, Global Warming, Carbon Offset
Climate Change

Climate adaptation: Seizing the challenge

Scientific and business communities increasingly recognize that climate change is causing weather extremes and precipitating natural disasters, such as the European heat wave of 2003, the drought in East Africa in

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
World Economic Forum
Tags:
Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Climate Economics, Maharashtra, Urban Habitat, India, Economic Development, Population Trends, Cost Benefit Analysis, Private Sector, Public Sector, Agriculture, Coffee, Plant Diseases, Climate Impacts, Water Management, California, Desalination, Carbon Offset, Finance, Food Security, Drought, Natural Disasters

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