This document discusses the opportunities and constrains of carbon accounting for organic agriculture management in developed and developing countries. The aim of this document is to describe the potential of organic agriculture to sequester carbon and to meet the requirements of carbon accounting systems, including factors such as carbon permanence, leakage and additionality.
Developed and developing countries cannot agree on even the fundamentals of what should be included in climate finance (e.g. should private finance through carbon markets be included?), let alone the level and terms of financing commitments, regulatory and other mechanisms, or governance structures.
Projected global warming under a worldwide climate policy following Switzerland's example is a new scenario study by Climate Analytics on request by Greenpeace Switzerland. Following the Swiss climate policy, in this scenario half of the overall reduction of emissions is achieved through international offsets.
Projects in Madagascar could provide a model for stemming deforestation. But first these efforts must deal with the poverty and political upheaval that threaten forests, reports Anjali Nayar.
Building on an existing pledge to slash deforestation rates in the Amazon, Brazil is considering a commitment to substantially
reduce cumulative greenhouse-gas emissions over the next decade.
Climate neutrality means living in a way which produces no net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This should be achieved by reducing your own GHG emissions as much as possible and using carbon offsets to neutralize the remaining emissions.
This report evaluates whether carbon trading can deliver the necessary emissions reductions to avoid dangerous climate change quickly, strategically, and in a just and equitable way. It also looks at what alternative tools are available to governments. Friends of the Earth is calling on people to demand a strong and fair global agreement to tackle climate change.
Concerns about expected increases in energy and other agricultural input costs have led some to oppose greenhouse gas cap-and-trade legislative proposals. However, these policies could result in significant revenue for U.S.
