Climate Change

Carbon credit market sags even after Durban climate talks

Emission reduction certificate prices at record lows, reflect question marks on the climate change policy.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2011
Rajesh Bhayani & Piyali Mandal
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
COP 17 (Durban Summit), India, Canada, Kyoto Protocol, Russia, Industry, Japan, Europe, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), UNFCCC, Environment, Certified Emission Reduction, Climate Change
Climate Change

Durban maps path to climate treaty

Marathon talks enable Europe to break deadlock over global-warming deal with major greenhouse-gas emitters.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2011
Jeff Tollefson
Nature
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299-300
Tags:
Climate Change, India, European Union (EU), COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Agreements, Global Warming, Green House Gases, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Kyoto Protocol, Developing Countries, Cap And Trade, China, Climate Mitigation, Agriculture
Climate Change

Watching the players at the climate poker table

In two decades of covering climate-change negotiations, Frank McDonald, has seen youthful hope fight dark forces, and a distant threat become a reality.

Publication Date: 
15/12/2011
Frank McDonald
Nature
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293
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Climate Change, UNFCCC, Conference Of Parties, Kyoto Protocol, South Africa, COP 17 (Durban Summit), India, China, United States Of America (US), European Union (EU)
Climate Change

The mask slips

The Durban meeting shows that climate policy and climate science inhabit parallel worlds. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
15/12/2011
Nature
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7377
292
Tags:
Climate Change, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Science, UNFCCC, South Africa, Emission Targets, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Agreements
Climate Change

Climate Policy Beyond Durban

An assessment of the Durban outcome should consider how to turn a setback into a strategic opportunity.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Mukul Sanwal
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC, Green House Gases, Urbanisation, Developing Countries, Fossil Fuels, Energy, Carbon Intensity, China, Poverty, Energy Efficiency
Climate Change

Carbon Credit Price Fall Upsets PEs’ Green Push

Falling prices of carbon credits have scuttled the best-laid plans of private equity investors to make a fortune by selling them.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Europe, United States Of America (US), Asia, Certified Emission Reduction, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Biogas, Renewable Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), CFL, Pollution
Climate Change

European crisis to keep carbon prices under check

The wait might get longer for Indian companies anticipating a rebound in carbon credit prices.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Europe, Climate Change, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Emissions Trading, Economy, China, Developing Countries, UNFCCC
Climate Change

Canada pulls out of Kyoto, deals blow to climate talks

Toronto Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord won’t help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country.

Environment minister Peter Kent said Monday that Canada is invoking its legal right to withdraw and said Kyoto doesn't represent the way forward for Canada or the world.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Canada, Kyoto Protocol, Japan, Russia, Global Warming, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Green House Gases, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Energy, Climate Change
Climate Change

Durban climate talks to benefit Indian companies

Hailing the outcome of crucial Durban talks, India Inc on Tuesday said the decision to continue with UN carbon market beyond 2012 would help companies to focus on “enhanced action” to fight climate

Publication Date: 
13/12/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Climate Change, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Climate Mitigation, Carbon Market, Climate Agreements, Industry, Infrastructure Development, Energy
Climate Change

The climate turned against India at Durban

“We have made history”, exulted the South African Chairperson of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the conclusion of the conference in Durban

Publication Date: 
13/12/2011
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, India, COP 17 (Durban Summit), UNFCCC, Green House Gases, China, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Kyoto Protocol, Brazil, South Africa, Global Warming, Climate Agreements, GDP, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy

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