UNFCCC

Project registrations rise while carbon credit price falls

There has been a spurt in Indian companies rushing to get clean development mechanism (CDM) projects registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ahead of December 2012

Publication Date:

09/08/2011

Author(s): Vishwanath Kulkarni

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Certified Emission Reduction, Climate Change, Industry, UNFCCC, Emissions Trading, Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy

Climate Change

Island Nation's climate strategy advances at Montreal Protocol meeting goal is protecting most vulnerable countries

Proposed amendments to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol received support from a diverse group of developing and developed countries during the Thirty-first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on "Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer" (OEWG 31) held on 1-5 August 2011

Publication Date:

09/08/2011

Source: Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

Tags:

Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, Climate Mitigation, Mexico, United States Of America (US), Micronesia, Developing Countries, CFCs, India, UNFCCC, Canada, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Climate Change

Addressing the challenge of global climate mitigation

Climate change has been widely recognized as a political priority by the international community. Views differ widely, however, about the right way to shape an international response. Closely related is the question of the right institutions to drive international climate cooperation.

Publication Date:

01/08/2011

Author(s): Camilla Bausch, Michael Mehling

Source: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Emission Targets, Carbon Dioxide, Kyoto Protocol, India, Global, UNFCCC, Montreal Protocol

Climate Change

Climate change and freshwater resources

As part of GWP's collaboration with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), GWP supported the UNFCCC secretariat in producing Climate Change and Freshwater resources.

Publication Date:

01/08/2011

Source: UNFCC

Tags:

Climate Change, Water Resources, Climate Impacts, UNFCCC, Climate Adaptation, India, Global

Climate Change

CDM reform 2011: verification of the progress and the way forward

This report aims to propose ideas for CDM reform, targeting international negotiators of the CDM. The Market Mechanism Group of IGES has been implementing IGES CDM capacity building activities in Asia as well as developing IGES CDM databases for quantitative analysis.

Publication Date:

01/08/2011

Author(s): Kazuhisa Koakutsu, Nozomi Okubo, Kentaro Takahashi, & et al

Source: IGES

Tags:

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, India, Global, Certified Emission Reduction, Renewable Energy, Green House Gases, UNFCCC

Climate Change

U.N. Deadlock on Addressing Climate Shift

The persistent inability of the United Nations to forge international consensus on climate change issues was on display Wednesday, as Security Council members disagreed over whether they should address possible instability provoked by problems like rising sea levels or competition over water resources.

Western powers like the United States argued that the potential effects of climate change, in

Publication Date:

21/07/2011

Author(s): Neil MacFarquhar

Source: New York Times (New York)

Tags:

Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, China, Russia, Developing Countries, Peace, Climate Mitigation, India, Brazil, UNFCCC

Energy

Nuclear or broke

India's obsession with nuclear power is proving extremely damaging. It is time to switch to and participate in the renewables revolution.

Publication Date:

15/07/2011

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

India, Nuclear Power, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC

Climate Change

EUs Move to Charge Airlines for Carbon Emissions Worries India

India wants a resolution on the use of trade actions by industrialised countries to curb global warming in the run-up to the year-end UN conference at Durban. Along with other developing countries, India is concerned about the negative social and economic impact of unilateral trade measures.

Publication Date:

14/07/2011

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

India, European Union (EU), Air Transport, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), UNFCCC, Climate Agreements

Climate Change

R-Power Aims to Earn 5,000 cr in Carbon Credits from 3 UMPPs

Reliance Power aims to earn . 5,000 crore from carbon credit from the three ultra mega power projects of 4,000 MW that it is developing.
The company seeks to earn almost .

Publication Date:

12/07/2011

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Power Industry, Climate Mitigation, Certified Emission Reduction, India, UNFCCC, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Madhya Pradesh, Kyoto Protocol

Climate Change