Carbon: Archive
What will it take to make sure REDD+ is safe?
June 24, 2010 Comment
As international policy frameworks and pledges of billions of dollars move REDD+ forward, many observers remain concerned over how to ensure the lofty promises being made for global forest conservation will actually provide broader social and environmental benefits. The issue...
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010 report launch: markets shrink, interlink
June 19, 2010 Comment
In a conference room with an inspiring view of Washington DC's, ah, monumental highlights, Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance officially launched the latest iteration of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets series. "Building Bridges: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010" was presented by Kate Hamilton of Ecosystem Marketplace and Milo Sjardin of Bloomberg New Energy Finance alongside an expert panel including report sponsors.
A Clear Choice for the UN-FCCC
April 30, 2010 Comment
The UN should do the right thing and select Christiana Figueres to serve as head of the UN-FCCC secretariat.
The Wall Street Green Trading Summit 9: living la vida loca(l)
March 19, 2010 2 Comments
From the inauguration of the Kyoto Protocol to the explosion of carbon offsets to "climategate" - clearly the, ah, climate for environmental finance has undergone interminable change over the last decade. Nevertheless, carbon professionals continue to convene for spring conference season, starting with the Wall Street Green Trading Summit (WSGTS), March 23 - 24 in New York City and then Point Carbon's Navigating the American Carbon World, April 14 - 16.
Transparency, Rules, Carrots and Sticks are the Building Blocks Environmental Commodities Need to Multiply
March 16, 2010 2 Comments
Speakers and panelists at the launch presentation of the recently released report, State of Biodiversity Markets: Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide, all converged on the idea that there is a common thread among carbon, water and biodiversity markets. The thread...
Getting REDDy to Cross the Finish Line
March 8, 2010 2 Comments
It's hard to imagine with all the progress REDD has achieved, that it all started less than 20 years ago with the Rio Summit in '92, when the makings of a global sustainability architecture in the form of a climate treaty began to take shape. But a forestry treaty had yet to happen.
The Copenhagen Prediction Market
December 15, 2009 Comment
Got predictions on the outcome of COP15? Ready to put your (experimental) money where your mouth is? If yes, drop your thoughts in The Copenhagen Prediction Market.During the COP15 conference, the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) with sponsorship...
Mapping REDD Risks and Rewards: the Forest Carbon Index
December 6, 2009 Comment
A picture is worth a thousand words, and Resources for the Future's (RFF) new Forest Carbon Index (FCI) uses interactive maps to tell a visual story of forest carbon's global investment potential. Pretty useful stuff, considering that forest carbon's profit potential, stocks and policy hurdles are - like forest resources themselves - entirely place-based.
In Defense of Offsets
November 27, 2009 1 Comment
"Paying more for flights eases guilt, not emissions." This catchy title of a recent New York Times article reflects the stance of many organizations that recently decided to scrap programs offering carbon offsets for travel-related emissions. Responsible Travel, Yahoo, and the US House of Representatives are just a few groups that have terminated offset-purchase programs this year, determining that their money was better spent on in-house reduction efforts.
Can peat turn REDD in Copenhagen?
November 6, 2009 1 Comment
Destruction of peatland accounts for up to 50% of Indonesia's greenhouse gas emissions, and was a central theme at a recent conference sponsored by Germany's Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (Society for Technical Cooperation, GTZ). EM's Unna Chokkalingam attended the event, and filed this report.
Kerry-Boxer: Is This the Big One?
October 8, 2009 8 Comments
Voluntary Carbon Meets Big Business
October 1, 2009 Comment
New Study: Willingness to Pay for Offsets
September 17, 2009 Comment
Water quality markets: a slippery slope towards carbon trading?
September 4, 2009 Comment
Chinese Offset Consumption
August 31, 2009 3 Comments
Update: New REDD Text TONIGHT!!!
August 13, 2009 Comment
New REDD Text by Friday
August 12, 2009 Comment
Zen in the Art of Reduced Emissions from Fossil Fuels
August 7, 2009 5 Comments
Who's afraid of the big, bad farm lobby?
August 6, 2009 Comment
So Right, and yet So Wrong...
July 3, 2009 Comment
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