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Quick Stop on Durban COP-December 10

New REDD Text Gives Nod to Market-Based Activities; High-Level Talks to Resume Shortly

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Quick Stop on Durban COP-November 29

The 17th session of the Conference of Parties (COP 17) to the UNFCCC began on Monday in Durban, South Africa. Before the negotiations and side events get into full swing, here is a look at where discussions currently stand for some of the conference's key issues.

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Navigating the Durban Daze: the What, Where and When for Our Favorite COP 17 Events

To make your life just a little easier in the run-up to COP17, Ecosystem Marketplace offers up this list of the COP 17 side events we'll be attending/covering/watching through our news coverage and blog.

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ACR Goes to Europe

Today, the American Carbon Registry (ACR) and the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) announced that carbon offsets adhering to ACR standard are now recognized for use by ICROA members.

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EPA GHG Reprieve Remains Tenuous

7 April 2011 | The US Senate on Wednesday narrowly preserved the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act by shooting down a bill that denies scientific findings on climate change, but that preservation conceals some truly disturbing undercurrents.

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ACR Salutes Voluntary Carbon Innovators

Even as the voluntary carbon market is enamored with the risk and potential gains from engaging compliance systems, occasionally it receives a gentle reminder that the voluntary customers that launched this market are still out there. The winners of the American Carbon Registry's recent program-level awards give readers a 360 look at some recent examples of innovation in the voluntary carbon market.

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IETA Carbon Forum North America: Day 2

By Maud Warner and Daniel Kandy | While the first day of the International Emissions Trading Association's (IETA) Carbon Forum North America focused on the broad topics of carbon market interactions and outlook, day 2 drilled down to the nitty gritty of emerging project types, market regulation and fragmentation - particularly the breakdown of international efforts to mitigate climate change under the UNFCCC.

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IETA Carbon Forum North America: Day 1

By Maud Warner and Molly Peters-Stanley | Here at the International Emissions Trading Association's Carbon Forum North America, Ecosystem Marketplace's Carbon Team is mixing with policymakers, market players and other carbon wonks to get the lowdown on emerging carbon policies in the US (they do exist!).

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Following (voluntary) protocol

Panelists taking part in an early morning plenary session of IETA's Carbon Forum North America might have been surprised by the high level of attendance at the 8:30 AM session. It turns out that IETA organizers know exactly how to...

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Quick Stop on Cancun COP: December 8

Talks around land use continued to go sideways or run up against roadblocks as negotiators felt the pressure of the countdown to the COP finale.

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