Water: Archive
Momentous Week for the Chesapeake Bay
May 16, 2010 Comment
This past week marked a number of noteworthy events that will affect the future of the Chesapeake Bay.
Video Tour of RIBITS Wetland Bank Information Site
May 14, 2010 Comment
For anyone interested in US wetland mitigation banking, the embedded video below is a tour of the US Army Corps of Engineers 'RIBITS' bank information tool.
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...
From Mangroves to Blue Carbon-Harnessing New Investment in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
February 10, 2010 Comment
This latest Katoomba Meeting XVI, in Palo Alto, California is focused on "Building a Blueprint to Harness New Investment for the Protection of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Services."
Paying Poseidon: the Video Blog
February 9, 2010 Comment
Katoomba XVI is now underway in Palo Alto, California, and social entrepreneur Ben Metz is videoblogging from the event. You can follow panel discussions here, and you can keep track of Ben's video blog on this site.
New Global Water Disclosure Project: A Call to Action to the Corporate Sector
November 19, 2009 Comment
Earlier today the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) announced the latest of their "disclosure" projects -- the Water Disclosure Project (WDP). The CDP, founded in 2000, is an independent, non-profit organization with a mission to collect and distribute high quality information that motivates investors, corporations and governments to take action to prevent climate change. They have created the world's largest database of corporate climate change information. Now they aim to do the same for corporate water information banking on the success of the CDP that "disclosure" can play a key role in accelerating action.
International Biodiversity Work Evolving - IPBES, Blue Carbon, and More
October 15, 2009 Comment
International meetings on biodiversity this month included an ad-hoc meeting regarding the Intergovernmental and Multi-Stakeholder Science-Policy Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) held in Nairobi on October 5-9 where delegates of 100 governments discussed, assessed and tried to envisage...
Water quality markets: a slippery slope towards carbon trading?
September 4, 2009 Comment
The Ohio River Basin Trading Pilot Project, managed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), held its third quarter webcast last month. The publicly available webcast covered a whole slew of updates, from an overview of WARMF modeling to project funding developments. One such update turned quite a few heads: EPRI's progress towards using a water quality market to also generate voluntary carbon credits.
Article Summary: Protecting Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in the World's Watersheds
August 24, 2009 Comment
Gary W. Luck, Kai M.A. Chan, John P. Fay. Conservation Letters, Vol 2, issue 4, August 2009, p. 179-188. Accessed online in August 2009. Where do watersheds of global importance for biodiversity (Hotspots, Global 200 ecoregions, or endemic bird areas)...
Wetland banking market wet, but not liquid
August 11, 2009 2 Comments
Bonneville dives into water
June 23, 2009 1 Comment