Category Archives: Carbon Trading
EU is investing in toxic waste projects in developing world, GAIA claims
Cross-posted from the Guardian UK. The EU is threatening waste-pickers’ livelihoods and backing projects that may actually increase emissions, says report The EU’s clean development mechanism (CDM) is supporting
NEW REPORT REVEALS DRIVERS OF UK BIOMASS EXPANSION AS BRAZILIAN SUZANO PAPEL E CELULOSE GAIN APPROVAL FOR LARGEST GM TREE PLANTATION TRIAL
Cross-Posted from Carbon Trade Watch London/Barcelona 14 May 2012: Earlier this month Brazilian pulp and paper giant Suzano Papel e Celulose gained approval for the world’s most advanced trial of genetically modified (GM) trees to meet the global demands of … Continue reading
Richard Sandor: Carbon trading, holy cows and sacred groves
By Chris Lang, 10th May 2012 Cross-Posted from REDD-Monitor Richard Sandor has a new book out. He’ll tell you that markets are thesolution before he hears the problem. Pollution? Climate change? Water shortages? Species extinction? Just create a new market and … Continue reading
Mexico legislation underlines transformation in global warming debate
Cross-Posted from Reuters . –Rt Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, is President of Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) and former UK Secretary of State for the Environment, and Rt Hon John Prescott, Lord Prescott, is a Member of GLOBE, and former UK Deputy … Continue reading
WWF scandal (part 3): Embezzlement and evictions in Tanzania
Note: More on WWF and their nefarious doings, this time from an ally–not a climate denier… –The GJEP Team By Chris Lang, 9th May 2012 Cross-Posted from REDD-Monitor WWF is embroiled in a two-part scandal over its work in Tanzania. … Continue reading
How Climate Change Has Got Worldwide Fund for Nature Bamboozled
Note: our sharp-eyed readers have pointed out to us that author Christopher Booker, below, is one of the UK’s top climate deniers. So while we agree that WWF has strayed from its mission and is not protecting species, as they … Continue reading
Few Policy Options Available to Maintain Faith in EU Carbon Trading, Analysts Say
Emissions Trading News By Ali Qassim LONDON—With low carbon prices and a struggling economy in the European Union, governments appear to be running out of policy options to maintain confidence in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a way to reduce … Continue reading
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Video: Not for Sale: The fantasy of carbon offsetting
Cross-Posted from REDD-Monitor This film, produced by WALHI (Friends of the Earth Indonesia), starts with a villager in Aceh, Indonesia, explaining carbon trading. “I don’t really understand,” he says, “but I think it’s ‘cold air’ that may be sold to … Continue reading
CASHING IN ON CLIMATE CHANGE?
New report lifts the lid on how rich nations use financial intermediaries to dodge climate change commitments to world’s poor BRUSSELS , 19 April, 2012: A new Eurodad report reveals how rich nations are using a complex web of private funds … Continue reading
The CDM in Africa Cannot Deliver the Money
NOTE: Following our previous post on the CDM in Africa from climatologist Payal Parekh, comes this post from economist Patrick Bond. – GJEP 18 April 2012 – Learn why the carbon trading gamble and ‘Clean Development Mechanism’ won’t save the planet from climate change and … Continue reading
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