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Issue date: 
16th October 2008

European Commission says ‘no’ to forest credits in the ETS until after 2020, cites ‘market flooding’ and governance problems

The European Commission will tomorrow state that it is opposed to the inclusion of forest-based carbon credits in the ETS, in a wide-ranging Communication on deforestation and how the European community plans to deal with it. The Communication will say that the aim should be to reduce deforestation by 2020 and halt it by 2030.

Issue date: 
March 5, 2008

Why Europe torpedoed the REDD forests-for-carbon credits initiative

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) has been widely lauded as a mechanism that could fund forest conservation and poverty alleviation efforts while fighting climate change. At the December U.N.

Issue date: 
April 10, 2006

Using Forest Carbon Credits in the EU ETS

On March 29th, 2006, the World Bank convened a group of policymakers to review options for including forestry credits in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Toby Janson-Smith, Director of the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance, gives the Ecosystem Marketplace an insider's take on the discussions.

Issue date: 
March 2010

New report from Focus on the Global South: Carbon Offsets & Climate Finance in India

 

Issue date: 
31/03/2010

Norway-Indonesia: UN-REDD Speech March 2010

 

Minister of Forestry and the United Nations launch joint effort to combat deforestation and forest degradation

Issue date: 
April 06, 2010

Chaos and the Accord: Climate Change, Tropical Forests and REDD+ after Copenhagen

The Copenhagen Accord, forged at COP15 upended international efforts to confront climate change. Never before have 115 Heads of State gathered together at one time, let alone for the singular purpose of crafting a new climate change agreement. Even though the new Accord is still in intensive care, two things are already clear. First, we have entered an entirely new world. And second, tropical forests have the greatest potential to breathe life into the new agreement.

A New World

Issue date: 
April 7, 2010

Guyana: US$200,000 World Bank grant approved

 

US$200,000 grant from the World Bank to support information sharing activities on forest preservation strategies has been available for more than a month but government has not moved to sign the document.

Issue date: 
March 2010

CSO Representative Reviews UN-REDD and World Bank's Forest Carbon Facility

 

Issue date: 
April 2, 2010

Off the Shelf ‘Green Gone Wrong’: Can Capitalism Save the Planet?

IT may seem quaint to recall this now, but on the eve of the financial crisis, one of the biggest business stories was how large corporations were going to save the planet and make billions of dollars for their shareholders at the same time.

Issue date: 
Sat, 04/10/2010

Illegal logging ‘must end’ before REDD takes effect

The government should work out how to stamp out long-standing illegal logging within two years if the country wants to secure funding from carbon trading in the forestry sector, say environment activists.

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by Dr. Radut