(Reuters) - Aid promises from rich nations to help poor countries slow global warming are reaching the $30 billion goal agreed in Copenhagen but analysts say much of that is old funding dressed up as new pledges. Officially, the promises total $29.8 billion, Reuters calculations show,...
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The Guardian |
14 years 3 months ago
Nepalese government has paid a Norwegian consultancy €150,000 (£123,000) to get UN certification for biogas projects. The UN-certified scheme that allows developed nations to pay for carbon reductions abroad instead of making domestic cuts has come under fire for paying high fees to consultants...
Free Malaysia Today |
14 years 3 months ago
COMMENT In the last three weeks, Sarawak was abuzz with news of a particular climate change mitigation mechanism called REDD (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries). First, a news article by Reuters informed that an Australian carbon trading company has...
Switchboard |
14 years 3 months ago
This weekend I attended a two-day workshop on Climate Change Law and Governance in South Asia, and at its conclusion I came away with a strongly reinforced sense that even though a great deal still needs to be done, Indian leaders in legal and policy circles are now working actively to tackle...
Reuters |
14 years 3 months ago
(Reuters) - An Australian carbon services firm has signed a deal aimed at protecting tropical forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as boosting renewable energy there, a senior company official said on Wednesday. Shift2Neutral and its partners would help value the carbon storage from...
Reuters |
14 years 3 months ago
(Reuters) - Likely to be first fully validated REDD project under VCS; Approval of methodology boost for REDD projects SINGAPORE/JAKARTA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - An Indonesian project aimed at saving a vast tract of rainforest has past a milestone seen as a boost in the development of a global market in...
Climate-L |
14 years 3 months ago
24 August 2010: Frances Seymour, Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), delivered a keynote address titled "Forests, Climate Change, and Communities: Making Progress up the Learning Curve" at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)...
Forbes |
14 years 3 months ago
For individuals and business, air travel is a fact of life. The world is our playground and we are not going to stop exploring new places and opportunities. Still, we have become increasingly concerned about carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from jet transportation and what we can do to reduce our...
Greenwood Management |
14 years 3 months ago
Investing experts are predicting that Brazil will be joined by Chile in leading the way for new, profitable investment opportunities in South America. The abundant natural resources in Brazil – including timber and minerals – as well as the planned work to give it a global quality infrastructure,...
Vancouver Sun |
14 years 3 months ago
VANCOUVER — The signs are glimmers of hope that British Columbia’s forestry-driven industries may be at the end of years of punishing losses and high unemployment, according to reports released Tuesday by the Conference Board of Canada. Much of Canada’s wood-products sector has returned to...
RISI |
14 years 3 months ago
London, Aug. 16, 2010 (RISI) - I recently took part in a web meeting on the future of the financial industry's interest in forestry. It was surprising how sophisticated banks, insurance companies and analysts are becoming in evaluating forestry investments.
Nature |
14 years 3 months ago
Forest fires release significant amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere1, but also convert a fraction of the burning vegetation to charred black carbon.
Clarion Ledger |
14 years 3 months ago
Mississippi could become the first place in the world where simple woodchips are turned into a commercial crude oil substitute. Pending a $75 million loan from the state, Houston, Texas-based biofuel company KiOR will locate three plants in timber-rich areas across Mississippi over the next five...
Business Week |
14 years 3 months ago
In New Zealand, where the sheep outnumber humans 9 to 1 and National Lamb Day is celebrated every Feb. 15, a carbon emission trading system that kicked off in July is upending the economics of sheep farming, a once crucial sector of the economy. Sheep farmers are walking away from the business of...
The news Watch |
14 years 3 months ago
On Thursday the province announced it has directed Ontario Power Authority to negotiate an agreement with Ontario Power Generation, the plant’s owners, to buy the power produced at the Atikokan plant. MPP Bill Mauro (Lib., Thunder Bay-Atikokan) said with the plant making up 40 per cent of Atikokan’...
IGREC |
14 years 3 months ago
Forests may hold double climate benefit Organic pollutants emitted by trees could add to the cooling effects of forests beyond their role in sequestering carbon, according to researchers in India. The knowledge could see forestry used to greater effect in the fight against climate change, it is...
Indian Carbon Blog |
14 years 3 months ago
PCF At the close of calendar year 2009, the Prototype Carbon Fund has 23 of 24 projects generating emission reductions and eight of the PCF’s CDM projects have issued Certified Emission Reductions. In early 2010, the PCF successfully completed its first transfer of Kyoto assets from its projects in...
Maine Insights |
14 years 3 months ago
In June loggers from across the Northeast were recognized at the Blaine House, the residence for the standing governor, for their outstanding business and sustainable harvesting practices. “The Northeast Master Loggers Certification Board certified eleven new Master Logger companies,” said Beth...
Climate Action Programme |
14 years 3 months ago
A report published by the World Agroforestry Centre (CGIAR) has announced that one third of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation actually come from areas which are not officially designated as “forest”. This has led to concern over the success of the UN’s Reducing Emissions from...
AGROMAIL |
14 years 3 months ago
Developed and developing countries alike must play a role in addressing climate change, a reality that we simply cannot escape. However, many suppliers in the forest products market, especially small- and medium-sized firms, are concerned that the red tape resulting from environmental policy is in...