On March 31 2009 the Energy and Environment Sub-Committee of the US Congress released a draft of the 'American Clean Energy and Security Act 2009'. This is an early discussion draft; however, it does include some explicit information on the nature of the expected US domestic carbon market. » Read more...
It rarely receives the same attention as the Amazon rain forest, one is being devastated by illegal logging and development but the other, Canada’s Boreal forests also represents a key battleground against Climate Change. » Read more...
[caption id="attachment_2501" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Photo courtesy Flickr/dodo_anji"] [/caption] “In bureaucratic system obedience to power and self-goals have pushed self-consciousness and uprightness into darkness.” These words, written by a forest department official in his retirement letter were in response to the mining controversy that has brought the state of Haryana under scrutiny for indiscriminate mining policies. » Read more...
On March 5 2009 Climatico released its first assessment report of national climate policy across twelve of the G20 countries. » Read more...
Indonesia has formally applied to the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, a sort-of precursor of the REDD scheme. » Read more...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="318" caption="Malaysian Palm Oil Futures up to August 2008. » Read more...
Leaders from a broad range of political, environmental, development and business communities are calling for U.S. action on deforestation in anticipation of the UNFCCC COP-15 in Copenhagen this December. » Read more...
REDD is controversial: some consider it essential to halt deforestation in forest rich developing countries, others, a danger to biodiversity, indigenous communities and carbon markets. » Read more...
As President Yudhoyono was first greeting and then demanding leadership from visiting US secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on climate change, the old saying ‘those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones' comes to mind. » Read more...
To hear about water crisis in Ethiopia does not surprise, but not many people would expect that Mexico, an industrializing country, is facing serious water challenges. » Read more...