Canada, has announced that it is beginning to formulate its own Cap and Trade system this week, to continue the trend of North American policy convergence on Climate Change issues. » Read more...
Quebec is in the process of taking a bold step towards North America’s first Cap and Trade system. » Read more...
Last week, in the biggest policy reversal of his prime ministership, aimed at wooing big businesses and the Liberal Party, Kevin Rudd announced important changes concerning Australia’s emission trading scheme. » Read more...
A proposal paper published this week by the EU’s Czech presidency this week has cast light on what may be some of the main features of a post-Kyoto deal. » Read more...
Under the Bush administration, greenhouse-gas emission legislation was considered excessive regulation that could prove harmful to U.S. businesses. » Read more...
During the past week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the draft legislation of 'American Clean Energy and Security Act 2009'. » Read more...
As noted before, the Indian Government has placed significant pressure on the global community to develop an equitable international agreement on climate change. » Read more...
The 45th meeting of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism was carried between Feb.12th and 13th. » Read more...
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Recently, the Indian government signed a MoU with the United States aimed at strengthening development of bio fuels in India. » Read more...
Barely a month after the end of the Pozna? » Read more...
The good news As reported in this blog last week, new rules governing the distribution of foreign donor aid under the REDD scheme had been delayed. » Read more...
It is clear that Mexico has begun taking legislative steps towards implementing climate change policy (and greener energy policy generally) in the country. Perhaps the clearest example of this is the Ley Para el Aprovechamiento de Energías Renovables y el Financiamento de la Transición Energética (Law for Renewable Energy Usage and Energy Transition Financing), which hopes to promote and support the use of renewable energies in the country. The law is ambitious in its remit, but issues of insufficient funding and inter-government interest negotiation may limit its effectiveness as it is implemented. » Read more...
The Indian government has favored the CDM to promote climate-friendly practices. » Read more...
How does the EU’s climate and energy package affect developing countries? » Read more...
UNFCCC Secretariat says that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is in for review. » Read more...
NASA researcher James Hansen says the current climate change mitigation architecture is doomed to fail. » Read more...
India's strong position on climate change was reaffirmed this year at COP-14. » Read more...
In Bali last year, the ICC and WBCSD, as representatives of global business at the climate talks, named their one-day side event "Tri Hita Karana", a proverb taken from a Balinese philosophy which emphasizes that happiness can only be attained if the Creator, people and nature live in harmony with each other. » Read more...
Talks at Poznan about a re-engineering of the Clean Development Mechanism, Kyoto Protocol’s righteous son, have been Bonn-ed. » Read more...