Sentences with phrase «international emissions markets»

Australia will very likely be a buyer in international emissions markets, under any sound climate policy.

Not exact matches

Though it allows each country to decide on their own course of action, it «solidifies international cooperation for climate change» and «sends a powerful signal to markets that now is the time to invest in the low emission economy».

If one assumes that every hectare of preserved forest saves 200 tons of carbon emissions and that each ton of carbon is worth $ 10 on the international market, then Indonesia could gain around $ 2 billion each year.»

The United States in its plan wrote that it «does not intend» to utilize any international carbon markets to help it achieve its emissions cuts.

In a November 2000 exchange, Clinton told Blair that while U.S. Republicans agreed that climate change was «a real problem,» they would be unlikely to accept any international agreement that wouldn't allow a major role for market - based emissions trading.

The business case is to sell the CO2 declines generated by such plankton blooms via an international or national market for such emissions reductions.

ICAO is also working on an international «market - based mechanism» to push airlines to slash their emissions, with a goal of final approval in 2016.

Joint briefing by Carbon Market Watch and Transport and Environment Overview The ICAO General Assembly, in October 2016, adopted an assembly resolution to establish a global offsetting mechanism for international aviation for emissions above 2020 levels (CORSIA).

The market - based plan must win the support of the International Civil Aviation Organization's 190 member countries at its Montreal assembly, or risk the EU breaking off talks and imposing its own emissions trading plan on internatioInternational Civil Aviation Organization's 190 member countries at its Montreal assembly, or risk the EU breaking off talks and imposing its own emissions trading plan on internationalinternational airlines.

«Our results raise the question of how climate finance should be designed and whether developing countries should be integrated in an international market for emission rights in the first place — other instruments such as a carbon tax could be more suitable,» says Kornek.

Authored by NewClimate Institute, Lambert Schneider and Stephanie La Hoz Theuer, this publication forms part of a broader project, commissioned by the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), with the primary objective to analyse the current situation and development of the international carbon markets.

A pioneer in zero - emission mobility, Nissan made history with the introduction of the Nissan LEAF, the first affordable, mass - market, pure - electric vehicle and winner of numerous international accolades, including the prestigious 2011 - 2012 Car of the Year Japan and 2011 World Car of the Year awards.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) heralded the agreement in October, of a new global market - based measure to control carbon emissions from international aviation, as an «historic agreInternational Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) heralded the agreement in October, of a new global market - based measure to control carbon emissions from international aviation, as an «historic agreinternational aviation, as an «historic agreement».

One message was loud and clear from this year's LACCF programme: carbon markets and climate investment will grow steadily stronger, if we get good rules for market cooperation under the Paris Agreement,» said Dirk Forrister, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Emissions Trading Association.

Other speakers were Paul Simshauser from Babcock and Brown (owners of electricity generators and other infrastructure) and Stuart Dix from e3 International, a firm with a lot of experience in emissions trading markets.

We learned Australia's ETS needs fixing to ensure the emissions caps are effective; international offsets must be disallowed; and there is a case for greater restrictions on the domestic carbon market to ensure emissions cuts occur where they are most important instead of where they are cheapest.

This provides an innovative new perspective on how a post-Kyoto international climate regime could emerge from agreements between the main GHG emitters capping their emissions and building an international carbon market.

The European Commission has proposed to continue to exempt all flights to and from Europe from paying for their pollution under the EU's carbon market rules, following an international agreement on aviation emissions.

A certified GHG emissions expert, Howie has been working with companies and organizations for nearly a decade in helping them assess and manage their environmental footprint, with over five years of experience in greenhouse gas emissions accounting, carbon markets and international climate policy.

Platts interviews David Hone, chief climate change advisor with Shell and chairman of the International Emissions Trading Association, on the outlook for EU carbon market regulation and long - term reform.

The document also provides new modelling analysis to demonstrate the crucial benefits that an international carbon market established under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could provide in reducing the costs to countries of achieving their emission reduction targets.

SDM supports the implementation of the three Kyoto mechanisms - the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (JI), and International Emissions Trading (IET), as well as the elaboration of new mechanisms under the Convention: Framework for Various Approaches (FVA), Non-Market-Based Approaches (NMA) and the New - Market - Based Mechanism (NMM).

Instead, they demanded an unworkable framework of legally binding international emissions targets, influenced and supported by climate hawks who demanded a laser focus on increasing renewable deployment and energy efficiency, mainly through market mechanisms such as cap - and - trade and carbon taxes.

Technology, by contrast, appears to harness markets straightforwardly to help spread low - emissions behavior without the need for major international coordination or technical negotiation.

«It emerged at the international level, through the combination of, among others: (1) the conservationist interests of big environmental NGOs in the North, (2) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the North seeking low - cost alternatives to supposedly «offset» their continued and excessive emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, (3) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the South seeking to obtain financial resources for the «protection» of forests in their countries, (4) the interests of corporations that could profit from market - tradable «offset» credits, including through speculation on secondary (derivatives) markets, which would allow them to continue destroying the forests for the extraction of timber, minerals or oil, the establishment of monoculture plantations, etc., thus expanding their business opportunities, and (5) the interests of consultants and other actors involved in financial capital markets who want to turn «unexploited» forests into a new market for this type of capital, through the commercialization of «environmental services» such as carbon sequestration, among others.»

The private investor then sells the carbon credits on international markets to companies looking to offset their emissions.

«There is a great opportunity for the private sector to invest in a low carbon future for Africa, using market forces to bring innovative technologies so that the continent can develop in a sustainable way,» said Dirk Forrister, the President and CEO of International Emissions Trading Association, a business organization focused on greenhouse gas emissionsEmissions Trading Association, a business organization focused on greenhouse gas emissionsemissions trading.

Leading up to the Bonn meeting, stakeholders met to discuss opportunities to link the JCM with other approaches, including other nations» INDCs, bilateral agreements between Japan and capped jurisdictions that use emissions trading systems, the International Civil Aviation Organization's Market Based Measures, and / or in a carbon market «club» with other Asian naMarket Based Measures, and / or in a carbon market «club» with other Asian namarket «club» with other Asian nations.

Governments and international organizations rely on our support for the development and marketing of emissions mitigation plans.

Christian has been engaged on the policy side of REDD +, where working through organizations such as International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and Carbon Market and Investors Association (CMIA), he has interfaced extensively with national governments and via the UNFCCC.

Mr. Forrister serves as Chair of the Market Oversight Working Group of the International Emissions Trading Association.

Supporting projects like Burn Stoves through voluntary and compliance carbon market mechanisms, allows Aviva to fully compensate for the emissions generated at its 16 international business locations, whilst it continues to invest in internal emissions reductions.

Without this, we are likely to see a gradual dismantling of the international carbon market mechanisms and with it, the loss of incredibly innovative economic tools to make emissions reduction more cost effective.

Plan of action - CO2 emissions tax, deregulate low polluting technology and remove current barriers of new technology per usual pick and choose government interference, facilitate standards to coordinate national and international energy development, subsidize ultra low polluting power generators and fuel to poor countries, investment dollars awarded to highest rate of return for CO2 emission reduction upon global market, rate tax expenditures and promising technology by independent accounting agency bonded to ensure loss of political and personal cronyism influence.

In response, ICAO member states have agreed to offset the sector's new emissions through a global market - based measure, the so - called Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

CTX is a member of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the Carbon Market Institute.

mitigation of emissions, including the design of national policy instruments, the roles of market failures such as in technological innovation, and the role of institutions in managing international collective action.

Greenhouse Gas Market 2004: Ready for Takeoff, International Emissions Trading Association, 2004.

«It will not affect the international coal market in any way,» German climate economist Reimund Schwarze tells Pacific Standard via email, explaining that the CPP rules targeted mostly inferior, high - emissions coal in a market that's already been depressed by cheap oil and gas prices.

Nonetheless, the ministers left many issues unresolved to be concluded by the next COP in Mexico City, such as the global targets and timeframe for halting deforestation and for finance (which in previous versions were suggested to be 50 % by 2020 and to halt gross deforestation by 2030 and targets to provide finance amounting to $ 15 - 25 billion by 2020), the institutional arrangements (such as market versus public finance mechanisms, a forest emissions inventory, reference levels and a national or international registry), sub national reference levels for initial phases, the measuring, monitoring and verifying (MRV) systems and benefit distribution mechanisms.

The idea is that credits representing the CO2 locked into this particular area of jungle — so remote that it is not under any threat — should be sold on the international market, allowing thousands of companies in the developed world to buy their way out of having to restrict their carbon emissions.

Carbon dioxide emissions savings from wind turbines were 20 per cent less than claimed, leading to the overpayment of renewable energy certificates worth about $ 70 million last year, according to an international analysis of Australia's national electricity market.

This positive result was overshadowed by an influx of carbon credits from the international markets as companies looked to exploit a closing loophole on the eligibility of certain methods of earning emission allowances.

The United States and the EU both took a pass on using international offsets to meet their targets, though their climate plans do not preclude the use of domestic carbon markets to lower emissions.

How could a new international accord on stabilising greenhouse - gas emissions affect global energy markets?

Speaking of updating: I think essential to mention that California + Quebec systems are linked (an international first) / That in only 2 months (next January) it will cover 80 % of Calif + Quebec GHG emissions, including transport / That it will then be close to Japan as one of the most important system on the planet (~ 600MT) / and NOT LEAST, that it is full ready to be the basis for a real North - American carbon market — ready especially to welcome Wash - Oregon - BC and Ontario.

That, of course, would expand the opportunities for rich countries and rich - world companies to offset their emissions from dirty coal and inefficient cars by buying credits on international carbon markets.

This is an innovative financing mechanism designed to direct increased financial flows from the growing international market in carbon emission offsets toward projects that contribute directly to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the least developed countries.

A new study by Oeko - Institut analyses for the first time potential carbon offset supply for a global market - based mechanism for international aviation emissions to be adopted in 2016.

After The Hague, Bonn and Marrakech: The Future International Market for Emissions Permits and the Issue of Hot Air,» Cahier de Recherche no. 27 bis, Institut d'Economie et de Politique de l'Energie, Grenoble, January.