Sentences with phrase «international emissions trading»

It includes principles of international emissions trading which would allow a country to trade reductions if they fall below the country's limit.

What international emissions trading rules apply beyond 2020 remain unclear.

Fortunately, the high - stakes, unprecedented policy experiment of international emissions trading can learn from the hard - fought experiences of international financial markets.

«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 emissions trading.

Set up in 2005, the EU ETS is the world's first and biggest international emissions trading system, accounting for over three - quarters of international carbon trading.

Australia can still participate in international emissions trading even if we do not ratify the Kyoto Protocol

The report includes: - Insights from international emissions trading experts - Infographics - Factsheets on each system in operation and under consideration

The report includes: Factsheets on each system in operation and under consideration Infographics Insights from international emissions trading experts

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Meanwhile the Authority gives surprisingly little heed to the opportunities for Australia of a low - emissions economy, instead highlighting international emissions trading.

It establishes a mechanism (a successor to the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism) to facilitate international emissions trading; and

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.

But negotiators say a framework for international emissions trading is needed, even if many countries won't use it (yet).

Towards International Emissions Trading: Design Implication for Linkages».

Ambitious economy - wide mitigation targets are central to ensuring that international emissions trading supports the goals of the Agreement, as they provide strong incentives for countries to ensure the environmental integrity of units they transfer to others.

Dirk Forrister, chief executive of International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), said in a press conference today, «business is ready but are in need of a UN mechanism and signals from the policymakers.»

Although the central players are loathe to admit it, Kyoto's international emission trading system enables nations to buy and sell the right to pollute.

These elements include binding targets for some nations, differentiated responsibilities (especially between developed and developing countries), phased reductions in emissions, some form of international emissions trading, and assistance to developing countries for their mitigation and adaptation activities.

But International Emissions Trading Association raises concerns over lack of clarity in the draft Clean Air Rule

Dirk Forrister, president of the International Emissions Trading Association, remembers that Blair's negotiating team was a welcome set of «fresh legs» in the talks after years of minimal British involvement under Blair's predecessor, John Major.

But figuring out the right time to start carbon trading remains tricky, said Jeff Swartz, international policy director at the International Emissions Trading Association, a nonprofit industry group headquartered in Switzerland.

In Doha, in 2012, it was decided that for the second commitment period, international emissions trading and joint implementation would also provide the Adaptation Fund with a 2 percent share of proceeds.

«The Brexit verdict does not mean that the U.K. can not continue to play a central role in the carbon market,» officials with the International Emissions Trading Association said in a statement.

International Emissions Trading Association writes to Brussels warning that failure to clarify proposed emission trading reforms is undermining Clean Development Mechanism

She was head of Britain's International Emissions Trading.

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.

This scope of influence is expected to broaden considerably after last month's announcement of ICROA's integration into the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

The cap is merely a public announcement of how nice a country has chosen to be — unless there is international emissions trading.

«Nearly every president has looked into how to maximize existing authority,» said Dirk Forrister, a former Clinton climate aide who is now president and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association.

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.

Dirk Forrister, chair of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and a former White House climate official, expressed the hope it will «kick off a new level of debate at a high level».

Jaffe, J. ja Stavins, R. (2007), IETA Report on Linking GHG Emissions Trading Systems, International Emissions Trading Association.

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).

Inputs from Climate Advisers, Conservation International, Environmental Defense Fund, Forest Trends, International Emissions Trading Association and The Nature Conservancy regarding views on the guidance referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement

The event was hosted by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the Global CCS Institute and featured Lord Nicholas Stern and David Hone, Shell's chief climate advisor, as speakers.

If you're just looking at the carbon, the old mantra is «A ton is a ton is a ton,»» says Ethan Ravage, the West Coast representative of the International Emissions Trading Association, an industry group.

And so the Climate Change Authority's recommendations are simultaneously more ambitious than the government will be prepared to accept, and not so ambitious by way of assuming that international emissions trading may mean no deep emissions cuts domestically.

«The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is pleased to see the recent steps that ARB is taking as it prepares for its upcoming cap - and - trade program launch in January 2013,» stated Dirk Forrister, president and CEO of IETA and a member of ACR's Advisory Council.

Because of this, the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements has been collaborating with the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) to explore the role of linkage in the new international climate change agreement to be completed in Paris.

Dirk Forrister, is the President of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

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

VCS was developed by The Climate Group, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and a range of business, government, and non-government organizations.