* There was talk in the Oz last week of a Sydney declaration of
a regional emissions trading agreement, to emerge (very conveniently timed) from the APEC meeting in September.
Governments want to launch a platform at United Nations climate talks to help set common standards and accounting rules and tie together national and
regional emissions trading schemes, but developing countries and green groups warned that talk of a global carbon market is premature.
Warsaw (Reuters)- Governments want to launch a platform at United Nations climate talks to help set common standards and accounting rules and tie together national and
regional emissions trading schemes, but developing countries and green groups warned that talk of a global carbon market is premature.
Not exact matches
Close examination of the Galileo Movement's arguments shows that the effort is recycling many of the same straw man arguments and distortions about the science that other groups have previously employed to scuttle a cap - and -
trade bill in the U.S. Congress last year, a stricter
emissions trading scheme in New Zealand three years ago and other
regional and national efforts to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
Already, New Mexico will attempt to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from energy use in the state by 2 percent per year, and 11 northeastern states have formed a
regional cap - and -
trade program.
«We are considering expanding the existing pilot programs into surrounding areas and link up those
regional carbon markets; if that fails, the central government will then design a nationwide
emissions trading scheme and allocate allowances to each region,» said Xu, the government official involved in the national carbon market buildup.
Taken together, these initiatives to combat global warming now cover areas that include half the U.S. population, and state governments are already considering how to harmonize
regional trading systems with each other, as well as with the European Union's
emissions -
trading scheme.
For example, nine states in the Northeast, as part of a
regional cap - and -
trade program that sets overall limits on carbon and then allows states to
trade permits to pollute, have committed to cut
emissions by 45 percent during the next year and by another 2.5 percent a year after that until 2020.
Linking other national or
regional cap - and -
trade emissions trading systems to the EU ETS can create a bigger market, potentially lowering the aggregate cost of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
Last week, Christie vetoed legislation that would have required New Jersey to remain in the
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multi-state agreement to control greenhouse gas
emissions through a
regional cap - and -
trade program.
«There is a potential division in Labor on any
emission trading scheme between its inner - city tertiary educated green voting base and its suburban and
regional supporters who are employed in manufacturing and mineral industries.
Achieving the National
Trading Case's full range of benefits will require policy makers and regulators across the country to work with utilities, electricity generators, advocates, regional transmission organizations, and other stakeholders to develop state compliance plans that prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency and generate revenue through interstate carbon emissions t
Trading Case's full range of benefits will require policy makers and regulators across the country to work with utilities, electricity generators, advocates,
regional transmission organizations, and other stakeholders to develop state compliance plans that prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency and generate revenue through interstate carbon
emissions tradingtrading.
States can also join together in multi-state or
regional compacts to find the lowest cost options for reducing their carbon
emissions, including through
emissions trading programs.
For example, many countries have stated they can and will do more, if they have access to bilateral,
regional, or international carbon markets — also known as
emissions trading or «cap - and -
trade.»
Efforts of the Climate Action Reserve may also assist Ontario in considering various offset protocol types, including review, assessment, and adaptation of protocols, that could serve other purposes than Cap - and -
Trade (offsetting
emissions from governmental operation, etc.) but that would not be adopted into the linked compliance market under a
regional additionality review.
Surging growth rates for solar and wind, coupled with
regional declines in carbon
emissions, are cited as clear vindications of Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the carbon - trading program that the European Union instituted
emissions, are cited as clear vindications of Europe's
Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the carbon - trading program that the European Union instituted
Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the carbon - trading program that the European Union instituted i
Trading Scheme (ETS), the carbon -
trading program that the European Union instituted i
trading program that the European Union instituted in 2005.
Other news... The concept of freelancing and bitcoin together are gaining popularity in every part of the world; the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency whose mandate is to create fair and efficient markets, is also now emerging as a public voice in the industry; Russian financial institutions and IT companies and may be poised to overcome skepticism from Russian regulators; Nodio is a project that claims to be a secure blockchain - based router solution with a variety of features and IBM's China division is working with a
regional textile printing firm to to develop a platform for
trading digital assets tied to carbon
emissions.