Not exact matches
«An effective
carbon price coupled
with technology and operational improvements will be key to unlocking the huge potential for pollution - free shipping,» said Kelsey Perlman,
international transport policy officer for
Carbon Market Watch.
With new developments in
international carbon markets continuing to flow thick and fast, we paused only briefly to celebrate our official launch in July before getting our noses back to the grindstone!
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.
Along
with a boosted catch, a second hoped - for payoff was the sale of
carbon credits on
international markets aimed at offsetting greenhouse gas pollution by financing projects that absorb heat - trapping
carbon dioxide — typically by planting trees but in this case through spurring plankton growth.
With the future of an
international climate agreement still in flux, governments worldwide are turning to
markets for voluntary
carbon offsetting to engage private sector climate actors — and to inform or provide the tools that could shape tomorrow's regulated
carbon markets.
The
International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) has become synonymous
with best practice in the voluntary
carbon market and all members only use offsets verified under the most widely respected compliance and voluntary standards.
The EU is keen to work
with the new US Administration to build a transatlantic and indeed global
carbon market to act as the motor of a concerted
international push to combat climate change.
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.
Local and
international environmental groups are furious at this risky gamble
with sensitive marine ecosystems spurred by the profit - making incentive of
market - based
carbon 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 na
Market Based Measures, and / or in a
carbon market «club» with other Asian na
market «club»
with other Asian nations.
Take advantage of this high - calibre networking opportunity
with mandatory participants in Ontario's cap and trade and key government decision - makers, and gain useful updates on compliance and trading strategies from
international carbon market experts.
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.
Even before
international carbon markets were seen as mechanisms to support forest conservation, there were precedents for how to deal
with rights to land - linked resources.
With such data and the
carbon credits measured, the community was able to enter into the
international carbon offset
markets.
China needs to embrace the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
market to try to get more
international financial and technological support and to boost
carbon credit trading
with developed countries.
Peter Fusaro, a
carbon markets expert, noted that Exxon already must comply
with Kyoto regulations in other countries, and said the company may want to simplify compliance standards throughout its
international operations.
National
carbon markets allow poorly regulated sectors to gain, just as
international carbon markets are susceptible to rewarding countries
with lax regulations and poor enforcement.»