As an independent body set up to advise the UK government on carbon budgets, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is responsible for advising Government on setting climate change targets and...
Emission trading is taking a funny turn. Having long been the policy mechanism of choice for the governments of developed countries, plans for emission trading schemes are falling by the...
This month’s offset related outrage is brought to you from Liberia, where a British company stands accused of scamming Liberian ministers in a ploy that would have left the government liable to...
This was the topic of the Reuters/Point Carbon inaugural debate last week. The hosts took an audience poll before and after the debate, and there was a slight swing in favour of the 'against cap...
Despite England's early departure from the World Cup, environmentalists have cause for celebration - for this was the first time the environment was on the agenda for an international football...
On Monday 12th, Thomson Reuters and Point Carbon will be asking whether cap and trade is working as a weapon against climate change. Their debate, which runs from 8.15-10.30, includes discussion...
We founded Carbon Retirement because we figured there was a better way to do offsetting than the standard project-based approach, but even we didn't realise back then quite how flawed the project...
The disappointing outcome in Copenhagen last year left many people wondering what progress, if any, would be made in global climate change negotiations in 2010. The first concrete indication came...
Outside the EU, the only country with a mandatory national emissions trading scheme is New Zealand. While similar schemes have stalled in Australia and the US, New Zealand recently expanded its...
Creative Environmental Networks (CEN) is providing free environmental and sustainability support to SME’s in London.
As part of the ERDF funded URBAN...
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