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11th Apr 2011 by Madlen King
At the last minute of the six-day talks of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bangkok, attended by 2,000 participants from 175 countries, the Parties agreed on an agenda for the negotiations to be held in Bonn and elsewhere in the run-up to Durban at the end of the year.
6th Apr 2011 by Madlen King
The latest sessions of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperation under the Convention (AWG-LCA), as well as workshops relating to the Cancun Agreements, started on Sunday 3 April and will run through to Friday 8 [...]
Event: 13th Apr 2011 – 15th Apr 2011 by Madlen King
Over the last decade, Navigating the American Carbon World (NACW) has earned the distinction of being the most important carbon event in North America. It is known for convening the largest group of thought leaders, innovators, pioneers and policy makers and providing the most comprehensive analyses of pressing issues.
12th Mar 2011 by Madlen King
Earlier this week the Commission set out its roadmap for transforming the European Union into a competitive, low-carbon economy by 2050.
11th Mar 2011 by Madlen King
EU Commission Announces Historic Emissions data for Aviation on which Allocations will be Determined
28th Feb 2011 by Cor Groenveld
Certification was a recurring theme throughout the GFSI Conference in London. With “Developing” a food safety culture the overall theme of the conference, the links between the two topics is the focus of today’s blog.
Event: 1st Jun 2011 – 3rd Jun 2011 by Madlen King
In just five years, this event, held at the heart of Southern Europe, the Mediterranean area , has established itself as the world’s leading global event for stakeholder in the Carbon Market in just five years. In 2010, 250 exhibitors from 83 countries and around 3,000 visitors from 111 countries attended the carbon market’s leading [...]
17th Feb 2011 by Madlen King
Last week the California Air Resources Board, published their timelines for finalising the rules for emissions trading within California for a January 1st 2012 start date. The programme of work which can be accessed here http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade/programactivities.pdf details a variety of workshops throughout 2011 addressing offsets, compliance, allocation as well as linkages to other schemes in [...]
17th Feb 2011 by Madlen King
Martin Hession, was this week appointed as the new Chair of the CDM executive board to drive the improvements requested of them at the UN climate talks in Cancun last year. Those improvements included Improve the transparency and consistency of the regulatory framework of the CDM by continuing to revise its official documentation. Provide greater [...]
17th Dec 2010 by Andy Ritchie
In this final blog Andrew sums up his thoughts, the good and the bad outcomes and the areas which are still under discussion.
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