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ETS - Emissions Trading Schemes (EU, NZ, ...) and Forest Carbon Credits

Issue date: 
September 8, 2010

Carbon credit prices shoot up after probe constricts supply

Market pricing becomes uncertain after UN probe into data laundering.

Issue date: 
September 2010

Updated standard provides new guidance for using forests to address climate change

Version 3.2 of the Climate Action Reserve’s Forest Project Protocol continues to ensure integrity of forest offset projects

Issue date: 
2 Sep, 2010

New Zealand: Region a net ETS winner

GISBORNE will be a net winner from the emissions trading scheme, promises Climate Change Minister Nick Smith.

At a well-attended meeting last night, Dr Smith managed to tame a potentially hostile audience through judicious use of the expressions:

“Good question”, “You’re absolutely right” and “That deserves a thorough answer — I’ll answer each point in turn”.

Issue date: 
Monday, 30 August 2010

Carbon project market leads with REDD methodology

The landmark approval of a carbon accounting methodology to underpin REDD projects in Asia shows the project-based voluntary carbon market leading the way in the development of mechanisms to halt the destruction of climate-critical tropical forests.

Issue date: 
August 2010

FERN: Carbon Trading

In the drive to tackle climate change, carbon trading has become the policy instrument of choice among governments. It is also a central element of the UNFCCC’s Kyoto Protocol. National or regional carbon trading schemes are now operational in Europe, the USA, New Zealand and elsewhere.

Issue date: 
25 August 2010

VCS Unveils its First Methodology for Generating Carbon Credits by Saving Trees

25 August 2010 | The first Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) methodology to quantify the climate benefits for projects reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is now approved and available for use after going live this Monday. 

Issue date: 
August 2010

GM&T AND INFINITEEARTH ANNOUNCE THE APPROVAL OF WORLD’S FIRST REDD METHODOLOGY UNDER THE VOLUNTARY CARBON STANDARD PROGRAMME

GM&T AND INFINITEEARTH ANNOUNCE THE APPROVAL OF WORLD’S FIRST REDD METHODOLOGY UNDER THE VOLUNTARY CARBON STANDARD PROGRAMME

Highlights

Issue date: 
August 30, 2010

Insuring the Rain Forest with Green Bonds - Part II

Summary

Issue date: 
August 27th, 2010

List of Top Carbon Funds

PCF

At the close of calendar year 2009, the Prototype Carbon Fund has 23 of 24 projects generating emission reductions and eight of the PCF’s CDM projects have issued Certified Emission Reductions. In early 2010, the PCF successfully completed its first transfer of Kyoto assets from its projects in Annex I countries.

Fund Capital ($ million) 219.8
Date Operational April 2000
Participants 22
Private % (by capital invested) 57.6

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Community Development Carbon Fund

Issue date: 
August 21, 2010

Bye, bye, black sheep

New Zealand's sheep farmers are flocking to a government carbon trading program that pays more to plant trees than sell wool and mutton.

The system, begun in 2008 and the only one of its kind outside Europe, awards farmers credits that are sold to offset greenhouse gas emissions. The project may earn them about $NZ600 a hectare ($193 per acre) a year on land unprofitable for grazing animals, said David Evison, a senior lecturer at the University of Canterbury's New Zealand School of Forestry.

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