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Climate Policy

Durban Platform Paves Way for Global Climate Treaty by 2015

December 20, 2011

At the longest climate conference on record, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) were able to make significant progress towards a global deal at COP17 in Durban, South Africa. By the end of the meeting, the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action was agreed to by 190 nations with the intention [...]

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Europe’s Carbon Market: A Progress Report Presented

July 3, 2011
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The Climate Registry (TCR) hosted an informative webinar last week entitled ‘Update from Europe: A Carbon Market in Progress’ which gave a brief history of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and presented the future outlook of the program. Since 2005, European nations have been running its economy-wide cap and trade program that [...]

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Political Leaders Stress Need for U.S. Action on Climate Change

May 1, 2011
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Two of the most prominent political leaders when it comes to taking action on climate change, European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard and United States Senator John Kerry, sat down with EnergyNow corespondent Tyler Suiters to discuss current efforts of the E.U. and U.S. to curb global carbon emissions.

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Regional Cap-and-Trade Brings Economic Benefit to Northeast

March 6, 2011
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the first cap-and-trade for carbon dioxide in the United States, has brought substantial economic benefits to the ten Northeastern states participating in the program. In a report released by RGGI, it was determined that 80% of the $789.2 million worth of proceeds from carbon permit auctions have been invested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, [...]

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Carbon Market Oversight Study Released by Interagency Group

January 31, 2011
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With the advent of the financial crisis which was caused by bad practices in the housing market, many people especially politicians in Washington have expressed their concern that a trading scheme for carbon emissions would be subject to the same type of behavior without significant oversight. As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection [...]

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Deputy Envoy for Climate Change Gives Post-Cancun Update

January 5, 2011
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Jonathan Pershing, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State, presented a comprehensive Post-Cancun Update today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) here in Washington D.C. This was the second year in a row that the Deputy Special Envoy presented at CSIS after global climate negotiations. The high level overview given by Pershing [...]

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Lead U.S. Climate Negotiator Debriefs Public on Global Talks

December 24, 2010
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Fresh off the latest UN global climate talks in Cancun, U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern sat down at the Department of State in Washington D.C. for a debriefing. In this interview with Tyler Suiters from EnergyNOW!, Stern discusses progress made at negotiations, the state of climate policy and the challenges in working with emerging nations [...]

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Climate Science: Setting the Context for Carbon Capitalism

November 28, 2010
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As we head into the next round of international climate change negotiations, it is important for participants and observers to keep in mind the overarching context that must guide us towards a sufficient and legally-binding global agreement. As of October 2010, atmospheric CO2 were 387 parts-per-million (ppm) according to the Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL) [...]

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Norton Rose Hosts Climate Change Negotiations Webinar

November 26, 2010
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Norton Rose Group hosted a very informative webinar this past week outlining the negotiating process and key issues up for consideration at this year’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 16 (COP16) beginning on November 29th in Cancun, Mexico. Their presentation covers both procedural and substantive issues that will be dealt [...]

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South Korea Releases Carbon Trading Legislation

November 20, 2010
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South Korea released legislation this past week outlining plans to establish a domestic emissions trading scheme by 2013. As the fourth largest polluter in Asia, South Korea will join other countries in the region such as Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and most recently China in considering a market-based mechanism to reduce greenhouse gases linked to [...]

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