WASHINGTON –  The Obama Administration has named a special envoy to lead U.S. efforts to fight global warming and forge new international accords on reducing carbon emissions and developing clean energy.
 
On January 26 U.S. Secretary …

Japan in mid-January launched the world’s first satellite dedicated to monitoring global greenhouse gas emissions, as part of efforts to tackle climate change.
The project will enable scientists to measure the quantities of greenhouse gases being …

The first trade in Australian Emissions Units (AEU) since the government released its blueprint for a carbon trading scheme was carried out on January 20, Reuters reported. The transaction, whose parties were not disclosed, provides …

 
Australia recently became the 34th country to link its carbon registry to the International Transaction Log (ITL), the UN software overseeing international transfer of Kyoto protocol carbon credits, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …

Greenhouse emissions from energy-use in Australia’s eastern states rose in 2008, according to a new report by The Climate Group, an international coalition of business and government leaders building the economic case for taking action against …

Transport ministers from 21 countries committed to promoting the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in the sector to combat climate change, aiming to drive talks under a broader U.N. framework that is to agreed upon in December.
 
The …

The value of the global carbon market soared 84 percent in 2008 to US $118 billion and could reach US $150 billion this year, according to New Carbon Finance, a division of New Energy Finance.
Some …

Transport ministers from 22 nations will gather in Tokyo on January 14 to discuss ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector, including aviation and shipping, the Japanese government announced.
The participating countries are …

New Zealand announced in mid-January more than $10 million for new research to help the agriculture and forestry sectors adapt and respond to climate change. 
Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s existing Sustainable Land Management and Climate …

Ottawa will be taking a close look at the economic impacts of a changing climate in Canada, making it the third country – after the UK and Australia – to fund such research.
“While such studies …