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Russia registers first JI carbon project
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 1:42 | Posted by GreenCollar

Russia submitted for registration its first carbon emissions reduction project under a special United Nations procedure, a step the UNFCCC has said can signal “a substantial increase” of followers, Bloomberg reported. 
The joint implementation (JI) project will …

IPCC should communicate uncertainty better, report says
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 1:35 | Posted by GreenCollar

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should adjust the way it communicates scientific uncertainty about climate change and reform its management structure, according to a report presented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IPCC Chair …

Africa is next stop for carbon projects
Monday, 30 Aug, 2010 – 1:06 | Posted by GreenCollar

Africa is turning into a major source of premium carbon projects, according to the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

The world’s least developed region accounts for about 3 percent of the project pipeline under the Clean Development …

Independents and Greens demand climate action
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 6:18 | Posted by GreenCollar

Australia’s new Green Party MP Adam Bandt joined with independents – Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott – in a call for action on climate change.
Speaking at the Press Club on Wednesday, Bandt reiterated the Green …

Blame it on climate change
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 4:19 | Posted by GreenCollar

Climate change is increasingly being blamed for weather disasters leading to disease, hunger and homelessness. This is a short summary of recent disasters and other unfortunate developments blamed on climate change.

In Latin America, diseases like …

Japan carbon credits come expensive
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 3:28 | Posted by GreenCollar

The first carbon credits in Tokyo’s new cap-and-trade scheme traded hands on Monday at a price of  US$142 per tonne, well above market rates for carbon elsewhere, PointCarbon News reported.
Carbon credits traded were generated from an …

What critical independents have said about climate change
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 1:02 | Posted by GreenCollar

Independents now have the power to influence Australia’s climate change policy for years to come. Here is a review of their positions, as extracted from public statements during the past two years and debates around …

Election time climate change policies reviewed
Wednesday, 18 Aug, 2010 – 8:58 | Posted by GreenCollar

During the election campaign, the Federal government announced some revamped climate change policy.  The one that stole most headlines was Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that if re-elected, her government would establish a “citizen’s assembly” …

ClimateSpectator: The Heart of the Matter
Tuesday, 17 Aug, 2010 – 9:23 | Posted by GreenCollar

– from the Climate Spectator website; 16 August 2010
The Heart of the Matter
by Dr Mark Dangerfield, technical director, GCS
Recently the NSW Natural Resources Commissioner, Dr John Williams, hosted a workshop in Canberra on resilience thinking …

Kevin Rudd joins UN sustainability panel
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 10:19 | Posted by GreenCollar

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined a high-level United Nations panel on global sustainability.
The former prime minister has been appointed a decision announced by UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in New York overnight.
Rudd will not …