European Union carbon permits are on the rise for two consecutive weeks, as German power and UK natural gas advanced.
EU allowances for December increased 3 percent to close at 6.80 euros ($8.66) a metric ton on the ICE …

Former UN climate chief Ivo de Boer told The Guardian that businesses should be putting plans in place this year to prepare for a low-carbon economy, having been given a strong signal from the latest …

Marcus Priest from the Australian Financial Review writes that the Productivity Commission has challenged the federal government to provide clearer guidelines on how it wants to compensate Australian companies disadvantaged under the carbon price scheme.
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Merry Christmas and happy new year to GCS clients and friends!
Just a short note to wish everyone happy holidays and let you know that GCS has moved. Our new offices are listed under the Contact …

The two weeks of intensive climate change negotiations in Durban ended with agreement to draft a legally binding global agreement by 2015 and the adoption of decisions on a number of issues including financing, the Clean Development Mechanism scheme and …

Natasha Gilbert writes in the weekly science journal Nature “Delegates meeting this month in Durban, South Africa, to assess international progress on tackling climate change need to look beyond smoke stacks and car exhausts to …

Mark Dreyfus writes in The Sydney Morning Herald “From rugged eucalypt forest to meandering wetlands, from open grasslands to tropical rainforest, our country has some stunning wilderness areas. The passing of the Clean Energy Future …

Michael Bleby reports in The Australian Financial Review “A glance at the different booths said it all: Carbon Market Institute, Environmental Accounting Services, Greenlight Training, Impact EMS, AGL Energy Services. If Wednesday’s Senate vote gave …

Brendan Bateman of Clayton Utz writes that “On 31 October 2011, the Commonwealth Government released draft regulations for consultation through the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Regulations Act 2011 to support the Australian National …

Anthony Sibillin writes in The Australian Financial Review “Pink batt-style rorting of the Gillard government’s $500 million Carbon Farming Initiative is inevitable, according to a member of the committee responsible for its integrity.
Sibillin goes on …