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Compliance carbon market slows, but voluntary activity booms: new reports
Sun, 5/06/11 – 5:51 | Posted by GreenCollar

During 2010, the voluntary carbon marked surged while the compliance market slowed down, according to two reports released this week.
A Bloomberg New Energy Finance report found a 34 percent surge in voluntary carbon market trading to a record volume of …

Resources boom, not carbon price, is the threat to jobs: Garnaut
Sat, 4/06/11 – 5:27 | Posted by GreenCollar

The resources boom, not carbon pricing, is the most immediate threat to jobs in the manufacturing sector, Australian Federal Government climate change advisor Ross Garnaut said Friday.
News reports quote Professor Garnaut, speaking at a public event in Perth, as saying …

Lawmakers looking at A$18 to A$23 carbon price, The Australian reports
Thu, 2/06/11 – 15:54 | Posted by GreenCollar

Key lawmakers advising Australia’s government on the design of a planned carbon price scheme are looking at a price of between A$18 and A$23 per tonne, The Australian newspaper reported today.
A carbon price of A$18 …

Major cities to access World Bank climate funds
Thu, 2/06/11 – 5:10 | Posted by GreenCollar

Mayors from 40 of the world’s biggest cities will now have access to technical and financial assistance for projects to minimize the effects of climate change, after a deal signed with the World Bank at a …

Forests, climate finance focus of upcoming Bonn climate talks
Thu, 2/06/11 – 2:19 | Posted by GreenCollar

News reports in the week ahead of the next U.N. climate talks in Bonn say the world will again fall short of a full climate deal this year, as developed countries push for a narrower focus on forests …

Australia needs an independent oversight of carbon trading: Garnaut
Mon, 2/05/11 – 20:56 | Posted by GreenCollar

The Clean Energy Countil, Australia’s peak renewable energy lobby, has released a paper calling for an indepedent carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, to be set up to oversee a carbon price and investment in clean technology. 
The …

China emission to peak by 2030, new study finds
Sun, 1/05/11 – 20:47 | Posted by GreenCollar

China carbon emissions could peak by 2025-2030-U.S. study
 As booming demand for appliances and buildings tapers off in China and aggressive green policies kick in, China’s greenhouse gas emissions will peak. The date, according to a …

Most countries acting on climate, new study finds
Sat, 30/04/11 – 20:46 | Posted by GreenCollar

A new study funds that the world’s largest economies are acting on climate change.
Relevant legislation is advancing in 16 of the world’s largest economies, the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE). The study, undertaken in partnership with …

Top negotiators say Durban climate deal unlikely
Fri, 29/04/11 – 20:44 | Posted by GreenCollar

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The American and European climate change envoys have reportedly dismissed any chances of reaching a legally-binding deal at the Durban talks this December.
The Guardian reported that European Union climate action commissioner Connie Hedegaard said after …

China to test emissions trading in some regions
Wed, 13/04/11 – 20:51 | Posted by GreenCollar

China will launch pilot emissions trading schemes in six regions by 2013 and set up a nationwide trading platform by 2015, PointCarbon reported.
The news service quotes China’s vice-director of the NDRC’s climate change department, Sun Cuihua, as saying: “We hope …