ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE – Setting the rules of the game at the Bonn climate change talks
Whatâs true for sports is true for tackling climate change: to make things happen, you have to agree on the rules of the game. Paula Caballero, Global Director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute and a former UN negotiator, explains.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE – Carbon Offsetting: Buyersâ Guide 1.0
Ecosystem Marketplace’s Steve Zwick has come to suspect that lots of people want to offset their emissions but donât know how. This is his effort to correct that.
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE – Carbon Forward 2017 Conference: The Impact of Brexit, Trump, Paris, EU ETS Phase 4, and More
Following the immense success of the inaugural Carbon Forward 2016 conference and training day last October, we are pleased to announce the dates for Carbon Forward 2017.
Read MoreALLCOT’s Voluntary Carbon Market Report – April 2017
The voluntary market is facing up to a challenging period as a new global mechanism is developed by the United Nations and while companies pursue fast-growing markets in low-carbon energy.
Read MoreCOMMENT: A note to UNFCCC staff on developments in the US, by UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa
A reflection by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa for staff working at the UN agency regarding recent developments in the United States.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: How Trumpâs budget hits the environment, agency-by-agency
Ecosystem Marketplace provides a breakdown of the environmental impacts by department of President Trump’s draft 2018 budget, ranked by depth of cut on a percentage basis.
Read MoreCOMMENT: EU ETS threat to shipping is âwake-up callâ, says EU climate boss Delbeke
Europe’s top climate official Jos Delbeke outlines why the global shipping sector needs a firm emissions objective in its climate action plans and why doubts among EU lawmakers that such work will be sufficiently robust are a wake-up call to all.
Read MoreCOMMENT: European carbon market â cutting emissions or just counting allowances?
Rachel Solomon Williams of Sandbag explains why there is there is one more chance to fix this structural problem of the EU ETS in the current round of negotiations after EU Parliament deliberations have left the carbon market cold.
Read MoreALLCOT’s Voluntary Carbon Market Report – February 2017
Voluntary markets have been steady over the past month with many buyers preparing their purchase strategy for the year rather than engaging actively in the market. Project developer and carbon trader ALLCOT provides a snapshot of the market.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: How two First Nations and a small Canadian town tapped carbon finance to better manage their shared forest
Tom Cole, the operations manager at Cheakamus Community Forest, has a mental list of what he calls âTomâs magic spotsâ â hidden-away gems heâs gotten to know over 30 years of exploring these British Columbia woods. One is a little lake that acts as an âabsolute mirrorâ; he swears that âyou canât tell if youâre looking at the lake or looking at reality.â
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