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| The book addresses questions such as: Why did the EU change its position from leading skeptic to leading proponent of greenhouse gas emissions trading? How did it manage so rapidly to establish the world's first international ETS? What are its consequence(read
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| Recent experience from Hurricane Katrina to the European Heatwave has challenged the notion that developed nations have limited vulnerability to climatic risks.(read
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| In this book we develop a new approach which allows technological progress to be modelled as process-related and policy-induced. The choice between limitational production technologies (technological paradigms) is explicitly modelled and is implemented in(read
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| The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is establishing a new fund to slow the onset of climate change and to help the Asia-Pacific region adapt to the expected devastating impact of global warming ...(read
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| Carbon & Climate Law Review is welcoming manuscript submissions for a special issue on Climate Policy, Carbon Markets and Forestry to be published in Fall 2008. Contributions should address legal and policy aspects relating to the consideration of agricul(read
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| CDM Rulebook, the definitive online database of the CDM rules. Baker & McKenzie has developed the CDM Rulebook over the past 18 months and we are now pleased to formally launch the site and make it freely available to the public.(read
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| ... Japan says it will consider implementing an emissions trading scheme from 2013 as it develops policy measures to rein in ballooning greenhouse emissions...(read
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| The threat of carbon tariffs could deepen the current divide between developed and developing nations that has seen UN negotiations on a new international climate treaty stalled for the past three years.(read
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| New Book: "Climate Change in a Global Economy – Legal Implications for International Trade, Investment and the Carbon Market"
The issue of Climate Change connects with international trade in a multitude of different ways. While the World Trade Organiza(read
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| We call on our nation’s leaders to swiftly establish and implement policies to bring about deep reductions in heat-trapping emissions. The strength of the science on climate change compels us to warn the nation about the growing risk of irreversible conse(read
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| The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today gave formal approval to the creation of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), a pair of international investment instruments, designed to provide interim, scaled-up funding to help developing countries in th(read
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| The California Climate Action Registry has partnered with Point Carbon to host the California Registry’s 6th annual conference, Navigating the New Carbon World which will be held in San Diego, California on May 15- 16th, 2008.(read
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| Deadline for receiving abstracts is 31 May 2008. Deadline for early registration rates is on June 1st. Pre-conference workshop and support are available for a limited number of developing country scientists.(read
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| Date: 24 June 2008 in Brussels. The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for discussion on the health implications of the proposed EU “Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package”, and raise awareness of the health benefits of regional climat(read
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| With consumers facing higher electricity bills and a growing interest in limiting carbon emissions and fostering green power, the Maryland Energy Administration issued a detailed Strategic Energy Plan h in January 2008.(read
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| In Expo CO2 - 2008, we will analyze the road beyond 2012. The European Council, after EXPO CO2 will present an ambitious package of measures where energy and climate form a whole.(read
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| En Expo CO2 - 2008, analizaremos la ruta mas alla del 2012. El Consejo Europeo, tras Expo CO2, planteara un ambicioso paquete de medidas en las que energia y clima forman un todo.(read
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| The 5th FTP conference will offer an excellent networking opportunity to those working in Europe's forest-based business. They can meet their colleagues, as well as members of the research community and European and national policy makers. One of the foca(read
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| The European Conference on Applied Climatology will be held in Amsterdam (RAI expo) next 29 September to 03 October 2008. The theme of the conference is understanding of and adaptation to current and future climate.(read
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| You are cordially invited to participate in the European Parliament’s workshop assessing the European Commission’s recent proposal for a Directive covering carbon dioxide capture and storage(read
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| World Climate Conference-3, 31 August to 4 September 2009
Climate prediction for decision-making: focusing on seasonal to interannual time-scales, taking into account multi-decadal prediction(read
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| Venue: Rome, Italia
Date: 1-4 October 2008
the International Exhibition dedicated to the Carbon Credit Market(read
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| Planting trees is hugely beneficial to the world in the face of accelerating climate change. There is now a strong international scientific consensus that human activity is causing global warming. A substantial reduction in the planet’s forest cover over(read
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| The proposed Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) would assist developing countries in their efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and land degradation (REDD).(read
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| An ecological system is a sink when it takes up more CO2 than it releases. If an ecological system releases more CO2 than it absorbs, then it is a source.
Ecological systems such as forests, meadows and fields and seas and lakes, remove CO2 from the atmo(read
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| FAO has called upon countries to participate in preparing the next Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA), the most comprehensive data collection on the state of the world’s forests to date.(read
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| There is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the Earth's climate is facing a change due to human activities. The greenhouse gases (GHGs) allow the entering of solar short-wave radiation on the Earth but impede the reflection of long-wa(read
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| SUMMARY Provide technical support to the Climate Change Services business line with the objective of selling and executing high- quality carbon management services to firm’s base of industrial clients. This position will play a role in continuing to build(read
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| Job Title: Sr. Client Manager
Origination Reports To: US Country Director
Location: New York Job Reference: SCM1
Closing Date: 20th April 2008(read
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| One of the leading German engineering companies in the area of environmental consulting and planning that offers its clients over 25 years experience of high quality engineering services by more than 200 engineers is growing. Their subsidiary is based in(read
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| Compared to cars, trains are a relatively small contributor to global warming. But the popularity of hybrid cars, such as Toyota Motor Corp.’s best-selling Prius, is helping to boost interest in hybrid trains. Railway companies around the world, including(read
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| New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of Emission and Idling Reduction Technologies for EPA 2010 and Idling Regulations Compliance, observes that as global emission regulations tighten in an effort to reduce global warming and fossil fuel(read
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| USAID, NASA, the Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology, the University of Colorado, and CATHALAC are pleased to announce the beta release of the Climate Mapper tool for SERVIR—the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System.(read
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