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August 8, 2012
UN carbon credit fall to new record low
On Monday, the benchmark contract for U.N.-backed permits, called certified emissions reductions (CERs), fell 6.97 percent to 2.67 euros (US$3.30) a tonne at 1043 GMT. Volume was low at 575 lots traded. Read more here.
August 8, 2012
Kyoto team suspends Romania from carbon market
According to Romania’s environment ministry, the Kyoto Protocol committee has blocked Romania from selling carbon credits over concerns about irregularities in the country’s carbon emissions data. Read more here.
August 8, 2012
Barclays quits trading in carbon
Barclays has sold its controlling share in Swedish based carbon project developer Tricorona back to the business’s management team two years after spending $159M for an 85% share. Read more here.
August 8, 2012
US: Drought, heat show climate change is real, say Democrats
Wildfires in the U.S. West, heat in the East and drought across most of the nation show the climate is changing, said Democrats as they try to revive a carbon cap and trade issue the Obama administration and Republicans had dropped. Read more here.
August 8, 2012
Investors keep climate change strategies despite uncertainties
This year’s “Global Investor Survey on Climate Change” revealed that investors are increasingly monitoring and assessing climate risk in other asset classes, including real estate and infrastructure. Read more here.
August 8, 2012
Major prospects for geothermal energy in South America
South America has in the past largely relied on hydropower, but its capacity is weakening. Geothermal presents a major opportunity throughout South America, but exploratory drilling has been limited. According to the ESMAP report, the range of geothermal capacity estimates is quite broad. Read more here.
August 8, 2012
Solar power helped keep the lights on in India
In India, 400 million people who lack electricity were joined by another 700 million as India faced crippling power outages in the Northern and Eastern parts of its geography. Solar energy helped the formerly energy poor find themselves better off than the middle-class suffering in the cities due to the […]
August 6, 2012
India: CPI(M) call for revised Food Security Bill
The CPI(M) recently criticized the Food Security Bill by the government in its present form and demanded that the government bring a new and revised legislation in the monsoon parliamentary session. The party said that the government was doing away with the PDS system instead of […]
August 6, 2012
UK government will enforce open access to development research
The results of scientific research that tackles disease, food security issues and poverty in the developing world will soon become freely available as part of the UK government’s plans to open up access to publicly funded studies.The requirement for open access to development research will be announced on […]
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