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SGS pulls out of carbon certification in 'drastic development' for CDM
13 June 2014Certification firm SGS is to stop offering Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) services, in a move that the Project Developer Forum (PDF) described as a major blow to the market.
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What price a 'rescue CER'?
13 May 2014Norway, Sweden and the UK have announced initiatives to buy carbon credits to support vulnerable emission reduction projects. But how much should they pay in order to be effective, asks Mahua Acharya
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South Africa opens door to domestic carbon market
02 May 2014South Africa looks set to launch a domestic carbon market after it released proposals for companies to be allowed to buy offsets to reduce their carbon tax bills.
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Nepal's first PoA provides 150,000 cookstoves
03 April 2014The first programmatic Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Nepal has been launched this week and will provide energy efficient cookstoves to 150,000 households.
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Deals of the Year Awards
01 April 2014Revealed: the winners of Environmental Finance's 7th annual Deals of the Year Awards
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Losses increase, NAV falls at Trading Emissions
25 March 2014Trading Emissions Plc (TEP), a London-listed environmental investment fund, has reported a £19.8 million ($32.7 million) loss for the first half year.
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Trading Emissions sells its last CDM credits
10 March 2014Trading Emissions, a London-listed investment fund currently being wound up, has disposed of its remaining portfolio of carbon credits.
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CDM must stop verifier exodus, warns new Executive Board member
26 February 2014The Clean Development Mechanism will struggle to recover if verifiers continue to leave the market, a new member of its oversight board has warned.
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DNV pulls out of CDM verification, in 'sign of market collapse'
13 February 2014DNV GL is to stop providing validation and verification services for the Clean Development Mechanism and other international climate change mitigation projects, in a stark sign of the "steady collapse" of the world's only global carbon market.
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The European Commission is taking a big gamble with the CDM
05 February 2014Gareth Phillips says the European Commission is wrong to exclude international emission reduction credits from the EU carbon market after 2021.