Archive

  • Washington State mulls carbon trading, linking with California and Quebec

    30 July 2014

    Washington State is again considering establishing a carbon trading system in a move that could see it link with California and Quebec.

  • SGS pulls out of carbon certification in 'drastic development' for CDM

    13 June 2014

    Certification 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.

  • South Africa opens door to domestic carbon market

    02 May 2014

    South 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.

  • Nepal's first PoA provides 150,000 cookstoves

    03 April 2014

    The first programmatic Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Nepal has been launched this week and will provide energy efficient cookstoves to 150,000 households.

  • Losses increase, NAV falls at Trading Emissions

    25 March 2014

    Trading Emissions Plc (TEP), a London-listed environmental investment fund, has reported a £19.8 million ($32.7 million) loss for the first half year.

  • Trading Emissions sells its last CDM credits

    10 March 2014

    Trading Emissions, a London-listed investment fund currently being wound up, has disposed of its remaining portfolio of carbon credits.

  • CDM must stop verifier exodus, warns new Executive Board member

    26 February 2014

    The Clean Development Mechanism will struggle to recover if verifiers continue to leave the market, a new member of its oversight board has warned.

  • DNV pulls out of CDM verification, in 'sign of market collapse'

    13 February 2014

    DNV 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.

  • Large-scale programmatic CDM project issues 80,000 offsets

    20 January 2014

    The developer of a biogas project in China has completed the biggest-ever issuance of offsets from a 'programmatic' Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project.

  • Swedish government aims to buy 10 million CERs

    12 December 2013

    A Swedish government agency has issued a call for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project proposals, after announcing plans to buy up to 10 million carbon offsets.