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Tax carrot to help small Tokyo firms go green

Posted in Asia on January 5, 2009

| Sourced From Daily Yomiuri Online |

In a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the capital, the Tokyo metropolitan government likely will introduce tax cuts from April for small and midsize companies that bring about energy savings through equipment and plant investment.

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Low-carbon lifestyle in China: fad or return to tradition?

Posted in Asia on December 29, 2008

| Sourced From People’s Daily Online |

Lin Hui always checks the small tag attached to clothing when he shops. He wants to see what kind of fabrics have been used.

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Tabreed says district cooling cuts CO2 emissions

Posted in Asia on December 25, 2008

| Sourced From Trade Arabia |

Tabreed Bahrain said that the large scale use of district cooling systems will bring enormous environmental benefits to the Kingdom, including a significant reduction in harmful Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions – otherwise known as greenhouse gases.

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Negotiations begins on Japanese carbon ferrochrome shipments in Q1

Posted in Asia on December 23, 2008

| Sourced From Steel Guru |

It is reported that the negotiations with steel companies of Japan on price of low carbon ferrochrome for shipments in January to March 2009 quarter have been taken place from last week.

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U.K. Embassy reshapes CO2 landscape

Posted in Asia on December 22, 2008

| Sourced From The Korea Herald |

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision,” said Theodore Hesburgh, former president of the University of Notre Dame.

Keeping that in mind in dealing with the environmental challenges of today, leadership has come from the unconventional such as Hollywood stars driving a Prius instead of a Hummer, to the more conventional, such as the British government’s strategy to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Is Russia Looking for Greater Control in the Carbon Credit Market?

Posted in Asia on December 22, 2008

| Sourced From Red Green and Blue |

It seems that after using oil & gas as tool to punish the East European nations for their closeness to United States and showing Europe how dependent it is on its supplies, Russia is further trying to wield power by what seems is an intent to control a major share of the carbon credits market.

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Lawmakers to review carbon act

Posted in Asia on December 21, 2008

| Sourced From Taipei Times |
The Legislative Yuan is expected to review the draft greenhouse gas reduction act this week, which would set up a system controlling greenhouse gas emissions and the trade in carbon credits to help reach government emission reduction targets.

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Tokyo to host global transport CO2 meet

Posted in Asia on December 21, 2008

| Sourced From Daily Yomiuri Online |
Transport ministers from around the world are to gather in Tokyo in January to discuss ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in key transport areas, with a focus on air and road transport.

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Japanese banks join carbon market

Posted in Asia on December 18, 2008

| Sourced From Carbon Finance |
Japanese banks have been cleared to trade carbon credits from 12 December, a move expected by market players to have little short-term – but significant long-term – impact on the country’s fledgling domestic carbon market.

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Malaysia plans to phase out carbon by 2030

Posted in Asia on December 17, 2008

| Sourced From MediaGlobal News Service |

16 December 2008 [MEDIAGLOBAL]: Malaysia announced the development of a national plan to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC), an ozone depleting substance, in order to meet its goals of completely removing the use of HCFCs by 2030. During a two-day workshop organized by the Malaysian Department of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a draft was developed to be presented to the industry stakeholders in April 2009.

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The Masdar Initiative: on the road to the Zero Carbon city

Posted in Asia on December 16, 2008

| Sourced From PV-Tech.Org |

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi is aiming to be the world’s first zero carbon, zero waste, car-free city powered entirely by renewable energy sources. This ambitious goal is being driven by the Masdar Initiative, a strategic endeavour by Abu Dhabi to spread the dogma of sustainability and clean energy throughout the city’s dwellers, industries and utilities.

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IEA: Carbon trade needed to get Asia buy-in on CCS

Posted in Asia on November 28, 2008

| Sourced From Energy Current |

SINGAPORE: Setting an international financial framework for carbon trade is necessary to encourage the emerging economies in Asia to adopt the carbon capture solutions with the region’s growing dependence on coal, according to the head of International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Pakistan: MoE, UNIDO sign project for capacity building on CDM

Posted in Asia on November 26, 2008

| Sourced From Daily Mail |

ISLAMABAD—Ministry of Environment and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on Tuesday inked a project for Institutional Capacity Enhancement for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Pakistan.
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Macquarie Group and First Climate form strategic cooperation to further develop CDM opportunities in China

Posted in Asia on November 25, 2008

| Sourced From Environmental Expert |

Macquarie Group, a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services, and First Climate AG, a fully integrated carbon asset management company, today announced a broad strategic cooperation designed to strengthen and expand their respective pipelines of emission reduction projects in China. First Climate’s current pipeline of projects in China includes the whole range of emission reduction projects, such as wind, hydro, industrial gases and waste heat projects.
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Bangladesh: First CDM Project Goes into Operation

Posted in Asia on November 25, 2008

| Sourced From Energy Bangla |

Country’s first carbon project goes into operation Tuesday with the objective of reducing emission of 89,000 tonnes of green house gas (GHG) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in next couple of years.
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