Sebastian Foot hadn’t meant to create such a frustrating job for himself.
Last year, he founded a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project finance structuring firm called Frontier Advisors with the “intention to take equity” in the emerging green market space. Instead, he ended up in a constant tussle with an interminably slippery bureaucracy that is the UNFCCC CDM Executive Board.
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Posted on March 19, 2010
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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change would be far more effective if it relied more on smaller, representative groups of countries meeting year-round to hammer out the details of a future climate agreement, Britain’s climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, told Parliament.
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Posted on March 18, 2010
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At Africa Carbon Forum foundations were laid for a substantially increased African involvement in CDM projects. CDM projects promote sustainable development and economic growth in African countries. More than 1000 people from the private and public sector in African and other countries took part in Africa Carbon Forum, held in Nairobi, 3 – 5 March.
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Posted on March 17, 2010
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AHMEDABAD (Commodity Online): India’s state-run public sector oil explorer, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) (BOM:500312) today announced that its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of 51MW wind power project located in Gujarat has been registered with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Posted on March 17, 2010
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(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3cbd00/carbon_development) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Carbon Development Mechanism (CDM)- Strategic Analysis for Growth Opportunities in Asia” to their offering.
This research service presents the growth opportunities in carbon development mechanism (CDM) in Asia Pacific. It includes key research findings, snapshots on carbon credits and carbon emissions, the potential sectors to be involved in CDM projects, and issues with CDM in Asia Pacific.
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Posted on March 16, 2010
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For all those keen on learning more about how carbon markets will evolve post Copenhagen may get some clarity and insights into the issue at the The Carbon Markets 2010 to be held from 6-7 May at Singapore. It will address the key issues influencing the global carbon market place, its effects on carbon trade and CDM.
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Posted on March 13, 2010
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(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a883d1/carbon_development) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Carbon Development Mechanism (CDM)- Strategic Analysis for Growth Opportunities in Asia” to their offering.
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Posted on March 12, 2010
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2 March 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the first edition of its newsletter for 2010. The issue includes updates on topics discussed at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and looks ahead to upcoming meetings and events.
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Posted on March 12, 2010
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March 4 (Bloomberg) — Regulators overseeing the world’s second-biggest emissions market are “concerned” that low prices for emissions credits are sapping support for carbon trading, a UN board member said.
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3cbd00/carbon_development) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Carbon Development Mechanism (CDM)- Strategic Analysis for Growth Opportunities in Asia” to their offering.
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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Singapore (PRWEB) March 9. 2010 — How have the Carbon market dynamics changed since Copenhagen? Investors and developers face uncertainties over the future of the industry, as COP15 did not reach a comprehensive solution on emission reduction targets, an especially critical issue when the Kyoto protocol ends in 2012. How will the carbon markets evolve?
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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3 March 2010: The World Bank has presented Africa’s first large-scale forestry project to be registered under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The announcement was made on the margins on the annual Africa Carbon Forum, which is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 3-5 March 2010.
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects will not ultimately deliver, so the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) CDM Executive Board is looking at alternative mechanisms to implement beyond 2012, said Martin Hession, who is an Executive Board member and was on the UK negotiating team at Copenhagen.
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – African governments need to set clear rules in order to attract more projects under the U.N. Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the United Nations Environment Programme chief said on Wednesday.
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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In a move designed to better streamline the development of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, the CDM Executive Board (EB) is set to announce some changes to the CDM technical framework, a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) official has told Energy Risk.
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Posted on March 11, 2010
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