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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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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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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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Taipei, March 11 (CNA) The European Parliament has strongly supported Taiwan’s efforts to gain admission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as an observer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.
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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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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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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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Report: 3 key senators propose jettisoning ‘cap-and-trade’; favor reducing carbon pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three key senators are writing a new climate bill without a broad “cap-and-trade” approach to reducing carbon pollution, leaving behind what has been the central feature in the debate over climate legislation for years, The Washington Post reported Friday night.
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Greenhouse gas carbon pricing could replace cap and trade
1 March 2010– U.S. senators are working on a plan that will combine energy and climate proposals through a price on greenhouse gases (GHG) instead of the cap and trade program.
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UNFCCC Secretariat Announces Additional Meeting Time in April
23 February 2010: The UNFCCC Secretariat has announced that the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC has decided that the next round of formal UN climate change negotiations under the Convention will take place from 9-11 April 2010, in Bonn, Germany.
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BB Governor for profitable operation of new CDM-supported projects
Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Dr Atiur Rahman yesterday commended initiative in promoting use of facilities available under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), window of Kyoto Protocol carbon trading arrangement, for renewable energy and other environment-friendly projects in Bangladesh.
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Press Release: Carbon Project Presents Geospatial Crowd-Sourcing at ESRI Federal User Conference
BURLINGTON, MA, February 23, 2010 – The Carbon Project today announced it presented its geospatial crowd-sourcing solutions at the ESRI Federal User Conference last week in Washington, D.C.
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EPA fights back over right to regulate carbon
The EPA has signalled it will resist legislative moves designed to strip it of its authority to regulate carbon emissions, warning that Congress risked undermining both the work of climate scientists and the way US climate policy is perceived.
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Mirabaud Says ‘Buy’ Cinpart, Classes Stock As Lower Risk Carbon-Reduction Play
London-based stockbroker Mirabaud Securities said that the VoltageMaster product, owned by Cinpart’s (AIM: CINP) 72.2% controlled Active Energy unit, provides corporations with a simple way to display green credentials, and handle the looming carbon reduction commitments. Crucially from an investor’s perspective, the stockbroker believes that Cinpart is cheaper and lower risk than its most immediate competitor V-Phase, which is owned by the Energetix Group (AIM: EGX).
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U.S. Carbon Law Still Possible This Year, Carper Says (Update1)
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Legislation to set up a U.S. cap- and-trade market for carbon dioxide that scientists have linked to climate change may still pass Congress this year, Senator Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, said today.
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‘World’s largest’ carbon ranking scheme launched
A system claiming to be the World’s largest carbon ranking system has been launched.
The Environmental Tracking (ET) Global Carbon Rankings system made its debut in London this week.
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Deutsche Bank facilitates Irish Environmental Agency’s carbon allowances sale
London, Deutsche Bank helped the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to raise €2.4 million ($3.3 million) this week through the sale of excess European Union carbon allowances.
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UK: Details of low carbon grants announced
From January 2011, motorists will be entitled to a ‘Plug-In Car Grant’ of up to GBP5,000 (car buyers will be entitled to a 25% discount from the list price of the eligible car, up to the value of GBP5,000) when buying an electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell car that meets safety, reliability, performance and warranty standards set by the Office for Low Emissions Vehicles (OLEV) in consultation with industry.
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Slow recovery deters voluntary carbon investors
* Sporadic trade; buyers choose quality or quantity
* Market not yet on track to robust recovery
LONDON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – The slow recovery of the voluntary carbon market is frustrating investors as trading remains sporadic and buyers focus on either high-quality credits or large volumes of lower-quality ones.
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Press Release: Research and Markets: Web Conference December 2009: Carbon Footprint Reduction for the Long Haul Encompasses Presentations & Archive
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8e0cf0/web_conference_ca) has announced the addition of AltaTerra Research’s new webinar “Web Conference: Carbon Footprint Reduction for the Long Haul — Presentations & Archive” to their offering.
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Opinion: Math boffins want partners to sell carbon reduction software
Australian mathematicians have developed software aimed at helping businesses prioritise their carbon reduction projects and are on the hunt for partners.
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Carbon tax could cost Westmeath residents more than Dubliners
Cllr. Denis Leonard, chairman of the County’s Transport Special Policy Committee, said an ESRI study has found that residents in the commuter belt around Dublin could end up paying €275 per year in carbon taxes, compared to a levy of €25 per head in Dublin.
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The UN’s climate chief, Yvo de Boer, is resigning as of July.
De Boer told the AP he will step down July 1 and join the consulting firm KPMG.
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BERLIN: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries, according to a report released by UNFCCC on Monday.
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Transcription: Remarks by the Environment and Natural Resources Secretary, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; the Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo Verduzco; and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Yvo de Boer, at a Press Conference on the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP16)
MODERATOR: Good morning and thank you for being at this press conference. Here with us today is Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, the Environment and Natural Resources Secretary; Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); and the Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Ambassador Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo. They are going to discuss the coordination between the Mexican federal government and the UN Secretariat for the organization of the Climate Change Summit that will be held in Cancun late this year. Environment Secretary Elvira has the floor.
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Following the conclusion of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has received submissions of national pledges to cut and limit greenhouse gases by 2020 from 55 countries. These countries together account for 78 per cent of global emissions from energy use.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and has the honor to refer to Note No.82.B.8 of 30 December 2009 circulated by the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations regarding the Decision of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework: Convention on Climate Change of 19 December 2009 to ‘take note’ of the Copenhagen Accord of 18 December 2009 (Decision -/CR15).
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India Saturday conveyed to the UNFCCC information on the voluntary domestic mitigation actions it will undertake to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20-25 per cent by 2020.
The blueprint was submitted by India a day before the January 31 UN deadline for submitting the climate steps under the Copenhagen Accord.
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Today the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia presented Armenia’s draft Second National Communication to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to national stakeholders.
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