EXCLUSIVE: Why it’s not worth planting trees
A consultant is calling on the Government to underwrite the risk of accidental harvest of trees and to guarantee forest owners a minimum price for carbon under the emissions trading scheme.
Get wise to green issues, expert tells employers
A ruling by a British judge that environmentalism has the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs should send a warning to New Zealand employers, a local expert says.
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Carbon News is celebrating its second anniversary.
ETS first step will push inflation, says bank
The entry of the first wave of emitters into the emissions trading scheme will push up inflation, the Reserve Bank predicts.
Broker moving carbon desk to Auckland
OMFinancial is moving its carbon desk to Auckland.
Report lists 10 ‘fat cats’ getting rich from carbon
Windfall profits from Europe’s system for trading industrial carbon quotas could discourage big regional polluters from doing anything to curb emissions.
EU might cancel carbon auctions if price too low
As part of a plan to centralise carbon emissions allowances auctions, the European Union might suspend auctions if allowance prices fall “abnormally low,” according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
IPCC review scientists won’t revisit landmark report
An outside review of the work of the United Nations’ climate change panel will not re-check the body’s controversial latest report but will instead focus on improving procedures for the future.
China and India sign, but keep climate stand
China said it will not deviate from its stand on climate change even after it gave qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord this week.
More Americans stop worrying, poll shows
Americans are less concerned about the threat of climate change than they were two years ago and almost half say the seriousness of global warming is overblown, a Gallup poll shows.
