In Uganda, as in the rest of the world, carbon trading is a controversial topic. But could the concept of fair trade carbon credits revolutionise the sector, or is it just a distraction from the bigger problems with carbon markets? Adam Corner investigates
… Fair trade carbon credits: will certification benefit … Corner | 3rd May 2011 News Climate Change Carbon Trading Fair Trade Forest Peoples Rainforests Investigations fairtradecarbon.jpg In Uganda, as in the rest of the …
Claims that nuclear power is a 'low carbon' energy source fall apart under scrutiny, writes Keith Barnham. Far from coming in at six grams of CO2 per unit of electricity for Hinkley C, as the Climate Change Committee believes, the true figure is probably well above 50 grams - breaching the CCC's recommended limit for new sources of power generation beyond 2030.
… False solution: Nuclear power is not 'low carbon' Keith Barnham | 5th February 2015 News … Claims that nuclear power is a 'low carbon' energy source fall apart under … based on the claim that they generate 'low carbon' electricity. But what is the carbon …
Instead of dumping carbon deep underground we could be exploring ways to use it and reduce our overall emissions at the same time
… Carbon: from pollutant to potential resource Tom Levitt | 17th December 2009 News Carbon Capture And Storage Carbon Renewables Climate Change co2.jpg …
A new carbon 'tax and dividend' climate strategy would strengthen our economy, reduce regulation, help working class Americans, shrink government, promote national security, and reduce emissions, write eight senior US conservative politicians, financiers and academics. Now Republican control of all branches of the US government makes it an opportunity not to miss!
… Carbon dividends - the conservative solution … Renewables Emissions iowa-wind-cut.jpg A new carbon 'tax and dividend' climate strategy … on climate science. The four pillars of a carbon dividends plan 1. A gradually …
Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets impact local and indigenous communities.
… Discrediting carbon credits Nathaniel Rugh Marcel … 2023 | Comment Bp Shell Total Energies Eni Carbon Credits Climate Breakdown Indigenous … Picks np_file_218216.jpeg Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets …
The country's forests are at the centre of a new global scramble to 'buy up' carbon, but as Thembi Mutch reports, is the process really going to benefit the environment or people?
… Growing conflicts over Tanzania's 'charismatic carbon' Thembi Mutch | 7th September 2010 News Redd Forests Carbon Tanzania Climate Change Natural Resources Transparancy Investigations carbon-conflicts.jpg The country's forests are …
We all want our green wings, and the notion of purchasing them via carbon offsetting is powerfully seductive. as Jules Peck reveals, however, buying your way into eco heaven can be fraught with problems
… Carbon Offsetting: forgive my carbon sin? Jules Peck | 3rd June 2008 News Carbon Offsetting Going Green Carbon Off-Setting Climate Change Climate …
The media frenzy that erupted as Tesco admitted having second-thoughts on carbon footprint labels may have inflicted lasting damage on a once promising sector
… Is there a future for carbon footprint labelling in the UK? Bethany Hubbard | 3rd February 2012 News Carbon Labelling Tesco Carbon Trust Climate Change Society Psychology …
Are we risking serious problems if action to tackle deforestation assumes that a tonne of tree carbon is the same as a tonne of fossil carbon?
… All carbon is not born equal Eric Marx | 17th … deforestation assumes that a tonne of tree carbon is the same as a tonne of fossil carbon? Ranil Senanayake has never been …
A report published by the IPPR next week will say personal carbon trading may be the next step in tackling climate change
… Personal carbon trading: the next step in tackling carbon emissions? Tom Levitt | 3rd September 2009 News Climate Change Personal Carbon Allowance Carbon Trading Energy Green …
A new 'carbon grab' is under way as governments and corporations seize valuable rights to the carbon stored in standing forests, with UN and World Bank support. But there's no benefit for forest communities - who even risk expulsion to make way for 'carbon plantations',
… Forest Peoples at risk from 'carbon grab' Oliver Tickell | 20th March 2014 … Peoples Climate Change baka-forest.png A new 'carbon grab' is under way as governments and corporations seize valuable rights to the carbon stored in standing forests, with UN and …
Rebel Kitchen predicted that becoming carbon neutral would take five years, but they did it in six months.
… Plant-based milk brand goes carbon neutral Anna Van Der Hurd | 3rd … Rebel Kitchen predicted that becoming carbon neutral would take five years, but they … rebellious company made a commitment to be carbon neutral by 2025. They managed it in six …
Oxfam ran a competition for low-carbon lifestyles in 2008 – and all three winners were part of the same DIY carbon rationing movement. Jamie Andrews finds out what’s behind the success of CRAGs, and asks why we all haven’t signed up to join the revolution
… Setting up a group to cut carbon together Jamie Andrews | 13th January … 2009 Activism Climate Change And Energy Carbon CRAGS Rationing Low-carbonCarbon Off-Setting Carbon Dioxide …
Carbon trading, its backers claim, brings emissions reductions and supports sustainable development in the global south. But, argues Kevin Smith, it may do neither, and is harming efforts to create a low-carbon economy.
… Carbon Trading and the limits of free-market … Kevin Smith | 3rd October 2007 News Growth Carbon Trading Market Logic Development … Politics And Economics investigates.jpg Carbon trading, its backers claim, brings …
Almuth Ernsting of Biofuelwatch gives her view on Biochar, a charcoal product that is claimed by some to have the potential to sequester enormous amounts of carbon........
… potential to sequester enormous amounts of carbon........ Back in 2009, I discussed the … in a draft UN climate agreement: biochar carbon offsets were proposed and proponents … for sequestering billions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year through …
It sounds like a modest ambition: France wants to raise the amount of carbon in its soils by 0.4% a year, writes John Quinton. But that represents a vast amount of carbon, and its capture into soils will bring a host of other benefits. We should all get with the program!
… France's plan to increase its soil carbon is an example to the world John Quinton … 2015 Comment Climate Change Farming France UK Carbon ninu-lake-cut.jpg It sounds like a … ambition: France wants to raise the amount of carbon in its soils by 0.4% a year, writes …
Carbon forestry provides a low-cost and low-risk means for investors to hedge their carbon responsibilities.
John Gould asks how a new type of arboreal landscape, designed to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, will impact on wider issues such as sustainability and biodiversity.
… Carbon Forestry: Environmental Asset Or … John Gould | 9th November 2012 Comment Carbon forestry provides a low-cost and … low-risk means for investors to hedge their carbon responsibilities. John Gould asks how a …
Genuine climate justice means thinking big when it comes to economic inequality. A 'carbon fee and dividend' would reduce emissions and poverty.
… Universal Basic Income Economics Commons Carbon Fee And Dividend Climate Justice … big when it comes to economic inequality. A 'carbon fee and dividend' would reduce … is demanding that the UK reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2025. This …
The carbon market has certainly seen its fair share of skullduggery, writes Chris Lang, with massive frauds perpetrated on an unsuspecting public. This new thriller captures the essence of the wheeler-dealer carbon business to produce a compulsive work of fiction that is, sadly, all too believable.
… Carbon Black: A conspiracy thriller about REDD … Lang | 16th January 2015 Reviews Forests Carbon Climate Change Crime carbon-black-cut.jpg The carbon market has …