Middle East: New frontier for sustainability
Eight months after world leaders met in Bali to chart the course to a low-carbon world, green initiative like carbon trading are gaining ground in a region long associated with Big Oil. The World Carbon Emission Reduction Summit in Abu Dhabi, unthinkable until recently, now attracts international heavyweights such as the World Bank, UNFCCC and [...]
Environmental Defense Fund Launches Guide to Carbon Offsets
New Website Takes the Guesswork out of Identifying and Purchasing Carbon Offsets in Growing Voluntary Market
WASHINGTON, DC - September 10, 2008 - To help bring transparency to the fast-growing voluntary carbon offset market to combat climate change, Environmental Defense Fund today announced the launch of CarbonOffsetList.org, a first-of-its-kind online resource that will help businesses and [...]
Gold Standard Registry Experiences Rapid Growth in Carbon Market Projects and Users
APX Market System Tops Two Hundred Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
APX, Inc., the leading infrastructure provider for environmental and energy markets and the Gold Standard Foundation today announced that the Gold Standard Registry now includes more than 200 valid greenhouse gas reduction projects in various stages of approval, representing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in [...]
CantorCO2e Launches First Internet CER Auction
CantorCO2e Limited announced today that it has launched an electronic internet-accessed auction platform for the sale and purchase of issued Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). The new service was unveiled today to an audience of the leading emission trading participants from Europe, Japan and the US; including banks, energy utilities and hedge funds; at the Park [...]