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 [...]
Emissions Trading: Commission to connect EU with UN carbon credit registry before December
The European Commission, Member States and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat have successfully completed all the testing required for connecting to the UN’s international carbon credit registry. The EU’s Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and Member State registries will be connected to the UN’s International Transaction Log (ITL) before December [...]
First Ever Carbon Offsets Sale Aids Development of Green Affordable Housing
Silver Gardens, an environmentally responsible affordable housing development, is the first in the nation to receive funding from a groundbreaking new initiative created by Enterprise Community Partners that taps the booming market for voluntary “carbon offsets.” This initiative will help low-income families experience the health, economic, and environmental benefits of living in affordable green homes.
The [...]
Cheap Carbon Credits coming to end
The latest analysis from New Carbon Finance confirms that many of the low hanging fruit of cheap carbon credits in the developing world have now been harvested. Further opportunities for reducing emissions will require more effort, spurring investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Low cost projects have dominated the supply of carbon credits
To date the [...]