Carbon Footprints

Seen on Channel News Asia, Singapore firms can now trade carbon emission credits.
“With the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol for Singapore … Singapore companies can now participate in CDM [Clean Development Mechanism] projects,” said Dr Yaacob [Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources] at the launch of the Sustainable Energy Association of [...]

In today’s Monsters and Critics, Prince Charles calls to minimize climate change.
Britain’s Prince Charles has called for more action from UK businesses in minimizing climate change.
In his address to 1500 guests, Charles referred to the climate problem as ‘the biggest challenge facing us all’.
The royal also urged his audience to spare no effort in ‘minimizing’ [...]

It’s been very quiet on the blog front but that’s for good reason. I am officially relocating from Amsterdam where I have lived for some years, to Australia to become the new CEO of Carbon Planet. So my life has become a whirlwind of packing and selling off unwanted books, furniture, clothes and [...]

The Austin Chronicle is reporting some Climate change news
Last Tuesday, Rep. Henry Waxman of California introduced the Safe Climate Act (HR 5642), a so-called long-term, science-based solution to global warming. The measure would freeze U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 at 2009 levels and cut emissions by roughly 2% per year beginning in 2011, reaching [...]