I’m in China right now getting ready for the start of Carbon Trade China 2008.
Asia & Pacific accounted for 80% of carbon trade volume in the CDM market. New projects in Asia increased dramatically.China accounted for 51% of the world’s CDM carbon emission credits. During the first three quarters 2007, the number of CDM projects […]
Carbon Planet is about to launch its first Australian corporate seminar series as part of a broader ‘Carbon Insights’ programme. The first series concerns The Economics of Carbon Management and covers new legislation such as the National Greenhouse and Eenergy Reporting Act 2007, the emergence of an Australian Carbon Trading Scheme, and the implications […]
It’s been just over eight years since we started Carbon Planet. Here’s a little bit of history. At the end of 1999 there was a TV show on the Australian current affairs show “Four Corners” titled “Emissions Impossible.” This show highlighted the role of Carbon Dioxide in the heating of the planet, […]
In a press release today (PDF) the Australian Minister for Climate Change, Penny Wong, announced the draft timetable for the adoption of an Australian national emissions trading scheme.
The timetable includes four phases of consultation on key design and implementation issues.
March to June 2008 Phase 1 consultation with stakeholders to inform the development of the […]
Early this year US Senator Joe Lieberman and the EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Robert Meyers formally requested that the Environmental Protection Agency analyse the economic consequences of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.2191). The act is designed to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases through the development of a market driven […]
Screen snap of Carbon Planet’s new look website
It’s official! Carbon Planet’s marketing team, an army of graphic designers and the web development team have been busy for the last two months rethinking and re-implementing how we communicate to both corporate and consumer audiences alike. I am very pleased to announce that about five […]
Geo-Location of the IP of the sender of the email.
We get a lot of email from the general public here at Carbon Planet and some of it even makes sense. This email is fairly typical and I’d reprint it in full but for the sailor-talk. I am not prude, and find swearing as […]
Incedimazing contributor pdanforth created this image by mixing data from NASA’s Visible Earth project and data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Programme, the image above shows the lights at night of cities (white), natural gas flares (green), wild fires (red) and fishing fleets (blue). It’s an astounding view of our world and puts into […]
According to a story via Bloomberg, Australia’s Carbon Price May Be Double Forecast, Citigroup Says , the price of carbon is set to go large.
Australia’s carbon price may be more than double the earlier estimated level as pressure builds on the government to set stricter targets for emissions reductions, Citigroup Inc. said.
Carbon may be priced […]
This morning I gave a speech to a collection of building managers, funds managers and facilities managers about the implications of climate change on the building industry. The talk was hosted by Maureen, CEO of Ndevr Pty Ltd who presented on systems for data capture. The other presenter was Julian from Dexus Property […]