Climate Change

Forests and climate change after Durban: an Asia-Pacific perspective

Over the past two years, the FAO and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th and 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The resulting booklets Forests and Climate Change After Copenhagen: An Asia-Pacific Perspective and Forests and Climate Change After Cancun: An Asia-Pacific Perspective were distributed widely and very well received.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2012
RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests
Tags:
Forests, Climate Change, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Asia, India, REDD, Climate Agreements, Carbon Market, LULUCF, Measurable, Reportable and Verifiable (MRV), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Climate Adaptation
Environment

Indian efforts of buying carbon credits: KBP urges government to take immediate notice

Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has urged the government to take immediate notice of Indian efforts of buying carbon credits for its seven hydropower projects to be built on Sindh, Chenab and Jhelum rivers.

The Board said that this effort of India is aimed at to give legal cover to its water projects planned on rivers of Pakistan.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2012
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, South Asia, India, Hydroelectricity, Sindh, Chenab, Jhelum, Rivers, Water Resources, Emissions Trading, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Agriculture
Energy

Biomass-based power producers seek regulators' help to resolve issues

Industry unhappy over unremunerative tariff in a scenario of rising biomass prices

Amid growing regulatory and administrative uncertainties the biomass-based power producers have sought the intervention of Forum of Regulators (FoR) for early resolution of issues relating to open access, cross subsidy, CDM sharing, penalty clause imposed by certain distribution companies for maintaining plant load factor and the tariff structure.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2012
Sanjay Jog
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Biomass, Subsidies, Power Transmission, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Energy Technology, Orissa, Energy Policy, Energy
Industry

Clean Development Mechanism for pulp and paper industry & JKPL experience

Paper industry generates green house gases in many stage of its operations; there is scope for implementation of CDM project preferably in forestry sector. JKPL's A/R CDM project under LULUCF category aims to GHG mitigation and sell emission reductions earned through carbon sequestration in the established agro-forestry plantations.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
M. C. Goel, B. P. Ratho, Ashutosh Mahana
IPPTA
23
1
161-168
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Rayagada (D), Orissa, Climate Change, LULUCF, Afforestation, Wasteland Development, Andhra Pradesh, Koraput (D), Kalahandi, Vishakhapatnam (D), Vizianagaram (D), Srikakulam (D)
Industry

Carbon footprint reduction strategies and efforts by TNPL

Indian paper industries are now constantly working to become more eco-friendly by effective utilization of resources. In the same line, TNPL (Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd.) initiated many innovative measures to reduce energy consumption and to reduce the carbon foot print.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
S. Chinnaraj, T. Vijayakumar, M. Senthil Kumar & et al
IPPTA
23
1
147-150
Tags:
Paper and Pulp Industry, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Tamil Nadu Newsprint And Papers (TNPL), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Emissions Trading
Climate Change

Climate change and agriculture: can market governance mechanisms reduce emissions from the food system fairly and effectively?

The agricultural sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for up to 30 per cent of the global total. Agriculture is itself also affected by climate change, with overall impacts predicted to be negative, particularly in poor countries. These are likely to have serious consequences, both for food security and the livelihoods of millions of food producers worldwide. Policymakers are therefore presented with a double challenge: to reduce agricultural emissions, and to help agriculture adapt to a changing climate.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Tara Garnett
IIED
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Global, India, Green House Gases, Carbon Market, Carbon Tax, Governance, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Food Security
Climate Change

Argentina Slows Climate Action Amid Energy Supply Crisis

While its Latin American neighbors move forward with national climate laws, Argentina is backsliding on actions to tackle its greenhouse gas emissions as the country struggles to meet energy demand from a fast-growing middle class.

Argentina's GDP grew 7.3 percent last year, driving demand for energy that is overwhelmingly derived from fossil fuels. According to Argentine Institute of Petroleum and Gas (IAPG), energy demand rose 5.1 percent in 2011.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2012
Marcelo Teixeira
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Argentina, Climate Change, Energy, Green House Gases, Oil, Carbon Dioxide, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Forests, Deforestation, Coal, Hydroelectricity, Nuclear Power, Carbon Market, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Climate Change

U.N. To Rule On Carbon Offsets From Coal Plants

The main U.N.-appointed panel that regulates supply of global carbon offsets could this week decide whether to approve rules that would lead to the award of millions of CO2 credits to coal-fired power stations in developing countries, according to meeting agenda notes on the UNFCCC website.

The Executive Board (EB) of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could this week decide whether to re-instate the methodology that developers use to calculate emission reductions made at coal power plants, a move which would enable them to request carbon credits.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Coal, Carbon Offset, Carbon Dioxide, Thermal Power Plants, Developing Countries, UNFCCC, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Certified Emission Reduction, India, China, Energy, Energy Efficiency
Climate Change

U.N. to rule on carbon offsets from coal plants

The main U.N.-appointed panel that regulates supply of global carbon offsets could this week decide whether to approve rules that would lead to the award of millions of CO2 credits to coal-fired power stations in developing countries, according to meeting agenda notes on the UNFCCC website.

The Executive Board (EB) of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) could this week decide whether to re-instate the methodology that developers use to calculate emission reductions made at coal power plants, a move which would enable them to request carbon credits.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2012
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Offset, Carbon Dioxide, Thermal Power Plants, Energy, Developing Countries, UNFCCC, Certified Emission Reduction, India, China, Coal, Energy Efficiency, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Africa
Climate Change

Viability of CDM projects in India: a study of Chanju CDM project in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is introduced by US government as flexibility mechanisms under Kyoto Protocol and allows developed countries to meet their emission reduction commitments by promoting clean development in developing countries. As a policy mandate, it aims to design project-based mechanisms to reduce emissions. These reductions are produced and then subtracted against a hypothetical baseline of emissions which are predicted to occur in the absence of a particular CDM project.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2012
Mohinder Kumar Slariya
Govt. PG College
Tags:
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Chamba (D), Himachal Pradesh, Hydroelectricity, UNFCCC, Carbon Capture and Storage, Green House Gases, Certified Emission Reduction

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