carbon trade watch

Carbon market “growth” is mainly fraudulent, World Bank report shows
20 Jul 2010
Oscar Reyes

The global carbon market grew in 2009. Far from signalling a success, this reflects a massive increase in fraud, the dumping of surplus emissions permits by industry, and a rise in financial speculation.

“Global Carbon Market Grows to $144 billion Despite Financial and Economic Turmoil” was the headline with which the World Bank...

Creating new from the old: how the REDD+ Partnership plans to create a REDD market, plus!
20 Jul 2010
Oscar Reyes

The REDD+ Partnership intends to facilitate controversial forest payment schemes in advance of any UN climate agreement on an international framework to tackling deforestation. ...

Industrial gases in CDM: fixing a hole?
20 Jul 2010
Oscar Reyes

The majority of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) offset credits issued to date are bogus, according to new research on industrial gas destruction projects. Since its incepti...

The UN Boys Club tasked with redefining climate finance
20 Jul 2010
Oscar Reyes

Climate finance is a central element to any future international framework for tackling climate change, but a closed-door UN panel could redefine the terms of the debate away fro...

More on Plantar as the struggle continues
20 Jul 2010
Tamra Gilbertson

The Plantar project was one of the first to be supported by the World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF). Some aspects of the project have since entered the Clean Development Mecha...

New Zealand's new carbon market: a taxpayer subsidy for plantations and energy companies
20 Jul 2010
Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes

Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: False Solutions to Climate Change – Available now!
06 Jul 2010
Rising Tide North America and Carbon Trade Watch

New book exposes dangers of carbon market ahead of Bolivia climate summit
19 Apr 2010
Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes

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The people create thousands of solutions to confront climate change! Via Campesina statement opposing REDD...
2 Sep 2010
Thousands of Cancuns for climate justice! La Via Campesina invites people's movements to mobilize around the world

Japan moving on emissions trading scheme
1 Sep 2010
Japan would begin mandatory emissions trading in 2013 under a draft government proposal released this week. The proposal broadly outlines a scheme which would see...

"Our forest is not for sale!" NGO statement on REDD in Nigeria
1 Sep 2010
On 18 August 2010, Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth Nigeria, the country's leading environment group) organised a meeting on REDD in Nigeria,...

Space for Movement?
Reflections from
Bolivia on climate
justice, social
movements and
the state

Hoodwinked in
the Hothouse
False Solutions
to Climate Change
- 2nd edition

Critical Currents no. 7, November 2009
Carbon Trading - How it works and why it fails

Upsetting the Offset:
The Political Economy of Carbon Markets

Fact Sheet: Carbon Offsets

monocultures campaignsLetter to CDM reproves aproval to Plantar reforestation project
12 Apr 2010

MDL da Plantar S.A. - avança o aquecimento global. Senhore/a/s Executivo/a/s Conselheiro/a/s do MDL. Nós, indiv&iacu...

monocultures campaignsArmed security force of Fibria (Aracruz) kills local villager in Bahia
24 Mar 2010
Alert against the Green Desert Network

With this statement, we express our enormous outrage about the death of 24-years old Henrique Souza Pereira, who was killed on 16 March 20...

Call for Solidarity actions with the accused COP15 activists
11 Aug 2010
The Climate Collective

On the 18th of August there will be a solidarity demonstration in Copenhagen to mark the trial of the first two people accused of 'organizing' the protests around the COP 15. We urge everyone ...

Global Day of Action
02 Aug 2010
Climate Justice Action

On October 12, 2010: Change the system, not the climate! Call for a global day of direct action for climate justice The disaster that was the climate summit in Copenhagen highlighted one thing a...

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The Story of Cap and Trade

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Brazil - The Money Tree

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Action Against the Agrofuels

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Where the Trees are a Desert

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Our Land, Our Struggle

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Fault Lines - The other debt crisis: Climate debt
20 May 2010
Al Jazeera

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The Carbon Hunters
11 May 2010
Frontline/World - PBS

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Climate Justice, Ethics and the Copenhagen Agenda
15 Dec 2009
FORA.tv

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La contracumbre del Cambio Climático de Copenhage
09 Dec 2009
Tas-Tas

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Baix en carboni (catalan)
09 Dec 2009
Sense Ficció - TV3

Cyber-scam artists disrupt emissions trading across EU
03 Feb 2010
Leigh Phillips

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Emissions trading registries in a number of EU countries were shut down on Tuesday (2 February) as a result of a phishing scam tricking traders into giving away their emissio...

Outsourcing commitments - review of carbon trading book
31 Dec 2009
Surya P Sethi - Down to Earth

Book>> Carbon Trading How it Works and Why it Fails • by Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes • Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Upsala • Can be downloaded The author...

EU carbon-trading scheme puts a price on pollution
23 Dec 2009
Deutsche Welle

With climate experts still reeling from the disappointment of the Copenhagen climate summit, negotiations to develop a strong carbon market continue. The European Union's system could set an example...

Copenhagen talks: “Lies, damn lies and emissions reductions pledges”
15 Dec 2009
ESSF - Oscar Reyes

A dazzling array of delegates from all over the world is in Copenhagen to hammer out a deal on tackling climate change. Oscar Reyes makes sense of the complex negotiations process. What’s a...

2010 Carbon Trade Watch