Climatico » EU http://www.climaticoanalysis.org Independent analysis of climate policy Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The future of international emissions credits in the EU ETS http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-future-of-international-emissions-credits-in-the-eu-ets/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-future-of-international-emissions-credits-in-the-eu-ets/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:47:46 +0000 Sabina Manea http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=9374 Industrial gas credits - banned from the EU ETS (Source: Isaac Mao)

In the aftermath of the Durban conference analysts have been turning their attention to the continued role of Kyoto Protocol emissions credits in the EU ETS. To date this trading mechanism has provided the biggest market for Kyoto credits, but the position is set to change drastically from 2013 onwards due to significant restrictions on [...]

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In the aftermath of the Durban conference analysts have been turning their attention to the continued role of Kyoto Protocol emissions credits in the EU ETS. To date this trading mechanism has provided the biggest market for Kyoto credits, but the position is set to change drastically from 2013 onwards due to significant restrictions on [...]

Industrial gas credits - banned from the EU ETS (Source: Isaac Mao) A step closer to saving the emissions market at Durban: encouraging outcomes on the AAU surplus and linkage http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-step-closer-to-saving-the-emissions-market-at-durban-encouraging-outcomes-on-the-aau-surplus-and-linkage/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-step-closer-to-saving-the-emissions-market-at-durban-encouraging-outcomes-on-the-aau-surplus-and-linkage/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:56:29 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=9316 COP17 DurbanThe outcome of the UN conference in Durban has been more positive than initially indicated by the complexity of the negotiations. It is particularly laudable that a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has been secured. This result translates into a continued existence of the international emissions trading mechanism. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-step-closer-to-saving-the-emissions-market-at-durban-encouraging-outcomes-on-the-aau-surplus-and-linkage/feed/ 1 COP17 DurbanThe outcome of the UN conference in Durban has been more positive than initially indicated by the complexity of the negotiations. It is particularly laudable that a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has been secured. This result translates into a continued existence of the international emissions trading mechanism. [...] A Surprise Ending for Durban (Almost) http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-surprise-ending-for-durban-almost/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-surprise-ending-for-durban-almost/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:28:11 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=9121 The Durban conference on climate change ended on a much better note than many expected, but continued to delay the toughest questions for at least three years. The final outcome of the conference, COP-17, is a two-page, breakthrough document called the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/a-surprise-ending-for-durban-almost/feed/ 0 The Durban conference on climate change ended on a much better note than many expected, but continued to delay the toughest questions for at least three years. The final outcome of the conference, COP-17, is a two-page, breakthrough document called the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” [...] The End of Durban May Mean the End of Kyoto http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-end-of-durban-may-mean-the-end-of-kyoto/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-end-of-durban-may-mean-the-end-of-kyoto/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:23:46 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=9010 Garden Staircase, Kyoto, JapanThe end of the Durban conference is approaching, and in all likelihood, the end of the Kyoto Protocol along with it. Developments in the last few days indicate the outcome is more likely to confirm a global disagreement, rather than agreement, over the idea of a second Kyoto commitment period, or “Kyoto II,” for all countries, both developed and developing. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-end-of-durban-may-mean-the-end-of-kyoto/feed/ 0 Garden Staircase, Kyoto, JapanThe end of the Durban conference is approaching, and in all likelihood, the end of the Kyoto Protocol along with it. Developments in the last few days indicate the outcome is more likely to confirm a global disagreement, rather than agreement, over the idea of a second Kyoto commitment period, or “Kyoto II,” for all countries, both developed and developing. [...] India Rejects EU Plan for New Treaty After Kyoto http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/india-rejects-eu-plan-for-new-treaty-after-kyoto/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/india-rejects-eu-plan-for-new-treaty-after-kyoto/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:49:24 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8727 With the Durban climate change negotiations barely a week old, key countries are drawing their “red line” positions in the sand. On one side of the line, where the Group of 77 (G77) + China and other developing countries firmly sit, is a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol that continues binding targets for current country signatories after the first period expires at the end of 2012 (excluding Canada, which has announced that it is pulling out of the treaty altogether). On the other is a European Union plan for a new global agreement with binding targets for all countries beginning in 2015 and in force by 2020. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/india-rejects-eu-plan-for-new-treaty-after-kyoto/feed/ 0 With the Durban climate change negotiations barely a week old, key countries are drawing their “red line” positions in the sand. On one side of the line, where the Group of 77 (G77) + China and other developing countries firmly sit, is a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol that continues binding targets for current country signatories after the first period expires at the end of 2012 (excluding Canada, which has announced that it is pulling out of the treaty altogether). On the other is a European Union plan for a new global agreement with binding targets for all countries beginning in 2015 and in force by 2020. [...] Disappointment as Canada says it will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/disappointment-as-canada-says-it-will-withdraw-from-the-kyoto-protocol/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/disappointment-as-canada-says-it-will-withdraw-from-the-kyoto-protocol/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:56:58 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8719 Canada takes first Fossil of the Day at COP17On Monday, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that Canada "will not make a second commitment to Kyoto." In addition, Canada will no longer take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and may begin to formally withdraw from the agreement next month. In place of the Protocol, Canada's goal is for "a new international agreement, eventually binding, which would include all the major developed and developing emitters." [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/disappointment-as-canada-says-it-will-withdraw-from-the-kyoto-protocol/feed/ 0 Canada takes first Fossil of the Day at COP17On Monday, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced that Canada "will not make a second commitment to Kyoto." In addition, Canada will no longer take steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol and may begin to formally withdraw from the agreement next month. In place of the Protocol, Canada's goal is for "a new international agreement, eventually binding, which would include all the major developed and developing emitters." [...] The G77 unlikely to get Kyoto II at COP-17 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-g77-unlikely-to-get-kyoto-ii-at-cop-17/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-g77-unlikely-to-get-kyoto-ii-at-cop-17/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:54:01 +0000 Durban Team http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8493 Heading into Durban and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as the Seventeenth Conference of Parties (COP-17), the G77 remains committed to its long-standing position of achieving a legally binding agreement. Given the ongoing stalemate between developed and developing countries, however, many media accounts say they are unlikely to achieve it anytime soon [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-g77-unlikely-to-get-kyoto-ii-at-cop-17/feed/ 0 Heading into Durban and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as the Seventeenth Conference of Parties (COP-17), the G77 remains committed to its long-standing position of achieving a legally binding agreement. Given the ongoing stalemate between developed and developing countries, however, many media accounts say they are unlikely to achieve it anytime soon [...] Tainted CDM credits – preserving the integrity of the EU ETS http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/tainted-cdm-credits-%e2%80%93-preserving-the-integrity-of-the-eu-ets/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/tainted-cdm-credits-%e2%80%93-preserving-the-integrity-of-the-eu-ets/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:38:08 +0000 Sabina Manea http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8354

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits have been receiving plenty of bad press, with the latest being reports of human rights abuses committed in Honduras over the ownership of credit-producing land. This is particularly serious as the CDM has been set up to feed into the EU ETS, which means that CDM credits find their way [...]

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Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits have been receiving plenty of bad press, with the latest being reports of human rights abuses committed in Honduras over the ownership of credit-producing land. This is particularly serious as the CDM has been set up to feed into the EU ETS, which means that CDM credits find their way [...]

 Tracing stolen EU ETS allowances – playing a losing game? http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/tracing-stolen-eu-ets-allowances-%e2%80%93-playing-a-losing-game/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/tracing-stolen-eu-ets-allowances-%e2%80%93-playing-a-losing-game/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:10:34 +0000 Sabina Manea http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8266

In anticipation of the centralised European registry for the EU ETS the Commission has turned its attention to the legal issues surrounding the traceability of stolen emissions allowances. The approach taken is deferential to the national laws of individual Member States rather than providing a harmonised EU-wide rule. However, the Commission’s proposals have done little [...]

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In anticipation of the centralised European registry for the EU ETS the Commission has turned its attention to the legal issues surrounding the traceability of stolen emissions allowances. The approach taken is deferential to the national laws of individual Member States rather than providing a harmonised EU-wide rule. However, the Commission’s proposals have done little [...]

 When it comes to traffic pollution, the UK is still the dirty old man of Europe http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/when-it-comes-to-traffic-pollution-the-uk-is-still-the-dirty-old-man-of-europe/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/when-it-comes-to-traffic-pollution-the-uk-is-still-the-dirty-old-man-of-europe/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:50:00 +0000 ClientEarth http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=8222 London trafficOn the 29th September the government submitted its official report to the European Commission on levels of air pollution in the UK for 2010. It makes for pretty grim reading. The report confirms that 40 of the 43 air quality zones in the UK breached the annual limits for nitrogen dioxide. No other EU country has a higher proportion of non-compliant zones. [...]]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/when-it-comes-to-traffic-pollution-the-uk-is-still-the-dirty-old-man-of-europe/feed/ 0 London trafficOn the 29th September the government submitted its official report to the European Commission on levels of air pollution in the UK for 2010. It makes for pretty grim reading. The report confirms that 40 of the 43 air quality zones in the UK breached the annual limits for nitrogen dioxide. No other EU country has a higher proportion of non-compliant zones. [...]