12.04.05 FIRST TWO PROJECTS AWARDED GOLD STANDARD CERTIFICATES
The Te Apiti wind farm project in New Zealand and the Kuyasa low-energy
housing project in South Africa are validated as qualifying for the "Gold
Standard".
http://www.pointcarbon.com/article.php?articleID=7714&categoryID=376
Kyoto kicks into gear
16/02/2005 08:31 - (SA)
The Kyoto Protocol - the world's most far-reaching environmental treaty - has taken effect accross the the globe.
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1663057,00.html
Kyoto and CO2: taking shape
24/10/2004 17:38 - (SA)
They trade in something that is colourless and odourless, cannot be tasted or felt. And whether they buy or sell, no merchandise will ever change hands.
http://www.finance24.com/articles/default/display_article.asp?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-25_1609963
Carbon-credit trading set for launch
A
local company is to list instruments derived from carbon credits
on the JSE Securities Exchange SA before the end of the year,
subject to approval from the JSE's listing department.
The
concept of a market for carbon credits arose in 1997 as part of
the international Kyoto protocol on the reduction of
environmentally harmful emissions.
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1724195-6078-0,00.html
20.04.04 Euro Parliament adopts Linking
Directive
Oct 05 2004
The
European Parliament voted on 20 April to adopt the Directive
linking the EU emissions trading scheme to other trading systems
and CO2 reduction projects.
http://pointcarbon.com/article.php?articleID=3541&categoryID=147
COP 9
Rules and modalities for forestry activities
under the CDM http://unfccc.int/cop9/latest/sbsta_127.pdf
COP 9
Summary
of COP 9
as
published by the International Institute for Sustainable
Development http://www.iisd.ca/vol12/enb12231e.html
UNFCC press
release: Russia decides to ratify the Kyoto protocol. Bonn, 30
September 2004 - The decision of the Russian cabinet to forward
the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change to the Russian
Parliament (or Duma) for ratification will - if the Duma moves to
adopt - re-energize international cooperation on cutting
greenhouse gas emissions, the Executive Secretary of the United
Nations Climate Change Convention said here today.
http://www.cdmafrica.org/russian
ratification UNFCCC press.pdf
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