Australia has passed the Clean Energy legislative package through the House of Representatives! It has taken almost a decade and four attempts, but in short this means a Carbon Tax will be implemented once the Bill has passed through the Senate in November. The package, which includes 19 Bills to boost the Clean Revolution in [...]
29 Mar 2011
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
GVEP International, in partnership with the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, has published a guide for energy entrepreneurs who want to link their businesses to carbon finance. The guide, which is part of a series also covering Investment Finance and End-User Finance, aims to provide recommendations on their first steps to assess their businesses’ potential [...]
IDEAcarbon launched a “Partner Programme” for the first online calendar for the carbon markets yesterday. The aim is to enable investors and policy makers to stay abreast of and anticipate key factors shaping emissions markets. This calendar is updated on partner websites (like reegle) and covers three key event categories: Regulatory, legislative and negotiating events [...]
18 Nov 2008
by Lauri Kinnunen (www.energy-enviro.fi) - Category: Contributed News
Under rules set by the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), projects such as reducing the rate of tropical deforestation could get tradable credits for a voluntary market aimed at companies and individuals. “For the first time ever investors can rely on robust rules for crediting agriculture, agriculture and other land use projects,” said David Antonioli, chief [...]