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Oscar Reyes: January 2012
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. EU on Kyoto: not really an "agreement". Isn't it funny how, when it comes to determining how to interpret EU emissions trading rules, the Durban Package is insufficient to be defined as an "international agreement". Http:/ ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news 2012011101 en.htm. The adoption of a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol without a legally binding agreement for the period beyond 2012 under which other developed countries commi...
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Oscar Reyes: November 2014
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice. It’s one of the oldest tricks in politics: Talk down expectations to the point that you can meet them. And it played out again in. As 21 countries—including the. United States—pledged nearly 9.5 billion dollars to the Green Climate Fund, a U.N. body tasked with helping developing countries cope with climate change and transition to clean energy systems. Full article at Foreign Policy in Focus.
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Oscar Reyes: IPCC on mitigation: A roadmap to survival
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. IPCC on mitigation: A roadmap to survival. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising, and our addiction to fossil fuels is to blame. Full article on IPCC report, written for Foreign Policy in Focus, continues here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Carbon Trading, Industrial Subsidies and Capital Market Governance. EU Emissions Trading System: failing at the third attempt. Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails. Tweets by @ oscar reyes.
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Oscar Reyes: December 2014
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. Dirty deals flag need for climate finance rules. If you stick a dollar bill under a microscope it is full of dirt. It turns out something similar is true of climate finance - the billions of dollars developed countries pay to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change and create cleaner energy systems, industry and cities. Last week, the Associated Press (AP) broke a story. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Tweets by @ oscar reyes.
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Oscar Reyes: March 2012
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. After COP17: Where now for civil society engagement in UNFCCC climate negotiations? I recently contributed to a report, commissioned by Earthlife Africa Johannesburg. To reflect on civil society’s impact on the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban, and to spark an internal reassessment of global civil society’s actions towards the UNFCC; for whatever we are doing, it is not working. The full report can be downloaded from here.
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Oscar Reyes: Dirty deals flag need for climate finance rules
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. Dirty deals flag need for climate finance rules. If you stick a dollar bill under a microscope it is full of dirt. It turns out something similar is true of climate finance - the billions of dollars developed countries pay to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change and create cleaner energy systems, industry and cities. Last week, the Associated Press (AP) broke a story. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Oscar Reyes: Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice. It’s one of the oldest tricks in politics: Talk down expectations to the point that you can meet them. And it played out again in. As 21 countries—including the. United States—pledged nearly 9.5 billion dollars to the Green Climate Fund, a U.N. body tasked with helping developing countries cope with climate change and transition to clean energy systems. Full article at Foreign Policy in Focus.
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Oscar Reyes: May 2012
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. World Bank State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2012: market growth is more spin than substance. The World Bank's annual State and Trends of the Carbon Market report is out, and can be found here. However, it is worth noting that :. It's also worth noticing that the Bank has massaged the figures to overcome the embarrassment of a shrinking CDM Last year's "primary" CDM market (ie. the value of the credits generated by projects; rather than th...
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Oscar Reyes: February 2012
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. After Durban: All talked out? The current issue of Red Pepper includes my assessment of the COP17 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban. Read the full article here. Paying the polluters: EU emissions trading and the new corporate electricity subsidies. Read the full report here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Carbon Trading, Industrial Subsidies and Capital Market Governance. EU Emissions Trading System: failing at the third attempt.
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Oscar Reyes: November 2012
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Carbon trading, climate finance and other random musings. What Next: Climate, Development and Equity. A copy of this arrived in my post box yesterday. It can arrive in yours too if you contact info [at] whatnext.org, or request via the website of the Dag Hammerskjold Foundation. That site also offers a free download, as does the What Next Forum. And Dale Wen's article on China. Part I Setting the Context – Climate, Development and Equity Challenges. Kevin Anderson. 16. Climate debt – A primer. India and ...
