Topics tagged with 'Carbon Credits'

NZ to target forest offsets issue in Denmark
17 Jul 2009
The Government is set to go in all guns blazing for the forestry sector at the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in December.

Dutch act on tax fraud in carbon market
17 Jul 2009
"Clear indications" of fraudulent activity in the Dutch carbon emissions market has forced the Ministry of Finance to take steps to prevent value-added tax fraud.

Carbon scheme ripe for fraud, says Aussie expert
17 Jul 2009
Australia’s proposed carbon trading scheme is ripe for fraud and companies are set to be hit with class actions by activist groups because they are not adequately protected by proposed laws, a climate change expert has warned.

Japan opposition eyes bolder emissions cuts
17 Jul 2009
Japan's main opposition party will adopt bolder greenhouse gas cuts than the government by using the global emissions market and increasing green jobs if it wins an upcoming election, the party's head of green policy said.

Forester forges link with carbon manager
14 Jul 2009
A collaboration between a forestry firm and a carbon-market operator is providing a model for a field and trading room partnership.

Indonesia issues first forest-carbon revenue rules
14 Jul 2009
Indonesia's forestry ministry has released what are believed to be the world's first set of revenue sharing rules governing forest carbon projects, a ministry official said.

NZ carbon credits could be in short supply
3 Jul 2009
New Zealand could face a shortfall of locally generated carbon credits when the emissions trading scheme becomes fully operational.

Carbon management is information management
3 Jul 2009
For most businesses today, sophisticated carbon management is simply not possible.

Labour: Government had enough time
26 Jun 2009
The Labour Party is rejecting Government claims that there was never enough time to bring the stationary energy and industrial processes sector into the emissions trading scheme.

Government inaction worries foresters
26 Jun 2009
Foresters are anxious about the Government’s refusal to comment on its plans to develop market access for forestry credits.

Greens fear impact of Ukraine connection
23 Jun 2009
Green Party climate change spokesperson Jeanette Fitzisimons is calling for tough and transparent rules on the type of international carbon credits admitted to the New Zealand emissions trading scheme in the wake of reports that a huge number of Ukrainian units are coming our way.

Brazil bank to offer cheap loans to green companies
19 Jun 2009
Brazil’s national development bank is developing guidelines to provide cheaper loans to companies that have environmentally sustainable practices.

Carter quiet on potential of forest carbon credits
16 Jun 2009
Forestry Minister David Carter doesn’t want to talk about the potential for New Zealand forest owners to sell carbon credits to other countries – nor what the Government is doing to help them.

US forests stand crucial for NZ growers
16 Jun 2009
The United States’ stand on forestry offsetting is being closely watched and could be hugely beneficial to New Zealand.

World first as Japan buys NZ carbon credits
12 Jun 2009
New Zealand forestry-based carbon credits have been sold to Japan.

Where are our carbon credits, asks tribal group
12 Jun 2009
Emissions trading has been a long time coming for Ngâti Porou Whanui Forests.

NZUs should be staggered, says trading group
12 Jun 2009
The issuing of carbon credits to forest owners should be staggered through the year, rather than in one lump a year, says Environmental Intermediaries and Trading Group.

Canada to establish carbon trading market
12 Jun 2009
The Canadian federal government has announced plans to establish a national carbon trading market in which all companies and individuals could participate.

Carbon certifiers tense as competition grows
9 Jun 2009
Competition in the carbon-neutral certification business is hotting up, with pioneer CarboNZero saying that newcomer Green Carbon fails to meet the criteria clients should use when choosing a greenhouse-gas certifier.

Tawhaki stays quiet on world's biggest carbon deal
2 Jun 2009
The New Zealand company reported to be involved in the world’s largest trade of carbon credits is keeping mum on the deal.

Big banks gear up for US carbon trading
2 Jun 2009
While United States policymakers continue to squabble over a federal plan to cap greenhouse gas emissions and sell the rights to emit them, big banks are gearing up for what they see as a new profit centre.

Mystery NZ buyer in world's biggest carbon deal
29 May 2009
International reports that a New Zealand-based company is involved in the world's biggest trade of carbon credits are causing confusion here.

Climate change outburst embarrasses Act
29 May 2009
The Act Party is distancing itself from a statement made in its name yesterday in which National Party MPs were told they would “introduce an emissions trading scheme at their peril."

Russia loses billions from carbon trading delays
29 May 2009
Russia has lost out on billions of dollars in investment and carbon trading payments due to government delays in considering environmental project applications, the head of an environmental investment group said.

Uncertainty means forest industry taking a beating
26 May 2009
The forestry sector will take years to recover from the impacts of recent policy uncertainty, says forestry consultant Roger Dickie.

EU sugar crackdown could kill Fiji's carbon hopes
26 May 2009
The European Union's decision to abandon Fiji’s sugar allocation indicates that the island nation’s evolving business in supplying EU nations with their carbon credits could soon also be imperiled.

Suspending ETS punishes forestry, says grower
19 May 2009
Suspending the emissions trading scheme would mean the forestry sector isn’t rewarded for the work it is doing on climate change, says Forest Enterprises’ managing director Steve Wilton.
Organic fruit growing gets carbon clearance
15 May 2009
Organic fruit growing operations are environmentally sustainable and could trade carbon credits in the future, a Massey University researcher has found.
Forum voices opposition to ETS
15 May 2009
The Sustainable Energy Forum is being seen as a surprise opponent of the emissions trading scheme.

India eyes $100b in carbon trading deals
1 May 2009
India could earn up to $100 billion through trading of certified emission reductions, or carbon credits, a government official said this week.

Genesis buying credits, but quiet on NZUs deal
24 Apr 2009
New Zealand’s largest thermal electricity generator has made forays into the carbon market – but won’t say if it was the purchaser involved in the first sale of New Zealand Units.

Trading website readies for carbon units sale
24 Apr 2009
A sale of New Zealand Units is on the cards for internet trading site Trade Me.

Carbon credits sale funds heat-loss spy in the sky
17 Apr 2009
Christchurch’s sale of several million dollars of carbon credits to British Gas three years ago is providing the funds for a scheme to target heat waste miscreants by thermal imaging them.
Two million dollars for new Kyoto forests
17 Apr 2009
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has awarded $2 million to 17 recipients to establish new forests, and is calling for further applications.

Foresters get carbon credits ... but what now?
14 Apr 2009
Forest owners have received their first batch of carbon credits but are unsure about insuring and on-selling them.

Uncertainty keeps NZUs volatile, says trader
14 Apr 2009
The price of New Zealand Units is likely to remain volatile for another six months, says a leading trader.

NZUs allocation clear sign of future ETS plans
3 Apr 2009
The Government’s allocation of eight million NZUs to the Crown’s holding account on Wednesday is a clear sign that the emissions trading scheme is here to stay.

Airlines fear failure of global climate talks
3 Apr 2009
Major airlines have warned that failure to agree on a global approach to emissions trading in climate change talks could hurt their industry by leading to increased taxes and regulation.
CarboNZeroCert programme ranked No.1 in Australasia
3 Apr 2009
Consumers searching Carbon Catalog (www.carboncatalog.org) for the most transparent carbon offset provider in Australasia will find Landcare Research’s carboNZero programme at the very top of the list, the organisation says.

G20 leaders plan special climate change talks
31 Mar 2009
Leaders attending the G20 meeting in London plan to gather again soon for a special summit on tackling climate change.

Insurers work through climate disasters liability
27 Mar 2009
The insurance industry is grappling with the issue of how to insure against carbon lost through fires, biosecurity breaches, cyclones and other disasters.

Garnaut says no reason to delay emissions trading
27 Mar 2009
The Australian federal government's climate change expert, Professor Ross Garnaut, expects the economy to be in recovery by the time an emissions trading scheme begins operation in July 2010.

Japan close to sealing Czech carbon deal
27 Mar 2009
Japan, struggling to meet a 2012 target for reducing greenhouse gases, is in the final phase of talks to buy carbon credits from the Czech Republic and aims to clinch the accord next month.

NZ business leaders slow on carbon market uptake
24 Mar 2009
TZ1 chief Mark Franklin says that New Zealand businesses are slow at coming to terms with carbon markets.

Kiwi charcoal system in line for world prize
20 Mar 2009
A New Zealand company’s carbon-capturing innovation is one five finalists in the Financial Times UK’s global Climate Change Challenge.

Threatened Maldives now aims to be carbon-neutral
17 Mar 2009
The Maldives islands in the Indian Ocean, under threat from rising sea levels, will shift entirely to renewable energy over the next decade.

Foresters: We've had enough of uncertainty
10 Mar 2009
The forestry industry says the Government should ignore calls to abandon the emissions trading scheme in favour of alternatives such as Business NZ’s proposed low-level all-gases tax or levy on every unit of emissions.

Carbon trade wrong, says former BP chief
10 Mar 2009
Lord Browne, the former chief executive of BP and one of the earliest proponents of carbon trading to tackle climate change, has conceded his enthusiasm was misplaced.

Indian firms drop carbon trading for renewable projects
10 Mar 2009
Indian companies are turning towards renewable energy projects for a better return on their investments.