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EU could provide billions for forests - report by Reuters, 23-07-2009

The European Union could provide up to 2.5 billion euros ($3.55 billion) a year to help poor nations protect tropical forests, the EU executive said in a report to ministers meeting in Sweden on Thursday. [More]

[ EU ETS ]

EU leaders agree climate funding principles by Reuters, 19-06-2009

The European Union agreed the basis of its financial contribution to a global climate change deal on Thursday, but environmentalists said more was needed to ensure success at global talks in Copenhagen in December. [More]

[ EU ETS ]

Norway to assess climate impact on markets by The Guardian, 03-06-2009

The Norwegian government said on Wednesday it would assess the impact of climate change on financial markets and urged global investors to join forces. [More]

[ EU ETS | Europe | Policy ]

British supermarkets accused over destruction of Amazon rainforest by The Guardian, 02-06-2009

British supermarkets are driving rapid destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms responsible for illegal deforestation, according to a three-year investigation of the global trade in Brazilian cattle products. [More]

[ EU ETS | Central/South America | Europe | Forest Peoples | Ecosystem Services | Policy ]

A market in forests? by Reuters, 18-05-2009

Fighters for “No Climate Protection without Forest Protection - last exit Copenhagen ” were in Frankfurt to promote forest conservation ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen at the end of 2009. [More]

[ REDD & AD | EU ETS | Europe | Biodiversity | Ecosystem Services | Policy ]

Growing Interest in the Climate Change Dividend by Reuters, 04-05-2009

A two-year old Climate Change Market Index developed by HSBC in Britain is getting attention from at least one of the biggest pension fund investors on this side of the pond, signaling to U.S.-based manufacturers that positioning themselves to take advantage of a green economy is a good bet going forward. [More]

[ EU ETS | Certification | North America/Canada | Ecosystem Services ]

EU finance ministers imperil Bali roadmap by PointCarbon, 18-03-2009

By placing a condition on advancing developing economies to have national climate strategies in place by 2012 before they can get financial support, Europe's finance ministers are breaking what was agreed at international climate talks in 2007. [More]

[ EU ETS ]

Deeper crisis of ecosystem losses by Financial Times, 13-03-2009

The major part of the recovery packages promised so far do not focus on low carbon activities. But neither do they address the deeper crisis of ecosystem losses, which, like the energy and climate change crises, are often irreversible compared to any financial turmoil. [More]

[ EU ETS | Europe | Ecosystem Services | Policy ]

EU ministers talk post-Kyoto targets, duck finance by PointCarbon, 04-03-2009

EU ministers backed commission proposals on a new climate deal, but failed to agree on finance.Environment ministers from all 27 EU member states last night endorsed most proposals from the bloc’s executive to negotiate a global climate pact.

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[ EU ETS | Europe ]

EU mid-term target "not possible" for US: climate envoy by PointCarbon, 04-03-2009

The US will not reduce its GHG emissions 25-40 per cent by 2020, its climate change envoy said. [More]

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