Carbon Trading

Move aimed at encouraging companies to invest in CDM projects

Offset market quiet as expectations grow that US climate bill will be delayed

As row over climate change legislation continues to rage, new study argues low-carbon policies will deliver huge windfall to US economy

Report warns attempts to protect industry from emissions trading scheme will simply shift costs to consumers

Amendments may also give farmers a chance to sell carbon offsets on the open market

Renewables will need to account for 37 per cent of low-carbon energy sources by 2030

Quiet week sees carbon prices dip as a result of worse than expected US unemployment figures

Poland has been pushing to have its carbon cap raised while environmentalists claim that carbon markets are deeply flawed

Controversial debate re-opened as government watchdog argues carbon rationing would prove more effective than carbon taxes

In high-risk move, Democrats vote Boxer-Kerry through key Senate committee despite Republican boycott