Carbon Trading

Jane Burston hears delegates debate the future of emission trading at the Doha climate summit

Over 150 organisations say Kyoto loopholes are undermining carbon-cutting efforts

President disappoints campaigners by signing bill into law that exempts US airlines from European carbon trading scheme

Prime Minister rubberstamps ambitious proposals to create national carbon market capable of slashing greenhouse gas emissions 10 per cent by 2020

Emissions trading body argues that encouraging countries to participate in Clean Development Mechanism would help reduce glut of credits

Minister hails successful first auction of EU carbon allowances for next phase of emission trading scheme

Much criticised carbon trading scheme has delivered $215bn of investment in emission-cutting projects since 2006

But tradable allowances barely clear $10 floor price

More than 100 companies sign communiqué warning carbon pricing mechanism is needed to drive large-scale low-carbon investment

From Tories running in circles over wind policy to an M&S milestone, we run down the top stories from the past week