Carbon Trading

Final decision on future of controversial cap-and-trade scheme delayed for second time

Official tells Reuters draft proposals will not be unveiled until February after opposition from industry groups

Cap-and-trade scheme to "fill the vacuum created by the failure of Congress to pass any kind of climate or energy legislation"

UN's top drylands official says people must be paid via global carbon markets for preserving the soil

Point Carbon predicts price of EUAs will reach €36 a tonne by 2020

Saudi Arabia and Brazil at loggerheads over inclusion of CCS in carbon offset scheme

Western states are considering entering the North East Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

CDM board warns trading scheme may have increased industrial gas emissions, but still licenses 12 new projects

Redd scheme designed to prevent deforestation but critics call it 'privatisation' of natural resources