Offsets

Document suggests processes for approving Clean Development Mechanism projects will be streamlined

Europol estimates carbon credit VAT fraud carried out by organised criminals could have cost EU billions in lost tax revenue

Anger over decision to bar 10 Chinese wind energy projects from entering UN-approved carbon offset scheme

Danish government joins UK, France and Netherlands in imposing new rules to tackle "carousel fraud"

Uncertainty over Copenhagen leads to slow trading week

More than €334m loaned through China-EU scheme since 2007, reducing emission by 1.57 million tons annually

Minister dismisses "exaggerated" cost projections, arguing that offsets will help reduce the cost of meeting 25 per cent target

Industry steps up lobbying for energy-efficient IT projects to be included in expanded CDM

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

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