Clean Development Mechanism

Government issues 290,000 JI credits to project recovering flare gas at the Yety Purovskoe oilfield

US market contracts 76 per cent as confidence hit by failure to pass climate bill

Accords pave way for carbon capture projects to earn credits under Clean Development Mechanism

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

Carbon offsets produced by removing HFC and nitrous oxide could be prohibited under the EU ETS from 2013

Carbon offsets arising from cutting nitrous oxide do not undermine the offset market, Stockholm Environment Institute finds

Chinese chemical companies' use of offsets has a 'total lack of environmental integrity', says Connie Hedegaard

UN climate change chief says absence of a "sunset clause" means Kyoto will live on as a second protocol after 2012 even if talks fail

Point Carbon report suggests attempts to tackle dodgy offset credits could lead to constrained supply of Certified Emission Reductions

Joint Implementation verification procedure promises substantial increase in Russian and Eastern European emission reduction projects