China just said at the CMP-Meeting that it is not agreeing with the finding of the CDM Executive Board (EB) on taking back some CDM-Windprojects in China. The initial Critique came up by groups like CDM-Watch that China was lowering subsidies for Windprojects which are enabled under the CDM. They would then not be “additional” [...]
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4 Jun
Dangerouse Distraction
Hello Friends of the Earth International (foe) has published a report on the CDM (Clean development Mechanism) called “A dangerous distraction – Why offsetting is failing the climate and people: the evidence”
I still ahve to read it, donload it here.
1 Jun
The profit in the Kyoto Protocoll.
The Indian Newspaper MAIL reported on its Online portal about the negative aspects of CDM giving local examples, read the full article The great carbon credit con: Why are we paying the Third World to poison its environment?.
I especially found the Graphic interesting.
18 Mar
20 theses against green capitalism
Here you find the “20 Theses against Green Capitalism” which currently float through the internet in various languages. I first saw it in the forum of the CLIMATE ACTION 09. Basically they challenge the “greening” of our system by saying that things like the GREEN NEW DEAL are greenwashing of the capitalist system. To sustain growth [...]
13 Mar
“Under attack” or justified critique?
Today, one of my most favourite website these days, the COP-15 website, had an article “The Kyoto Protocol is under fire”. I was clicking on it, expecting a return of George W., a new Umbrella-Group proposal or the EU supporting CCS – but what was meant was merely a critique on flexible mechanisms in a [...]
8 Mar
Offset your ‘little sins’ ;-)
Now some of you might think this is a really liberal weirdo idea, nevertheless it is just a cool way of showing how Carbon Trading is nice – but not more. Check out this video
Or visit the website: http://www.cheatneutral.com/
I really had to laugh hard and even my Professor at university was [...]
6 Mar
Inside the box: buy that crap!
Ok folks, the price for carbon is DOWN. I mean, it has slumped the same way it did last year. While it a ton of CO2 was at €20 in summer’08, it’s now around €10. (let’s see if it hits the €1 again!)
The value of the market has dropped from €92bn last year to €63bn [...]
6 Mar
US Government admits problems in Carbon Trading
This just came in via Larry and basically says, that the United States Government Accountability Office sees the ‘Baseline-Problem’, the sense in ‘Offsetting’ when wanting real mitigation, and the CDM-Scheme in general.
The US General Accounting Office (GAO) says (5 March 2009) that:
“… inherent uncertainty exists in measuring emissions reductions relative to such a baseline … [...]
6 Mar
Carbon Trading – the debate goes on…
Many of my friends now that I am not a fan of Carbon Trading. Even though I am
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able and willing to understand the “there is no other way possible right now”-argument, hence being not a radical, I hope for more public criticism. Therefore I loved the book
by the great Larry Lohmann that was published by the DHF. A video of him talking about the issue can be seen as well.
More information on the topic can be found:
The Corner House
Sinks Watch
CarbonTradeWatch
World Rainforest Movement
Rising Tide
While I – active and multiplicatory in character – do not see myself able to live up to the demands of Julian Glover who is looking for a new Martin Luther to trike back against the “medieval pardoners handing out unlimited indulgences”, I was writeing a Paper on the topic together with one of the most active young greens from Asia: Sanka from Sri Lanka. It is the first of a series of “GYG-Diskussion Papers”. It can be downloaded once I figure out how this technique is working. Here’s the text:
Is Carbon Trading really
an Economic Savior?
by
Georg P Kössler (Sweden/Germany)
and
Sanka Chandima Abayawardena (Sri Lanka)1
A discussion paper for GYG
Introduction
New optimism came into the international debate on Climate Change through the implementation of a Emission Trading Approach. The biggest contributor USA is likely to join soon after the General Elections this year and the mistakes of having an over-supply in certificates and the missing of auctioning are not likely to be repeated. Through Offsetting-companies is it possible for ordinary people to make “their” contribution. Now we are on the right track.
Are we really? This article is the view of two young green activists of the GLOBAL YOUNG GREENS who do not think so. They believe that a solution within the capitalistic system of supply-and-demand policy will not solve the general problem of worldwide climate justice. The problem arose in the first place due to increasing demand in the global North while the global South had to give supply. Now it is the same with carbon-credits. But only a halt in destroying policies, only a significant change in lifestyles and only an ordering united worldwide framework can safe us and our unborn children from whom we borrowed this precious earth.
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