Republicans and Democrats alike are failing to protect the environment because both see it as a chore -- something we "should" do. But cap and trade projects can achieve environmental......
The country's Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve was an early mover on carbon offsets, but lacked the certfication backing that would give it long-term credibility -- until now. Here's what Mexico's......
Deforestation and outdated farming methods combined generate more than 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, which is why financing mechanisms aimed at tackling both are hot topics as UN......
Experts say it will cost $300 billion per year by 2020 to stop biodiversity loss, but the Global Canopy says that we are now only delivering between $36 billion and $38 billion per year....
The apparent conflict between commerce and nature is a false one, because in the long run everything we buy, sell, eat, and produce is derived from nature. If we destroy nature, we destroy......
While there are a number of projects underway, payments for ecosystem services (PES) in the Southeast Asia region primarily occurs on an ad hoc basis through small-scale pilot projects. NGO......
Companies that rescue and restore forests to earn money by capturing carbon in trees likely expanded their operations in 2009, despite the global recession and regulatory uncertainty, capping......
The European Parliament's Environment Committee has called for tighter post-Kyoto emission caps than previously proposed and the recognition of forestry offsets for the first time under an EU-...
Although the demand for carbon-neutral services in the U.S. seems limited, questions linger that, with voluntary carbon offsets under attack, America's fledgling market can deliver the kinds of......
Greenhouse gas emissions trading is gradually becoming a bona fide market, with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the European Climate Exchange (ECX) establishing themselves as benchmarks in......