Carbon Markets

Forest Carbon- India’s first A/R CDM project

Project Title: Small Scale Cooperative Afforestation CDM Pilot Project Activity on Private Lands Affected by Shifting Sand Dunes in Sirsa,…

13 years ago

Forest Carbon-ITC Social Forestry Project, Khammam

Project Title: Reforestation of severely degraded landmass in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh, India under ITC Social Forestry Project Sr.…

13 years ago

ICFRE can now validate and verify A/R CDM projects

Indian nodal agency for the national forestry research system, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun has been…

13 years ago

World’s first REDD credits issued under the VCS

On Feb 2011, world’s first Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) credits were issued under the VCS. This…

13 years ago

Carbon can be traded again

European Union reopened world’s largest carbon trading market on first week of this month. It had been suspended after the…

13 years ago

Computer hackers are now active on Carbon markets

As per the IOL news, hackers stole million tonnes of carbon credits from the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS).…

13 years ago

What is CDM?

Introduction: Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol defines Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); ‘The purpose of the clean development mechanism shall…

13 years ago

The global carbon cycle is under the impacts of LULUCF activities

"Land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF)" is defined by the UN Climate Change Secretariat as "A greenhouse gas inventory…

13 years ago

Afforestation and Reforestation (A/R) CDM projects

Forest is a sink of carbon. Immense potential of carbon mitigation through the carbon sequestration process, Land Use and Land Use…

13 years ago

CDM Projects statistics

(Note: CDM Projects status as on  April 2011) The CDM is dynamic mechanism introduced by the Kyoto Protocol, allows a…

13 years ago