Carbon trading, also known as the cap and trade system, was introduced in the Kyoto negotiations as a mechanism for regulating carbon emissions mainly to please the United States. A new book looks into the political economy of carbon markets presenting a number of alternatives to live in real low-carbon futures.
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Civil society organisations and social movements extremely concerned about the current state of the climate negotiations, which is now posing a serious threat to the survival of the world, make a call to meet the climate emergency. The statement can be signed here.
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Prospects seem encouraging for a new international agreement to prevent biopiracy and to ensure fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. October 2010 is the target for this agreement to be adopted by governments that are Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), when the governments gather in Nagoya, Japan for the biennial Conference of the Parties.
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