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In Balance
http://inbalance.wordpress.com/
In Balance takes a reasoned look at some of the key components of climate policy. It is particularly interested in carbon markets and energy markets. The perspective is mainly British or European, but there are often articles about international policy too.
- Added on: Jan 18th, 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Dan
- Listed in: Business Environmental Activism
- Tags: global warming environment climate change finance energy carbon trading
Recent Posts
Project-based carbon offsetting is like a lottery with no prizes
At Carbon Retirement, we have just published a short piece of research into the efficiency of carbon offsetting through the Clean Development Mechanism, covered today by the BBC. It shows that for every £1 spent on CERs by voluntary buyers, 28p go...
Friends of the Earth report on carbon trading – risks burying its good points with garbled points
I just read the new report on carbon trading (pdf) from Friends of the Earth. Given the charity’s stance on anything related to carbon trading, the critical approach is unsurprising. The report makes some good points, but also makes some point...
Does the government need to provide guidance on the term ‘carbon neutral’?
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has been running a consultation on the meaning of the term ‘carbon neutral’. Today they published their report. ‘Carbon neutral’ has been given the definition: Carbon neutral means that – through...
Carbon trading game – understanding the difference between the three basic types of environmental policy
I’ve developed a game that explains the differences between three key policy options for reducing emissions: command and control, tax and cap-and-trade. There are other games like it, but I think this one works really well and we like to use it wit...
Is carbon still following oil?
In January I looked at European oil and carbon prices to show how they were reacting to the economic recession. Today I had another look at these two markets to see what’s happened over the past six months. The graph below (click to expand) sho...
Why does carbon offsetting struggle with its reputation?
Carbon offsetting has a reputation problem. Some parts of the ‘carbon’ industry act dishonestly or are not environmentally motivated, and people outside the industry tend to lump the diverse organisations involved in carbon trading together. When...
