Carbonfund.org | Carbon offsets for your carbon footprint & fighting global warming. Untitled. Earth Day Enemies: Greenpeace Slams Apple, Facebook, Google Data Centers. Environmental activist organization Greenpeace emphasized the environmental effects of cloud computing this Earth Day, releasing a report that assigns grades to 10 prominent technology companies based on how they power data centers.
According to the report, computer servers in data centers account for about 2% of global energy demand and are growing their energy consumption at a rate of about 12% per year. About half of the companies studied, which include Google, Facebook and Apple, used coal to meet 50% to 80% of their energy needs instead of renewable energy resources like wind and solar. "Many IT brands at the vanguard of this 21st century technological shift are perpetuating our addiction to dirty energy technologies of the last two centuries," reads the report's executive summary.
Greenpeace admits that the impact of data center power use is hard to measure, as the same centers enable reduction of energy inefficiencies like CDs, paper media and commuting. Top 10 Greentech Influencers of 2010: Cleantech News « COP16 | CMP6 - Terms of Use. Terms and Conditions of Use of www.cc2010.mx website The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes to the COP16/CMP6 website.
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Efforts to communicate climate change in a simple, clear and persuasive manner have not been totally successful. Moreover, competing positions still exist regarding the severity of the phenomenon and the appropriate collective response. While some recent polls have revealed increased public interest in a number of issues relating to climate change effects, others point to a certain fatigue on the part of several sectors of society regarding the whole environment subject. There is growing interest in deepening climate awareness around the world. ‘Tainted’ Credits Pull Down UN Carbon Price: Energy Markets - Bu. Fondo Mexicano de Carbono. Environment & Energy. Mercado creditos de carbon mexico. Carbon credit. A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or the mass of another greenhouse gas with a carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide.[1][2][3] Carbon credits and carbon markets are a component of national and international attempts to mitigate the growth in concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
One carbon credit is equal to one metric tonne of carbon dioxide, or in some markets, carbon dioxide equivalent gases. Carbon trading is an application of an emissions trading approach. Greenhouse gas emissions are capped and then markets are used to allocate the emissions among the group of regulated sources. The goal is to allow market mechanisms to drive industrial and commercial processes in the direction of low emissions or less carbon intensive approaches than those used when there is no cost to emitting carbon dioxide and other GHGs into the atmosphere. Types[edit] United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Wikipedi. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. The objective of the treaty is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".[2] The treaty itself set no binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms.
In that sense, the treaty is considered legally non-binding. Instead, the treaty provides a framework for negotiating specific international treaties (called "protocols") that may set binding limits on greenhouse gases. The parties to the convention have met annually from 1995 in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change. Treaty[edit] Later negotiations[edit] Carbon-Credit Gold: Who is going to get rich? « Stephen Leahy, I. By Stephen Leahy Paying the poor to conserve forests through a market scheme is the new star among initiatives in climate talks. UXBRIDGE, Canada, Dec 15 (Tierramérica).- Climate experts meeting in Poznan, Poland, promised to create a new pot of carbon-credit gold for the rural poor as guardians of rural lands and forests.
But there are many who warn that the gold will flow only to corporate interests. One of the most effective ways to combat climate change, caused by gases like carbon dioxide that trap heat in the atmosphere, is through biological sequestration of carbon in plants, trees and soils. That means reducing deforestation, increasing reforestation, and utilizing sustainable agriculture and grazing practices that conserve soil and water. Delegates from more than 190 countries met Dec. 1-12 in Poznan to hammer out some of the final details for a new climate treaty under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Like this: Like Loading... 1.1441174!CMNA20100430.pdf (application/pdf Object) Carbon Market North America - Point Carbon - UNFCCC. Carbon Project Manager North America - Point Carbon - Providing.
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Is Latin America Really a Carbon Market Pioneer? By María Amparo Lasso* Latin America could help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 55 million tons through the sale of carbon credits. But this strategy doesn't convince the critics, who ask if the region would foment clean and renewable energy sources or would merely sell cheap carbon credits to the highest bidder from the industrialized North. MEXICO CITY - Latin America is a big player in the world's carbon market: the region has already negotiated 210.6 million dollars of carbon emissions trading in the context of the Kyoto Protocol, which is to take effect in February 2005 and has rekindled the debate about how to fight global warming.
The region's countries presented 46 projects under the treaty's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which could reduce emissions of around 55 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, produced from the combustion of fossil fuels. European corporations like V&M seem to be the most enthusiastic. Sustainability | HSBC Holdings plc. Putting sustainability into practice We recognise that we have a responsibility to assess the environmental and social impacts of our business – and to manage these impacts. Here's how we do it: We aim to reduce annual employee carbon emissions by one tonne, from 3.5 to 2.5 tonnes by 2020.
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We anticipate and deal with potential social or environmental risks that may arise through our lending and investment. Here are some examples of how we are working with our stakeholders to build a more sustainable future. 'World's biggest' forest protection deal for Canada. 18 May 2010Last updated at 17:33 By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News The agreement will protect much of Canada's wide open rangelands Timber companies and environment groups have unveiled an agreement aimed at protecting two-thirds of Canada's vast forests from unsustainable logging. Over 72 million hectares are included in what will become the world's largest commercial forest conservation deal.
Logging will be totally banned on some of the land, in the hope of sustaining endangered caribou populations. Timber companies hope the deal will bring commercial gains, as timber buyers seek higher ethical standards. The total protected area is about twice the size of Germany, and equals the area of forest lost globally between 1990 and 2005. "The importance of this agreement cannot be overstated," said Avrim Lazar, president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). Continue reading the main story “Start Quote End QuoteSteve KallickPew Environment Group. IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.