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Carbon Financing for Sustainable Farming / Financiación del carbono para estimular la agricultura sostenible
Thursday, November 6th, 2008From the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):
Harnessing carbon financing to boost sustainable farming
Win-win-win for development, climate efforts
Some 100 experts from five continents meet today to chart the way to harnessing a large new flow of funding – carbon finance – to agricultural development and to improving the lives of poor farmers the world over.
Billions [...]
Grappling with Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008How best to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships?
That is the tricky issue the London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO) is currently grappling with. The IMO is the United Nations specialized agency created in 1959 to facilitate cooperation among governments in all technical matters involving shipping engaged in international trade, including prevention and control [...]
Wood Pellets, “Green” Energy and Carbon Credits / Pellets de madera, energía “verde” y créditos de carbono
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO):Converting wood waste into pellets to reduce greenhouse gasesCosta Rica pioneers “green” project for poor countriesCosta Rica’s pilot project to convert polluting wood residues into a profitable “green” energy source, presents new prospects for timber industries in developing countries, FAO said today.The project converts large stockpiles of [...]
Carbon Credits for Light Bulbs
Monday, October 1st, 2007Synopsis in English: Chile is providing energy-efficient lightbulbs to the 40% of its households with low income, and is paying for the program with about US$1.4 million in carbon credits. The carbon bonds for the Allowance Program for Lightbulb Change (PSRA) will be placed with the help of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which plans [...]
Corfo Helps 53 Renewable Energy Projects in Chile / Corfo apoya 53 proyectos de energía renovable en Chile
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Synopsis in English: The Chilean Economic Development Agency (Corporación de Fomento de la Producción - CORFO) this year is co-financing 53 new renewable energy projects, 13 more than it did in 2006. Of these, 29 are wind energy projects, 14 hydraulic power, five geothermal, two biomass and three biogas. In terms of location, 10 involve [...]
Amazonas “Visionary” on Climate Change?
Friday, September 7th, 2007In June Amazonas became the first Brazilian state to adopt a state law on climate change, together with one creating a State System of Conservation Units (UCs). The laws were widely praised by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working on environment and conservation issues. A Greenpeace spokesman even declared them to be “almost visionary, but [...]
“Climate Change Fact Sheets” for LAC Nations
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Not too long ago the European energy consulting firm Ecofys issued an update of its report commissioned by the UK’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) entitled Factors Underpinning Future Action.
The report seeks to “to provide an analytical basis to underpin discussions on future commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the [...]
Groundbreaking Project of Carbon Credits for Avoided Deforestation
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Synopsis in English: Last week the Environment Ministry signed an agreement with the World Bank for the first project in Colombia, and one of the first in the world, involving the sale of carbon credits for “reduction of emissions from deforestation” (i.e., “avoided deforestation”).
The project involves some 1,410 hectares in San Nicolás Valley in [...]
Guyana to Host Caribbean Bioenergy Seminar
Saturday, July 28th, 2007To fully understand the antecedents for this seminar, check out prior posts on the IDB’s strategy for biofuels, the OAS’ renewed commitment to sustainable energy, and Guyana’s biofuel protential.
From the Guyana Government Information Agency (GINA):
Government to convene high-level bio-level seminar
In light of recent reforms and growing interest in the production of bio-energy, Government will be [...]
Power Plants Run on Grass
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007Last week a firm based in São Paulo state, Dedini, announced the signing of an agreement with Bahia-based Sykue Bionergya Electricidade to build Brazil’s first thermoelectric plant run entirely (see below to understand why I use this qualifier) on elephant grass. [Some press blurbs erroneously reported that it will be the world's first such [...]
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