International Aviation Companies Agree to Emissions Trading

The European Union claimed victory at an international aviation meeting, saying the participants accepted the EU’s plan to cap emissions by domestic and foreign airlines serving Europe as of 2012.

The European Commission, the 27-nation EU’s executive arm, also said the International Civil Aviation Organization reached a “breakthrough” agreement at its meeting that ended yesterday to curb global aircraft discharges of greenhouse gases beginning in 2020.

Such pollution is blamed for global climate change, which the EU is handling in part by adding airlines to its emissions trading system in less than 15 months.

Emissions from international aviation account for 2% to 3% of global greenhouse gas discharges and their share is expected to rise in the coming decades as the industry grows, according to the EU.

The EU carbon market, started in 2005, is the world’s largest. It covers about 12,000 installations that produce energy or goods ranging from paper to cement. Emitters must have an allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide they let off. Those producing more than their allowance have to buy more; those that emit less can sell their surplus.

The bloc is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent this decade from 1990s levels and said it’s ready to deepen the target to 30 percent if other countries follow suit.

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Green Investment Bank to boost UK's Low Carbon Status

The coalition government in the UK has released details of a potential Green Investment Bank.
The released report focuses on the importance of the UK becoming a low-carbon economy, reducing emissions, offsetting carbon and investing in the growing green energy markets.
The report finds that private sector investment will be crucial in shifting the country to an eco-friendly economy.
The general secretary of the TUC commented, saying the bank would be a, "major step towards the crucial goal" of making the UK into a "world-leading green economy".
The bank has been described as carrying out investments with a social purpose as well as creating income streams for investors. Its job will be to raise the necessary equity and debt finance to fund nuclear power stations, wind farms, smart grids and other green energy projects.
The move is seen as indicating further interest in green energy investment in the UK and across the world.

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New Zealand Farmers Look to Carbon Credits

In New Zealand, sheep outnumber humans 9 to 1, and this crucial sector of the economy is now proving profitable in more then just wool and lamp chops. Sheep farmers are planting tree farms that could prove valuable when the country's agricultural sector is forced to pay for greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2015.

Prime Minister John Key's government in Wellington has said a carbon trading regime will boost the country's green credentials and clout in global climate talks. The government's carbon program is also a welcome opportunity for some sheep farmers, struggling against slumping wool prices, drought, and competition for land from the dairy and lumber industries, to diversify, says Neil Walker, a forester in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island.

Although New Zealand was the world's largest sheep meat exporter last year, the number of sheep have fallen from a 1982 peak of 70 million to about 40 million, official data show. New Zealand's carbon trading system requires polluting industries to buy credits that allow them to emit certain amounts of greenhouse gases, while businesses that reduce emissions can earn credits and sell them to polluters.

Farmers who convert their land from sheep grazing to planting trees could add $172 per acre in value each year to their land holdings, says David Evison, a senior lecturer at the University of Canterbury's New Zealand School of Forestry. Forests planted for carbon credits may increase to 74,000 acres, or about 0.27 percent of all pasture and grass land a year, compared with about 8,650 acres in 2009, the government estimates. "It turns forestry into a cash-flow business," says Evison.

Edwyn Kight, a farmer on New Zealand's North Island, sees the upside from the shift to forestry. He says carbon farming could improve the profitability of hill country property if converted to tree farms. "That land is not marginally economic for raising sheep and cattle, it's totally uneconomic," Kight says from his nearly 8,900-acre Akitio Station. He's planted about 1,500 acres of forest since carbon trading began and plans almost 2,000 more.

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Japanese Carbon Trading Sees Prices Soar

A pioneering domestic carbon trade in Japan has seen emissions reduction credits change hands for 12,000 yen per tonne, or U$S142, Reuters and Point Carbon report.

Tokyo's mandated emissions trading scheme (ETS) launched in April and obligates 1400 large-emitting factories and commercial businesses to cut emissions by 7 per cent overall over the four years to 2014. The scheme only covers 1 per cent of national emissions but is seen as a forerunner to a possible nationwide ETS down the track.

The Tokyo transaction was for a small parcel of credits over 22 tonnes of emissions reductions from an energy efficiency project operated by Daiwa House Industry and Taisei Rotec, Reuters reports.

The sale price is more than seven times the $19 a tonne prevailing price of allowances in the EU ETS and nine times the $16.70 a tonne for CERs, the carbon offsets generated under the UN CDM scheme.

The Tokyo trade took place via an online marketplace owned by Sojitz Corp and Smart Energy.

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With its new natural gas project in Mongolia, the 360invest group brings you the opportunity to invest in a fast developing industry, in a fast developing economy.

Also, here at the 360 Invest Group, we pride ourselves on isolating and identifying unique investment opportunities throughout the globe. Gearing most of our projects towards the alternative investment market, we provide a rare look to the world of investing with the maxim of minimizing risk and maximising profits. Our team of investment professionals are dedicated to make sure that our clients receive not only great investment advice, but also great business relationships with us.

 

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The 360investgroup is aware of the fact that natural gas will in the not so distant future become a more favourable energy option when compared to others such as coal and petroleum ( althpough dont rule out nuclear). This will be due a number of reasons. First, the other natural resources will be in shorter supply, so production will not be possible. Secondly, though the supply will be reduced, the demand for fuels will not decrease. If anything it will increase. As a result, the price for items for such as petroleum and coal will be higher, while natural gas is likely to still be a cheaper alternative. Though a lot of industries do not use natural gas as a main source of energy, newer technology will make them do so in the future, as they begin to understand that without it they will not be able to survive and run their businesses profitably.

 

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Energy Efficient Retrofits in New York

A jobs programme in New York State is helping residents retrofit their homes to become more energy efficient.  The Green Jobs/Green NY financing programme provides low cost loans so that those who qualify can conserve energy.  This will not only save them money on their monthly utility bills but will also help to decrease overall demand for energy, which will in turn reduce the number of power plants the state needs to build and maintain.

NYSERDA, the state agency in New York for energy research and development, has released participation data for January and February, revealing that those two months reflect record participation in the programme.  In the first month of 2011 alone over 800 homes were retrofitted.

Low cost loans are not the only service provided through the programme.  Homeowners who qualify can also receive energy audits of their home to help them understand their true energy needs and how those needs can be reduced.  Audits are available free or on a low cost basis.

At present the programme serves only single family residences, but plans are underway to open up participation to other types of buildings in the near future, including multifamily dwellings and small commercial establishments.  Not-for-profit institutions will also be allowed to participate in the expanded programme when it gets underway.

Alternative investments in retrofitting technologies can help create jobs as well as preserve the environment through the energy savings realised through programmes such as this one in New York.

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