EKO-ECO

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Date registered: March 2, 2011
URL: http://eko-eco.com/

Latest posts

  1. Coverage of the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference – May 11 — May 9, 2012
  2. Coverage of the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference – May 10 — May 9, 2012
  3. Coverage of the National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference – May 9 — May 9, 2012
  4. DC Durban Debrief: Same Song, Second Verse– or a Whole New Tune? — January 19, 2012
  5. Quick Stop on Durban COP-December 10 — December 10, 2011

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Dec
05

Quick Stop on Durban COP-December 3

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by EKO-ECO

Closed SBSTA talks went late into the night as negotiators reworked the SBSTA language related to safeguards and reference levels after Brazil moved to push such talk back to the next SBSTA meeting. The most recent text, which came out Thursday mornin…

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Dec
02

Quick Stop on Durban COP-December 2

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5 December 2011 | DURBAN |Over the weekend, we saw the creation of two key documents: the SBSTA decision on reference levels and the formulation of that decision as an agenda item for this week’s high-level talks. Several delegates said the text …

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Dec
02

Quick Stop on Durban Cop-December 1

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Negotiators in the AWG-LCA agreed on Thursday to keep their REDD+ debate focused on those issues where agreement can be reached and blended with the text that SBSTA is developing on safeguards and reference levels – a decision that many in the halls de…

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Nov
30

Quick Stop on Durban COP-November 30

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REDD

The SBSTA contact group on methodological guidance met from 10:45am to 4:30pm to discuss guidance on reference levels, safeguards, and MRV, but details are slow to emerge. The afternoon session was open to observers, but conflicted with another…

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Nov
29

Quick Stop on Durban COP-November 29

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The 17th session of the Conference of Parties (COP 17) to the UNFCCC began on Monday in Durban, South Africa. Before the negotiations and side events get into full swing, here is a look at where discussions currently stand for some of the conference’s…

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Nov
16

Navigating the Durban Daze: the What, Where and When for Our Favorite COP 17 Events

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By Christina Mercado

Do you know where your stakeholders are?
If you’re having trouble deciding which COP 17 side events to attend, and are already feeling lost in a frenzy of panels, speakers and workshops – fear not!

To make your life just a litt…

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Aug
19

Cap-and-Trade Beats Slash-and-Shirk Any Day

by EKO-ECO

19 August 2011 | The 2012 US election season is underway, and we all know the basic script. Democrats will try to make the case that the best way to pull our economy out of the mud is to roll back the Bush tax cuts and funnel the added income into job…

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Jul
21

ACR Goes to Europe

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Today, the American Carbon Registry (ACR) and the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) announced that carbon offsets adhering to ACR standard are now recognized for use by ICROA members.

ICROA members – all of them offset retail…

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Jun
24

Stream Exposé

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OK, I admit it. I missed a pretty big article series this Spring about stream restoration and nutrient reduction projects in North Carolina. Following the ‘better late than never’ philosophy, here’s a brief summary of the series. The Raleigh News & Obs…

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Jun
21

A Round-Up of Business and Biodiversity News

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Athletic apparel manufacturer Puma has become the first company to release an environmental profit and loss account. Their accounting tallied the direct ecological impact of its operations at £6.2m, and an additional £74 million environmental cost al…

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