The emissions trading program, called the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), began its operation in December 2003 and is one part of the Kyoto protocol. Under the protocol, “Annex 1 countries” ...

The 100 millionth certified emission reduction (CER) credit under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism has been issued, marking an important environmental, development and carbon market ...

The Kyoto protocol triggered a surge in new patent applications in the clean energy sector, Benoît Battistelli, president of the European Patent Office (EPO), told EURACTIV in an interview. Benoît ...

A year after the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, which involves 166 countries and commits 36 industrialised nations to binding CO 2 emission cuts of 5.2% by 2012, global emissions are rising ...

The collapse of carbon credit prices and the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol could hurt efforts to promote cleaner growth in the developing world As climate change delegates meet in Doha for the ...

BERLIN: The clean development mechanism (CDM), the Kyoto Protocol instrument that allows industries in rich countries to earn emission-reduction credits by financing environment-friendly projects in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Funding for new projects to supply carbon offsets under the present cycle of the Kyoto Protocol will dry up over the next two years, underlining uncertainty about the pact's future, ...

A loophole in an important part of the Kyoto Protocol has cost nearly $6 billion, suggests new research. The loophole will now be closed, say officials. The problem relates to the Clean ...