Research calls for a major shake-up of carbon markets

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http://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2011/November/carbonmarkets11

Research calls for a major shake-up of carbon markets

A panel of experts will meet ahead of the Durban climate summit to discuss a new report from the University of East Anglia and University of Sussex which calls for an overhaul of how markets in carbon emissions are governed.

Environmental, economic and development experts will debate whether the commitment to carbon markets is the right approach to tackle climate change at the public event ‘Carbon Markets for the Poor – A Contradiction in Terms?’ on November 15 at UEA London.

The event will launch a new research briefing paper which calls for a major shake-up of the way the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is governed - to promote transparency and accountability, create channels for greater public input, and ultimately ensure the benefits of sustainable development are passed to poor communities.

The paper, entitled ‘http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/gcd/PolicyBriefing003">Governing Clean Development: what have we learnt?’ is the third in a series published as part of the Governance of Clean Development project at UEA.

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