15:33 30Sep09 RTRS-TAKE A LOOK-Politics, economics and markets of climate change

15:33 30Sep09 RTRS-TAKE A LOOK-Politics, economics and markets of climate change
Governments seeking to combat global warming are giving incentives for
low-carbon energy production and penalizing industries that emit greenhouse gas
emissions from fossil fuels.
The credit crisis has spurred support for a "carbon revolution" to create
jobs, but will also curb investment as energy demand and prices fall and
project Finance ebbs.
World leaders met at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 22 for a one-day climate
summit to try to unlock 190-nation negotiations on a new deal to combat global
warming. The deal is due to be finalized in Copenhagen in December to replace
the 1997 Kyoto protocol on fighting climate change.

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POLICY
> U.S. climate control debate heats up in Senate [ID:nN29173838]
> US Senate climate bill seeks airplane emissions cuts [ID:nN29171275]
> McCain assails U.S. Senate Democrats' climate bill [ID:nN29164282]
> Rift at US Chamber of Commerce over climate change [ID:nN29513687]
> US seen unlikely to meet ethanol fuel-content goal [ID:nN29153952]
> Climate change to cost poor states $100 bln/yr-study [ID:nBKK497215]
> Climate change to cause more child hunger: report [ID:nLU49411]
> Climate change cuts world food outlook-IFPRI [ID:nN29152848]
> Typhoon shows need to act on climate -Philippines [ID:nSP511031]
> Indonesia CO2 pledge to help climate talks-greens [ID:nSP495601]
> EU, US eye green goods tax pact in climate fight [ID:nLS138030]
> Britain to host pre-Copenhagen climate talks [ID:nLS356387]
> Italy must double renewable capacity to hit target [ID:nLS490128]
> "Climate illiterate" U.S. risks warming inaction [ID:nLS347084]
> German poll gives mandate to delay nuclear phaseout [ID:nLS304391]
> Italy plans gradual cut for solar incentives [ID:nLS256695]
> Negotiators urged to speed up climate pact talks [ID:nSP429807]
> EU to propose climate action on planes, ships [ID:nLR65411]
> PREVIEW-U.N. hopes climate talks speed toward finish [ID:nSP345404]
> China sees emission trading pilot in next econ plan [ID:nPEK180442]
> EU says G20 leaders may meet again soon on climate [ID:nN25369402]
> China's carbon pledge is no big change -WoodMac [ID:nN25514113]
> G20 fossil fuel subsidy push may aid climate talks [ID:nLP519113]
> China energy chief wants market to set wind tariffs [ID:nPEK148546]
> California sets biggest energy efficiency plan [ID:nN24470232]
> US Senate opts not to challenge EPA climate role [ID:nN24453264]
> BP exec touts natural gas to cut U.S. CO2 emissions [ID:nN24454328]
> Opposition could blow French green energy off target [ID:nLO164118]
> Droughts, melts signal climate change quickens-UN [ID:nN24424898]
> UK non-fossil fuel surge, recession cuts CO2 output [ID:nLO135954]
> China, S.Korea lead in green stimulus investment [ID:nN23415627]
> US groups lower sights for global climate progress [ID:nN23492500]
> South Korea to announce emissions targets this year [ID:nN23410681]
> Africans see positive signals at NY climate summit [ID:nN22366847]
> Storing CO2 in soil should be on UN agenda -Gore [ID:nN22359951]
> Canada envoy sees draft climate treaty achievable [ID:nN22354059]
> Ecuador would protect oil-rich rainforest for cash [ID:nN22357206]
> Japan PM offers more climate aid for poor nations [ID:nT293715]
> Scotland on track to raise green power to 80 pct [ID:nLM696579]
> TEXT-Obama's U.N. speech on climate change [ID:nN22342249]
> U.S. Govt to track greenhouse gases for first time [ID:nN22349951]
> Small island nations urge rich to limit warming [ID:nN18313889]
> US leadership needed on Doha, climate change-EU [ID:nN21320411]
> UN official sees China as new climate leader [ID:nN21311305]
> Norway to consider increasing 2020 CO2 cuts-PM [ID:nLL682862]

WRAPUPS/MAJOR NEWS
> G20 agrees to phase out fossil fuel subsidies [ID:nN25484464]
> US Senate Democrats to unveil climate bill Sept 30 [ID:nN24465551]
> Europe wrangles over carbon emissions quotas [ID:nLO184057]
> EU court ruling adds carbon trade uncertainty [ID:nLN487837]
> China, U.S. try to jumpstart U.N. climate talks [ID:nSP98073]
> China makes landmark pledge to curb CO2 emissions [ID:nN22195458]
> Carbon emissions fall by steepest in 40 years [ID:nLL10685]
> New Zealand's new carbon laws set for safe passage [ID:nSYD537478]
> Australia govt sets Oct deadline for carbon deal [ID:nSP491203]
> India says ready to issue non-binding emissions cut [ID:nDEL381436]
> Global powers face big problems to win climate deal [ID:nLB117828]
> EU pledges billions to break climate talks deadlock [ID:nLA157955]
> Britain to double low carbon power role by 2020 [ID:nLF267321]
> U.S. House passes landmark climate change bill [ID:nN26325128]
> Japan sets 2020 emission target, greens unimpressed [ID:nSP443329]

STOCKS, INVESTMENT
> Petrobras plans CO2 injection in offshore fields [ID:nN29455127]
> Fiat calls EU van C02 plans "risk" to industry [ID:nLU280372]
> Village Green, Microsoft partner on carbon tool [ID:nN29152368]
> Investors eye forest CO2 market, climate pact key [ID:nSP498979]
> Clean tech investments soar worldwide in Q3-report [ID:nN2886325]
> Canada's Boralex eyes green energy buys in Europe [ID:nN28518912]
> Exelon to quit US Chamber of Commerce over climate [ID:nN28382818]
> S.Korea KEPCO to spend 2.8 trln won on green tech [ID:nSEO155116]
> Silicon Valley fund to invest $100 mln in green cos [ID:nN25520477]
> NYMEX Green Exchange's new CEO thinks global [ID:nLP455972]
> Shippers back cap and trade scheme to cut CO2 [ID:nLN523816]
> JPMorgan ups offer for EcoSecurities [ID:nLN461833]
> Italy's Eni backs carbon tax - CEO [ID:nLM354681]

RENEWABLE ENERGY
> U.S. solar stocks knocked by German demand fears [ID:nN25401044]
> Egypt's first solar energy unit to operate in 2010 [ID:nLS285297]
> Canadian biofuel seen rising 76 pct in two years [ID:nN25502475]
> Recession slows U.S. wind power growth rate [ID:nN24319067]
> U.S. grants Iberdrola $251 mln for 3 wind projects [ID:nN22401147]
> Green power line to Los Angeles hits roadblock [ID:nN22401146]
> US awards $528.7 mln loan to Fisker Automotive [ID:nN22363059]
> Canada's wind industry aims high; seeks support [ID:nN22350471]
> German solar group to decide anti-dumping plan soon [ID:nLM229650]
> German solars brace for lower tariffs, independence [ID:nLL54763]

SCIENCE
> Asia-Pacific at risk if climate change ignored - ADB [ID:nBKK291022]
> Two metre sea level rise unstoppable-experts [ID:nLT378746]
> High tech may pinpoint Antarctica sea rise risks [ID:nLO109523]
> 4 degrees warming "likely" without CO2 cuts-study [ID:nLP228193]
> Climate change threatens rare species in Mekong-WWF [ID:nBKK540162]
> Earth needs users' guide to protect it from people [ID:nLN592448]
> Antarctic coastal ice thinning surprises experts [ID:nLN604197]
> Global warming could worsen Australia, India droughts[ID:nT185483]
> Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record [ID:nN17442487]
> Arctic ice grows after near-record summer thaw [ID:nLH530175]
> Former Cold War foes team up to probe warming [ID:nN12398771]

CARBON MARKET
> EU carbon slips as financials sell [EU/CARBON]
> Czechs sell 20 mln CO2 credits to Japan's Mitsui [ID:nLU134796]
> Court ruling could cause "tougher" EU carbon quotas [ID:nLP633493]
> Internet auction sees 333,000 Kyoto offsets sold [ID:nLO204895]
> Carbon fund assets up 25 pct to $16 bln in 2009 [ID:nLO212409]
> Europe Power-Cals fall as carbon takes more knocks [ID:nLO114302]
> China, BlueNext form standard to build CO2 market [ID:nN23389930]
> China exchange to set voluntary carbon framework [ID:nN23397290]
> N.American firms think local for carbon offsets [ID:nLM691939]

ANALYSIS
> S.Korea's polluters invest in green for profit [ID:nSEO334233]
> Long road, little time for U.S. climate bill [ID:nN29401195]
> Promises? Leaders must act to spur climate talks [ID:nN26536042]
> EU to miss 2015 carbon capture goal [ID:nLP101805]
> Good news on environment, but can it last? [ID:nN22367919]
> Hu's carbon commitment marks new era for China [ID:nPEK325868]
> UN climate summit dims hopes for Copenhagen pact [ID:nLN536984]
> Poor nations CO2 curbs strengthen hand in UN talks [ID:nSP54859]
> Carbon firm shows risk, appetite of forest credits [ID:nSP456892]

OPINION
> Rethinking carbon diplomacy: Christopher Swann [ID:nN22353961]
> Carbon capture essential to control CO2: John Kemp [ID:nLL696942]
> Why climate change is dying in Congress: Pethokoukis [ID:nN08337667]

Q+A/SCENARIOS
> China's carbon intensity target [ID:nPEK53654]
> How may EU court ruling impact carbon trade? [ID:nLO236872]
> Is Australia's dust storm linked to climate change? [ID:nSYD488537]
> How do we get from Kyoto to Copenhagen? [ID:nSP503745]
> Possible outcomes of Copenhagen climate talks [ID:nSP468302]
> A primer on climate change at the U.N. and G20 [ID:nN22317666]
> China's Hu to present climate plan to U.N. [ID:nSP475369]
> How will Japan's new govt tackle climate change? [ID:nT104080]

FACTBOXES, POLL, TABLES
> Green investment by S.Korean industry [ID:nSEO357428]
> The path to enact a U.S. climate change bill [ID:nN29454577]
> Key issues on the table at Bangkok climate talks [ID:nSP450470]
> Industrialised nations plan 11-15 percent CO2 cuts [ID:nL8211693]
> EU carbon emissions, price forecasts to 2020 [ID:nLP586792]
> EU emissions permit allocations 2008-2012 [ID:nLN532471]
> Climate negotiating positions of top five emitters [ID:nLP518662]
> Energy policy in the next German government [ID:nLN472365]
> China climate push joins clean-tech ambition [ID:nN22346828]
> Climate change costs, offers to pay [ID:nL4638180]
> Climate talks on the road to UN deal in Copenhagen [ID:nLI190241]
> U.N. summit seeks to end deadlock on CO2 cuts [ID:nLI391060]
> The science spurring talks on a UN climate pact [ID:nLI207927]
> Steps by developing nations to fight climate change [ID:nSP415940]
> Results of UK carbon permit auctions [ID:nL9453573]
> Issuance of Kyoto CER offset credits [ID:nLH595097]
> Kyoto's CDM project pipeline and CER market update [ID:nLF391635]
> China think-tank energy, CO2 scenarios [ID:nPEK122018]
> Investment banks in carbon trading [ID:nLE378747]
> Key U.S. states, issues in climate bill fight [ID:nN14336571]
> Main points of New Zealand's carbon scheme [ID:nWEL486229]
> New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions profile [ID:nWEL472043]
> DIARY - Global Environment [ID:nLF404326]

RELATED TAKE A LOOKS
> Europe wrangles over carbon emissions quotas [ID:nLP523179]
> The road to a Copenhagen U.N. climate deal [ID:nLL660624]
> Australia, New Zealand carbon emissions debates [ID:nCARBONAU]
> Climate policy and carbon trading in India [ID:nSP530053]
> EU climate and energy policy [ID:nLR74821]
> Reuters Global Climate Summit [ID:nLO469973]
> Momentum grows for forest-carbon scheme [ID:nSP448838]
(Page Editor: Jim Marshall +1 312 408 8717)

13:42 30Sep09 RTRS-Czechs sell 20 mln CO2 credits to Japan's Mitsui

13:42 30Sep09 RTRS-Czechs sell 20 mln CO2 credits to Japan's Mitsui
PRAGUE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic has agreed to sell 20 million tonnes of surplus greenhouse gas emissions rights to Japanese firm Mitsui & Co. , and the country is in talks to make further deals, Czech officials said.
The sale is on top of the 40 million tonnes of credits the Czech government agreed to sell to Japan in March in a government-to-government deal.
The Czech environment ministry did not disclose financial details of the deal to sell the so-called Assigned Amount Units (AAUs), which can be used by governments to meet emissions targets under Kyoto.
"At the same time we also negotiate about a sale of AAU units with the parties concerned from other states and private companies," said Jan Dusik, first deputy at the Ministry for Environment, said in a statement on Tuesday.
In July, a Czech government official said the country expected to sell most of its 100 million tonnes of surplus emissions rights this year to European Union governments and private companies.
Critics call AAUs "hot air" on grounds most were generated through restructuring in eastern Europe in the 1990s, when polluting industries in ex-communist countries were shutting anyway, rather than by new investment in clean energy.
CERs, the benchmark for AAUs,

14:47 30Sep09 RTRS-TABLE-Norway, Sweden water reservoirs rise

14:47 30Sep09 RTRS-TABLE-Norway, Sweden water reservoirs rise
OSLO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Water reservoirs for hydropower
generation in Norway and Sweden rose last week, energy
authorities said on Wednesday.
Water levels are key to electricity prices in the Nordic
region which gets half its power from hydroelectric stations.
The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)
provided the following data on Norway's reservoirs. The data for
Swedish reservoirs are from Svensk Energi. Both sets of data are
also posted by Nordic power exchange Nord Pool on its website.
RESERVOIR LEVELS (percent full)
Country Latest Pvs week Year ago Long-term median
Norway 88.6 86.6 82.7 87.6
Sweden 75.6 74.4 70.7 84.6
NOTES: The long-term median level for Norwegian reservoirs
is the level measured during the same week in 1990-2007. For
Sweden, it is the level for the same week in 1950-2004.
- For historical data on Norwegian reservoirs click on
, for Swedish reservoirs on and for
reservoirs across the whole Nordic region on .
(Reporting by Oslo newsroom)
((wojciech.moskwa@reuters.com; +47 22 93 69 62; Reuters
messaging: rm://wojciech.moskwa.reuters.com@reuters.net))

15:00 30Sep09 RTRS-RPT-U.S. climate control debate heats up in Senate

15:00 30Sep09 RTRS-RPT-U.S. climate control debate heats up in Senate
*Senate climate bill seeks 'cap and trade' system
*Target of reducing emissions 83 percent by 2050
*Republicans want more focus on nuclear power

By Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's drive to tackle global warming gets a boost on Wednesday, when Democrats in the U.S. Senate are expected to unveil a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next four decades.
The Senate Democrats' draft legislation, which was circulating on Capitol Hill, embraces major elements of a controversial bill that passed the House of Representatives in June.
Both bills would establish a "cap and trade" system for replacing dirty, polluting fossil fuels with cleaner solar, wind and other alternative energies to power factories and oil refineries and to produce electricity.
Under cap and trade, carbon dioxide emissions would drop and companies would be allowed to sell to each other the pollution permits that would control those emissions.
Unless the draft bill is changed last-minute, Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry have written a measure that aims to reduce smokestack emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050 from 2005 levels.
The short-term goal is slightly more ambitious than the House's 17 percent target.
Either way, the U.S. Congress has been criticized by many countries for advancing legislation that they say would inadequately address the global warming problem, especially with a December deadline looming for an international deal on next steps.
Senate Republicans quickly denounced the Democrats' 800-page bill.
When asked by Reuters if he could support the Democrats' bill Senator John McCain said: "Of course not. Never, never, never."
McCain complained that the Democratic bill merely paid lip-service to the nuclear power industry. Republicans want to encourage the building of new nuclear generating facilities with additional government aid in the climate bill. They argue it is a necessary tool in expanding "clean energy."
Republicans' harsh words could preview a divisive fight over environmental legislation, similar to the bitter struggle now being waged over healthcare reform. Their opposition underscored the uncertainty over the bill's fate this year.
In coming weeks, Boxer's Environment and Public Works Committee will have to plug in key details still unresolved in their draft bill.
Those include identifying which industry sectors are to get a fixed number of free government permits to emit declining amounts of carbon dioxide in coming years, which was the subject of intense lobbying during the House debate of its bill.
If the Senate cannot manage to pass a climate bill this year, Democrats would likely take up the debate again in 2010.
(Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
((richard.cowan@thomsonreuters.com; 202-898-8391; Reuters Messaging; richard.cowan.reuters.com@reuters.net))

Companiile aeriene cer Bruxelles-ului să modifice plafonul emisiilor de CO2 calculat pentru 2012

Asociaţia de transport aerian internaţional (IATA) contestă plafonul de emisii de CO2 calculat de Comisia Europeană (CE), ce ar trebui să fie aplicat sectorului din 2012, ca urmare a sumei mari pe care firmele aeriene ar trebui să o dea anual ca să cumpere cotele aferente, Les Echos. Foto (1)
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Sectorul aerian, responsabil pentru 2-3% din emisiile globale de gaze cu efect de seră, nu este de acord cu metoda de calcul a Executivului european, care i-ar afecta foarte mult afacerile în fiecare an.

Numai în 2012 companiile aeriene ar trebui să achite circa 1 miliard euro pentru achiziţionarea cotelor, în cadrul sistemului de tranzacţionare a emisiilor de CO2, pentru a cumpăra de pe piaţă 77 milioane tone de CO2, sub formă de cote, potrivit unui studiu efectuat de compania de consultanţă Point Carbon, citat de Les Echos.

Toate companiile aeriene, europene sau nu, care au zboruri regulate în Uniunea Europeană, vor trebui să respecte un plafon ce corespunde în 2012 cu 97% din media emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră din perioada 2004-2006, care va trebui să coboare la 95% în 2013, potrivit CE. În faţa avalanşei de proteste, Bruxelles-ul care ar fi urmat să anunţe plafonul emisiilor (reprezentând media acestora) la începutul lunii august, a amânat publicarea cifrelor pentru toamnă.

Potrivit unor calcule iniţiale, media ar ajunge la 216 milioane tone de CO2 în intervalul 2004-2006 pentru ansamblul sectorului, ceea ce ar duce la un plafon de 210 milioane emisii pentru 2012.

Companiile cel mai puternic afectate de decizia Bruxelles-ului ar urma să fie Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, British Airways, Ryanair, Qantas, Continental Airlines, EasyJet, Thai Airways, American Airlines şi Air France-KLM. Numai de la acestea sumele de plătit s-ar ridica la 351,6 milioane euro, la un cost de 14,40 euro pe tona de CO2 emisă.

Servicios en el comercio de derechos de emisión de CO2 de la UE para empresas en España

Para las empresas sujetas al comercio de emisiones, así como para empresas del sector energético con sus centrales térmicas, eléctricas así como plantas con dispositivos de combustión y producción de vapor e industrias del vidrio, papel, cemento y cerámicas ofrecemos nuestros servicios de asesoría y comerciales.
Los principales son:

•Elaboración de solicitud de autorización de emisión de gases y preparación estratégica para el período de asignación 2013-2017
•Elaboración y control de sistemas de seguimiento según las nuevas pautas comunitarias MRG2007 para el segundo período de asignación.
•Asesoría técnica y empresarial para la optimización de una planta mediante ahorro de CO2 y derechos de emisión
•Elaboración de informes anuales para el RENADE
•Gestión y administración de los registros de cuentas en el RENADE, incluida la realización de devoluciones y transmisiones
•Traspaso de certificados CER y EUA a fin de ponerlos en venta en bolsa, parquets financieros o a través de otros agentes del mercado
•Estructuración, administración y maximización del beneficio de los certificados de comercio de emisiones de empresas mediante remuneración con prima fija o solo en caso de éxito (no wins no fee)
•Realización de compra y venta de certificados de emisión EUA2 y CER en las bolsas de energía EXAA, APX y EEX, así como en comercio bilateral
•Asesoría en la compra o venta de certificados de emisión EUA2 y CER en el mercado de futuros (contrato ahora, transacción después)
•Asesoría en permutas de EUA2 por certificados CER, minimizando riesgos mediante la eliminación de los provenientes de la otra parte contratante y optimización del pago compensatorio
•Seminarios e Inhouse-Workshops sobre balances y fiscalidad del comercio de emisiones
•Asesoría para implementar un Management de riesgo en el comercio de emisiones
•Concepción y desarrollo de sistemas de garantía de calidad
•Realización de servicios de asesoría en el comercio de emisiones en el sector de las empresas de tecnología de la información

Certyfikaty CO2 w Polsce na kontach od 02.04.2009!

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Jezeli przyjzec siê dokladniej liczbie 874 operatorów instalacji w Polsce, to uwidacznia siê fakt iz:

•221 instalacji ma niedobór certyfikatów za rok 2008 (tzn. ze brakuje certyfikatów, które powinny byc dokupione)
•176 instalacji nie zdazylo zlozyc dpowiednich raportów dotyczacych zuzycia na rok 2008 (tzn. ze w tym przypadku grozi kara w wysokosci 100,00 € za kazda tonê)
•477 instalacji ma za rok 2008 nadwyzkê certyfikatów (tzn. ze nadmiar certyfikatów moze byc natychmiast sprzedany na gieldzie)


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