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November 2009
Science Magazine: Bridging the Montreal-Kyoto Gap"
A peer-reviewed Policy Forum article coauthored by Alex Rau, Kristian Bruning, and Jeff Cohen of EOS Climate and published in Science magazine calls for integrating ozone depleting substances (ODS) into international carbon markets and making ODS-destruction an eligible offset project type
June 2009
EOS Climate Profiled in Trading Carbon
Climate Wedge-backed company EOS Climate profiled in Point Carbon's Trading Carbon magazine on its scalable new platform for recovering and destroying ozone depleting substances by leveraging the carbon markets.
March 2009
24 Becomes First-Ever Carbon Neutral Television Production
Fox's 24 television show became the first carbon neutral television production this season. Through greener production practices, the show was able to reduce its season 7 carbon footprint by 43%. Climate Wedge and partner Cheyne Capital provided VCUs certified against the Voluntary Carbon Standard to offset the remaining, unavoidable emissions. See the comprehensive GHG methodology and assessment by Clear Carbon Consulting.
September 2008
Harvard Business Review: Start Thinking About Carbon Assets
A short primer the process and economics of creating carbon assets in the Harvard Business Review. This article is an adapted and shortened version of a longer article below and published in CFO.com.
July 2008
CFO.com: "Unlocking the Latent Value of Operations Improvements and Clean Technology Projects via International Carbon Markets"
A joint white paper released by Climate Wedge Ltd, the British-Consulate General, Houston, and UK Trade and Investment in CFO.com to brief US companies on opportunities to monetize emissions reductions and operational efficiency improvements via international and emerging domestic carbon markets.
March 2008
Carbon Finance: "Beyond the Kyoto Six"
An article by Kristian Brüning and Jeff Cohen of the US EPA in Carbon Finance on the potential of creating carbon reductions from the destruction of ozone depleting substances, vast stocks of which exist beyond the scope of the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols.
September 2007
SF Chronicle OPED: "Washington Needs to Join Climate Effort"
An OPED in the San Francisco Chronicle by Alex Rau and Joe Nation, former California Assemblyman and principle co-author of California's AB32 Global Warming Solutions Act, calling for a US federal registry on greenhouse gas emissions and supporting a bill sponsored in Congress by Senator Amy Klobuchar.
January 2007
"Linking carbon markets through project mechanisms"
An article on the need for common project protocols and standards in order to link regional carbon markets through project mechanisms, by Alex Rau in Pointcarbon's Carbon Markets North America.
December 2006
"Scaling the Voluntary Carbon Market"
Some thoughts from Climate Wedge on the challenges ahead for scaling voluntary carbon markets in a new book, Voluntary Carbon Markets, by The Ecosystem Marketplace.
December 2006
BSR: "A Business Brief on the Voluntary Carbon Market"
A business brief outlining the best-practices in the voluntary carbon market and carbon offsetting by Business for Social Responsibility. The brief provides valuable guidance for companies and institutions considering engaging the voluntary carbon markets as part of an integrated carbon management strategy.
November 2006
"Greenhouse Gas Market 2006: Voluntary Carbon Markets."
An article by Kristian Brüning on the current structure and trends in the voluntary carbon markets in IETA's annual survey of the carbon markets.
June 2006
"Bank of New York spawns voluntary CO2 registry." Reuters
Reuters report of the launch of The Bank of New York VCU Registry, which provides custodial and registry tracking services for the voluntary carbon market.
March 2006
Voluntary Carbon Standard launched.
The Voluntary Carbon Standard, written and developed by Climate Wedge Ltd, is officially launched by the International Emissions Trading Association, the Climate Group, and the World Economic Forum.
January 2006
"Carbon credit trading fund in business." The Australian.
Climate Wedge Ltd profiled in the January 13, 2006 issue of The Australian.
November/December 2005
Part 1 of a CW article in Carbon Finance.
Part 2 of a CW article in Carbon Finance.
2-part article addressing why a global voluntary market for carbon credits will be necessary to achieve the emission reductions needed to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (part 1), and the key components and standards for the emerging voluntary carbon offset market (part 2).
February 2005
CW article on managing the economics of carbon published in the McKinsey Quarterly.
An article coauthored by the Climate Wedge team on how executives should respond to the changing regulatory and competitive environment due to impending carbon constraints has been published in the McKinsey Quarterly.

 

 

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