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10 February 2012
                       
 
 
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24 Jan 2012
 
 
SA urged to act before EU carbon project window closes in Dec
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
Climate finance practitioners and regulators have urged South African developers of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to finalise their applications for registration of such projects with...
 
 
09 Dec 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 09, 2011
PODCAST
Support grew yesterday for an EU plan to agree to a global climate change pact with binding targets by 2015, after poor nations vulnerable to climate change forged alliances with developed...
 
 
07 Dec 2011
 
World cannot accept ‘no’ for an answer in Durban – UN chief
CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
The business community has an important part to play in the fight against climate change, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon said at a press briefing on Tuesday evening. He supported...
 
 
28 Nov 2011
 
Angola calls for common African position at COP 17
CLIMATE MEETING
Angolan Vice-President Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos called for a common African position at the opening plenary of the global climate change talks, COP 17, in Durban on Monday. “It is...
 
 
25 Nov 2011
 
Thinking Green
REAL ECONOMY: GREEN ACCORD
As maddening as it may be for those who believe the current emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions is misplaced (particularly in the context of South Africa’s massive poverty, unemployment and...
 
 
22 Nov 2011
 
SA carbon tax could have growth, jobs co-benefits – World Bank
CARBON TAX
The introduction of a “modest” carbon tax in South Africa would have relatively low adjustment costs while raising revenue that could be deployed to cut other growth- and job-inhibiting taxes,...
 
 
18 Nov 2011
 
Mpumalanga commits to climate negotiations
Polity Focus
South Africa’s seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) discussion paper will acknowledge Mpumalanga’s vulnerability to climate change including the possible impact on the province’s...
 
 
04 Nov 2011
 
More consultation promised as final touches are put to new carbon tax paper
CARBON TAX
The National Treasury will release a revised carbon tax discussion paper in early December, deputy director-general of economic policy and international financial relations Ismail Momoniat has...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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