Carbon trading will be high on the agenda at the COP17 talks in Durban despite attracting its share of controversy in recent years.Putting a price on carbon makes heavy emitting industries thriftier with their waste and energy use. It helps compensate low emitters financially and it can help put in place programmes to reduce and remove carbon in the long-term.

 The UNFCCC has released the report (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/INF.2) of a workshop to further the understanding of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by developing countries, underlying assumptions, and support needed for implementation of these actions. The report contains a summary of the workshop presentations and the exchanges of views.

Whether it’s climate science, the dense wordings of international emissions policy or the even denser world of the carbon economy, our A-Z is designed to be a quick go-to guide for the mystifying terms and acronyms that the sector relies on.

Nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner