An article in the Sydney Morning Herald has reported claims from ecology experts that link global warming to public health. Changes to the delicate balance of climates around the world, experts say, could spawn a rise in “diseases transmitted by insects and those borne by water supplies”.
Aside from the potential spread of diseases, health is [...]

The Brazilian carbon market is getting a $1m investment from Japan in a partnership with a Brazilian Research and Project Financing group-FINEP, according to exchange-handbook.com.
The investment will finance “a series of studies about the structuring and implementation of the carbon market”.
“According to estimates of the World Bank, Brazil has a potential to conquer approximately 10% [...]

In a hope to cash in on the global carbon market, one of the first carbon reduction initiatives in Africa is being launched in South Africa by their Central Energy Fund (CEF), encouraging investment to identify and develop carbon projects in order to cut emissions, according to Reuters.
“The CEF has a CDM [clean development mechanism] [...]

German Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel said that part of the revenue generated from the sale of carbon credits to industries in Germany, around 120m euros per year, will be invested in the fight against global warming in developing nations, according to an article in Reuters.
” “If we don’t make funds for adaptation and technology available, [...]

The Bush administration is working towards a new goal for helping developing nations to reduce their carbon emissions: a US plan to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 is hoping to include some of the world’s largest emitters in a scheme forcing them to try to reduce emissions as far as possible in exchange for [...]