The UN's environment chief said Tuesday he is optimistic that the climate change talks beginning in Copenhagen next week will reach a deal setting firm targets to cut carbon emissions. Recent offers by the United States and China appear modest compared with European Union proposals and scientists' demands, but probably represent only first offers, said Achim Steiner, director of the UN Environment Program. "This is a dramatic negotiation process in its final... Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama will attend a global climate summit in Copenhagen next month, where he will lay out specific targets for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. Read More

ECO2 Forests is pleased to announce that tree propagation is on track to finish planting 25,000 Kiri Trees by the end of November, 50,000 in December and an additional 75,000 in January 2010. Read More

Global warming gases are building in the atmosphere at record levels from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios. Read More

ECO2 Forests is continuing their expansion with the opening of their office in San Diego. Read More

ECO2 Forests has acquired a 20,000 acre land parcel in the South Pacific country of Vanuatu for their first major reforestation project. Read More

ECO2 Forests Inc. has announced a five-year contract with Empress Trees to supply Kiri Tree nursery stock for planting in its Global Forestry Plan projects for the next five years. Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - The Voluntary Carbon Standard registry system is now able to transfer carbon emission offsets across different registries, the Voluntary Carbon Standard Association said on Monday. The VCS multiple registry was launched in March but the transfer process was delayed due to technical reasons. Carbon offsetting is a way for companies or individuals to voluntarily compensate for unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions by funding cuts in carbon dioxide elsewhere. ... Read More

ECO2 Forests has commenced tree propagation at their newly acquired Research and Development Center (RDC) in SE Queensland, Australia. Read More

At a recent biomass conference in San Francisco, one institutional investor with capital exposure to carbon transactions lamented the “crowds of unemployed bankers” roaming around looking to create carbon “deals” and launch funds based on credits that have a tenuous value. “Even the people trading carbon since it’s been around don’t know what they’re doing,” he said. “It’s a lot of risk to take in.” ... Read More