Ecometrica presenting at Environmental Finance Conference
Ecometrica's lead remote sensing specialist, [...]
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04, 2011
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02, 2011
Carbon Reporting in Directors’ Reports
This paper sets out how greenhouse gas emissions can be included in company annual reports, and how the associated financial liablilities can be shown in a company’s balance sheet.
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01, 2011
BioCarbon Tracker Featured in Sunday Times Supplement
BioCarbon Tracker, the advanced ecosystem mapping platform for identifying global vegetation at risk from land use change, has been featured on a full-page article in the Sunday Times Supplement.
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12, 2010
California Approves the First U.S. Cap and Trade Scheme
Late yesterday evening, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted nine to one in favour of adopting a statewide cap and trade program, mandated under AB32, known as the California Global Warming Solutions Act.
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12, 2010
Mapping of Agricultural Expansion for the Child Future Africa Orphanage Farm
We undertook pro bono work for the Child Future Africa Foundation to map recent agricultural expansion on their Mount Darwin Orpharm, which provides a family home combined with agricultural activity to a number of HIV/Aids orphans.
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11, 2010
Ecometrica Selected by the CDP as Carbon Calculation Partner
Ecometrica has been named as a carbon calculation partner by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent not-for-profit organisation holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.
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11, 2010
Ecometrica Gain Carbon Disclosure Project Accreditation
Ecometrica is delighted to announce that it has been accredited under the Carbon Disclosure Project scheme as carbon calculation partners.
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11, 2010
Greenergy Launch BioCarbon Tracker
Greenergy used Ecometrica's expertise in land use and remote sensing, combined with our advanced web mapping technology to deliver BioCarbon Tracker.
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09, 2010
CDP Releases 2010 Reports for Global 500 and S&P 500
On September 20, the opening day of Climate Week NY°C, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) released the Global 500 and S&P 500 reports for 2010. These reports, summaries and analyses of the responses of some of the world’s largest companies, demonstrate that an unprecedented number of companies are measuring and disclosing information related to climate change, despite economic and legislative uncertainty.
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09, 2010
Climate Change Controversy in California: Effects of Prop 23 on AB 32 and Arguments in Support of AB 32 (Part II of II)
Several weeks ago, I posted a detailed overview of AB32 and Proposition 23 in anticipation of the approaching California Gubernatorial Election. With Election Day itself – November 2, 2010 – now just one day away, I am posting again with the hope of raising some last-minute awareness and increasing knowledge on one of the most controversial ballot propositions of the 2010 US gubernatorial elections: Proposition 23.
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09, 2010
UK’s Adaptation Sub-Committee Publishes it’s First National Assessment
The first report of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change was published today, September 16, 2010. The report, entitled "How well prepared is the UK for climate change?", is the first national assessment of country-wide preparedness and progress on adaptation to climate change.
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09, 2010
Climate Change Controversy in California: A Summary of California Climate Bill AB 32 and Ballot Proposition 23 (Part I of II)
Tensions are steadily mounting in advance of California’s November 2010 general election as the state’s landmark climate bill, the Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB 32, faces possible suspension by the California Jobs Initiative. This posting will be done in two sections. In this post, I have done up a brief background of relevant emissions data and California legislation preceding AB 32 and Prop 23, as well as a summary of the two bills. The second post focuses on the direct and indirect effects of Proposition 23 on AB 32 if the former were to be passed, and my arguments in favour of AB 32.
