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Carbon prices tumble 65 percent mongabay.com May 4, 2006 While drop in prices is good news from an emissions standpoint -- Europe is polluting less -- it provides a stark reminder that short-term fluctuations can cause jitters in the emerging market. The UN acted to soothe concerns by assuring that investments in solar, wind and other green energy projects in developing countries will go ahead as planned. According to Reuters, the value of Certified Emission Reduction units (CERs), which allow polluting firms in European countries to fund pollution cuts in developing countries, plunged from 22 euros to less 9 euros over the past couple weeks.
The EU plans to meet its Kyoto commitments through the European Climate Exchange, which it established last year when $6.6 billion in credit contracts were traded. Analysts expect the carbon trading market to grow to a $23 billion marketplace by 2010. Several important conservation initiatives are based on the concept of a market where industrialized countries buy carbon emissions credits from developing nations in exchange for forest protection. One such proposal from the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, a group of 10 tropical countries, is garnering international interest. With reporting from Reuters News index | RSS | Add to MyYahoo! Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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