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The system of trading carbon emissions at the heart of the ambitious low-carbon plan announced by the government last week is seriously flawed and close to becoming irrelevant, according to researchers behind a new analysis.

So-called “hot air” carbon credits – those which do not result in any actual emissions cuts – could be so numerous that companies covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme would not have to make any cuts to their own emissions until 2015, says the report from climate campaign group, Sandbag. The hot air permits result from the over-allocation of emissions allowances and from those going unused as the recession cuts economic activity.

More here http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/20/carbon-emissions-trading-system-sandbag

THREE of Australia’s biggest non-government organisations are hosting competing visits by Pacific Islanders to urge Kevin Rudd to do more to combat climate change – and especially rising sea levels.

The delegations’ visits ahead of next week’s Pacific Islands Forum summit in Cairns, which the Prime Minister will host, come as Australian experts warn that although climate change does appear to be a factor in changes in sea levels, there are also many other reasons.

more http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25855505-16953,00.html

Baby steps: US and China sign memorandum for future cooperation on climate change http://bit.ly/AklAz

Two Polar Bears muse on the Causes of Global Warming : )http://bit.ly/vqmCR