The EU carbon market has again run into problems due to the complexity of market rules, and the opportunity that provides for national governments to take short cuts. View the rest of the post here

The CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology have released a new climate 'snapshot' report that media commentators have claimed proves that human activities are causing climate change. A quick perusal of the report reveals that it raises more questions than it answers, and does little to clarify the role of human activities in climate change. It is hard to see the report as anything other than a few simple pages quickly cobbled together by a communications person, and the lack of an author for the document seems to confirm this. View the rest of the post here

Debates about climate change policy have stalled in Australia and the USA, perhaps in part as a result of the growing uncertainty surrounding some of the claims of climate change scientists in the wake of revelations some scientists are less than objective in their conclusions. A number of recently released papers and articles provide a perspective of the debate.  View the rest of the post here

While the debate about greenhouse policy has abated somewhat, the pause has created an opportunity to revisit some of the more basic aspects of climate change knowledge, including the accuracy of methods used to calculate greenhouse emissions or measure atmospheric changes. What seems evident is that (as usual) Governments are happy to implement policy, but reluctant to commit real resources to long-term measurement and monitoring.  View the rest of the post here

Dutch and German agricultural economic researchers have recently published a paper examining the implications of including agriculture in the European Union's ETS. The research highlights three issues that are relevant to Australia. View the rest of the post here

It seems that action to regulate greenhouse emissions in the USA might occur sooner rather than later, despite the lack of progress of two pieces of climate legislation through the US Congress.  View the rest of the post here

Recent discussion about the role of livestock in global atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations has spread to India. A recent Australian Farm Institute Newsletter challenged the 'less meat means less heat' push by highlighting that many of the assumptions made in relation to this issue are incorrect.  View the rest of the post here

"Additionality" and "Enforcability" are two issues associated with the inclusion of agricultural offsets in a mandatory 'Cap and Trade' emission reduction scheme that require careful consideration, according to a new review of the issue published by Professor Ben Gramig of Purdue University in the USA.  View the rest of the post here

A report released by the WWF in the UK has started to highlight the complexities of agricultural greenhouse emissions, and has identified that simply substituting meat and dairy products for processed plant substitutes (such as tofu) is unlikely to actually reduce greenhouse emissions.  View the rest of the post here

Commentary in the media over recent days has highlighted that even the so-called 'experts' are confused about soil carbon. While some are saying that soil carbon revenue for farmers would be greater under the Government's CPRS, the Government itself argues the opposite, even if (and thats a big if) soil carbon was recognised under the CPRS - which the Government has said it will not be!  View the rest of the post here