Select-Global News: Rio de Janeiro to set up Carbon Trading Exchange

The state of Rio de Janeiro will set up Brazil's first carbon exchange on Tuesday that beginning in 2013 will allow businesses to trade credits to comply with mandatory pollution limits Rio plans to introduce in 2012, the state's environment department said on Monday.

Select Global - Carbon Credit Guide

“The World Bank confirms that the Global carbon Market was worth $142bn last year – 13 times its value six years earlier”
Source—The Financial Times September 2011

Select Global –The Durban climate change talks - the agreement explained

An "historic" new climate change deal in Durban has been signed but what does it mean for you?

Select Global - India Run Of River Hydropower Project

Project Description
The Baspa project is a run-of-the-river hydro-electric power plant with an installed capacity of 300 MW. The diversion barrage of the project is located across river Baspa, at Kuppa in Himachal Pradesh.

Select-Global News: Oil may top $150 if regional tensions escalate

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International oil prices may top $150 a barrel on rising tensions in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear programme, which potentially, could send the global economy back into recession, according to experts.

How Are Rare Earth Metals Used?

  Rare earth commodities also known as rare earth metals have many uses in today’s economy and make things much more effective through their application.

Carbon Credits – What Are They And How Are They Used?

Carbon credits are a new way of preventing the pollution of the planet by making businesses and governments more aware of their actions. Carbon credits are used as a way to reward business for reducing their carbon footprint and thus help the planet become more environmentally stable.

Select-Global – Investing in Rare Earth Commodities

Many of the high-tech devices we depend on—cell phones, laptops, and hundreds of others—would not exist without an obscure group of elements known as rare earths.

Select-Global – The History of Commodity Markets

The modern commodity markets have their roots in the trading of agricultural products. While wheat and corn, cattle and pigs, were widely traded using standard instruments in the 19th century in the United States, other basic foodstuffs such as soybeans were only added quite recently in most markets.

European Union’s regulation of airlines

The direction of a legal battle over the European Union’s regulation of airlines’ greenhouse-gas emissions (GHGs), which has great implications for the maritime industry, maybe revealed as soon as next month. The European Court of Justice is expected to deliver its initial findings in a case brought by US airlines against the UK Government and European Commission over the inclusion of international airlines in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) as soon as late September.

Select-Global: Why invest in the Earth?

Select Global have been involved in alternative investments for a number of years, and have thus gained invaluable knowledge and experience in various sectors, including some relatively new investment ideas.