9 January 2008
The Magazine of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers published an interview with Adriaan Korthuis, Director of Climate Focus, on 9 January 2008 addressing the state of the Climate Change debate, the current carbon market and the need of poor countries to receive finance to combat climate change.
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The Katoomba’s Group Ecosystem Marketplace published an article on 2 January 2008 on conversations about REDD issues and outcomes from Bali. The article mentions the Carbon Stock Approach promoted by Climate Focus. This approach is based on the idea that a baseline-and-credit system is not practical and rather a cap-and-trade system that operates by giving carbon stock units (CSUs) to participating countries based on the amount of carbon in their forests during a base year is more realistic. Countries could sell CSUs based on how much forest they put under protection.
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Snake Oil for the Mind: National Baselines for Reducing Deforestation 
Protecting forests to mitigate global climate change 
Key technical issues relevant to CDM Forestry Projects Amsterdam Washington DC Copyright © 2001-2012 Climate Focus B.V.
