Climate talks have resumed in Bangkok, with several familiar sticking points.  One issue that has overstayed its welcome is the debate over how developed countries should account for carbon stored in and released from their farms, forests, prairies, and bogs.  Current rules let them decide which types of land use they will account for and which they can ignore.  Developing countries say that's not fair, and with good reason

REDD took payments for ecosystem services mainstream this year as everyone formed an opinion on the ability to slow climate change by harnessing carbon markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.   But for all the sound and fury, there was surprising little action on the global stage.  Indeed, the most promising REDD developments took place at the local and regional levels.

Market squares and meeting halls have long provided places for buyers and sellers to swap not only bids, offers, and products, but also ideas. Now Ecosystem Marketplace’s Forest Carbon Portal does the same, with a user-generated community-oriented upgrade that puts control in the hands of participants.