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performed better than the T&P-model and explained 69 [percent], 89 [percent], and 47 [percent] of the interannual and intersite variability of R with a mean absolute error of 0.11, 0.18, and 0.28 kg C m−2 yr−1 for croplands, grasslands and forests, respectively. Overall, the modeling efficiency of the T&P&C-model was nearly 60 [percent] across ecosystems. Globally, the mean turnover time of topsoil carbon (SOC/R ) was highly comparable among croplands, grasslands and forests, equivalent to 6.1-6.3 years. Therefore, better estimates of global annual soil respiration would be obtained with the new model driven by climate and soil properties together. [The authors] expect significant improvements of global annual soil respiration predictions given that measurements of soil respiration coupling with soil properties and site productivities are widely taken across ecosystems over the world.” Shutao Chen, Yao Huang, Jianwen Zou, Qirong Shen, Zhenghua Hu, Yanmei Qin, Haishan Chen, and Genxing Pan, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Available online March 1, 2010, doi:10.1016/j. agrformet.2010.02.004, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/ B6V8W-4YH4PPX-1/2/a7aaf504e5c1509a375158cbf460eac9. (Subscription may be required.) tradIng RGGI News Release, “RGGI CO2 Auctions Yield Millions for Investment in Clean Energy, Job Creation.” On March 10, the 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) held the first quarterly auction of CO2 allowances in 2010. All of the 40,612,408 CO2 allowances for the first three-year control period (2009-2011) offered in the auction sold at a price of $2.07; in a parallel offering, 2,091,000 of the 2,137,992 CO2 allowances for the second control period sold at a price of $1.86. In total, Auction 7 yielded $87,956,944.56 for investment in the clean energy economy. Proceeds from all of the auctions held to date now total more than $582.3 million; states invest the proceeds to improve energy efficiency, accelerate the deployment of renewable energy technologies, and invest in job training. To learn more about how each state invests RGGI auction proceeds, visit: http://www.rggi.org/states/program_investments. For more information about RGGI Auction 7, click: http://www.rggi.org/co2auctions/market_monitor. March 12, 2010, http://www.rggi.org/docs/ Auction_7_Release_MM_Report_2010_03_12.pdf. “The analysis of country-to-country CDM permit trading using the gravity model in international trade.” The following is the Abstract of this article: “The fairness and effectiveness of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in reducing [GHG] emissions and promoting economic development is a matter of substantial concern for the international community as it works towards another GHG reduction agreement in Copenhagen. Among other reasons, the CDM has been criticized as favoring some countries and disfavoring others, resulting in an imbalance in the distribution of development projects, thus undermining one of the original purposes of this institutional arrangement. In this paper, CDM projects were evaluated using econometric models based on international trade theory. Although the CDM suffers from imbalances as have been noted elsewhere, the primary determinant of CDM projects is the total GHG emissions from host and credit countries. GHG emissions in each were positively and consistently related to the CDM projects. Project size and the extent of a host country’s infrastructure (such as road, rail lines, airports, electricity supply, telephone and internet connections) were each important determinants. Finally, results are discussed in the context of policy-based action that might limit or otherwise affect CDM implementation after the Copenhagen meeting.” Haifeng Wang and Jeremy Firestone, Energy for Sustainable Development, Available online January 27, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.esd.2009.12.003, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B94T4-4Y835C4-1/2/43 a3d8561317eb308424cf429a31574b. (Subscription may be required.) Carbon Market Update, March 10, 2010 CCX-CFI 2010 ($/tCO2) $0.10 (Vintage 2010) EU ETS-EUA DEC 2010 ($/tCO2) $18.10 (Converted from € to US$)