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South Africa's parliament approves long-awaited carbon tax bill
South Africa’s parliament on Tuesday approved the country’s long-awaited carbon tax bill, clearing a key hurdle in keeping the measure on track to enter into force this spring. Read MoreTop
WCI current vintage carbon auction expected to sell out near floor
California-Quebec’s upcoming current vintage auction will sell out within a few cents of the floor price, while the future vintage auction will fail to fully subscribe due to limited interest, traders polled by Carbon Pulse said. Read MoreTop
Net gain: EEX enhances open interest reporting for EU carbon trades
EEX is enhancing the way it reports open interest figures for its EU emissions derivatives markets, the exchange told Carbon Pulse on Tuesday, after some of its members claimed its existing practices yielded misleading data. Read MoreTop
Norway set to make first payment to Indonesia for halting deforestation
Norway is ready to make its first payment to Indonesia under the two nations’ 2010 agreement to halt deforestation, after the South East Asian nation reported a drop in greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in 2017. Read MoreTop
Over-achieving Tokyo ETS knocks another 0.8% off annual CO2 emissions
Tokyo ETS emitters shaved another 100,000 tonnes off their annual CO2 output in FY2017, the metropolitan government announced Tuesday, in a programme where almost 80% of the participants have already met their 2019 targets. Read MoreTop
Top NZ carbon market expert leaves to take up US role
One of New Zealand’s top emissions trading experts and a member of the government’s interim Climate Change Commission is leaving to take up a position in New York. Read MoreTop
Hartree Partners parts ways with head of carbon advisory
Trading firm Hartree Partners has parted ways with its head of carbon advisory, Carbon Pulse has learned. Read MoreTop
ANALYSIS: Taking a risky route, UK airline Flybmi crashes into EU ETS Brexit ‘shield’
UK airline Flybmi collapsed over the weekend, blaming in part higher EU ETS costs, though it appears that the bloc's Brexit-linked carbon market safeguards contributed to its ultimate death knell amid the carrier's risky practices and despite a slew of warnings. Read MoreTop
CCS projects under California’s LCFS offer significant potential, but still a few years off -experts
Projects aiming to use a new CCS protocol under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) offer great potential, though are not likely to generate credits until the middle of the next decade, experts told Carbon Pulse. Read MoreTop
