Americas > Global CO2 trade volume down 4% in 2016, value plummets 31% -analysts

Global CO2 trade volume down 4% in 2016, value plummets 31% -analysts

Published 19:48 on January 11, 2017  /  Last updated at 14:47 on June 21, 2017  / Ben Garside /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, New Zealand, South Korea, US

Global traded carbon volumes dipped 4% in 2016 to 6.0 billion tonnes of CO2e while the overall value of the markets fell 31% to €34 billion ($35.8 billion) as prices plunged in the large European market, Thomson Reuters Commodities said in its annual market review.
Global traded carbon volumes dipped 4% in 2016 to 6.0 billion tonnes of CO2e while the overall value of the markets fell 31% to €34 billion ($35.8 billion) as prices plunged in the large European market, Thomson Reuters Commodities said in its annual market review.


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