COP-22: Nations get two years to firm up Paris Agreement rulebook
UN climate negotiations ended in Marrakech in the early hours of Saturday morning with agreement on setting a two-year process to write the rulebook underpinning the Paris Agreement.
Read MoreUN climate talks get late jolt as nearly 50 poor nations raise the stakes
Nearly 50 of the poorest nations made a joint pledge on Friday to update their national climate plans before 2020 and aim for 100% renewables by 2050, putting pressure on major economies to ratchet up their Paris Agreement contributions at the earliest opportunity.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Hundreds of US companies urge climate action as John Kerry, others calls for more “business diplomacy”
Hours after world leaders recommitted themselves to the Paris Climate Agreement at the opening of the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Conference here, Jonathan Pershing emerged from his temporary office at the US pavilion to a gaggle of businessmen and NGO representatives.
Read MoreFiji, Poland tapped as next COP hosts
Fiji will chair next year’s UN climate summit in the German city of Bonn while Poland has proposed to once again host the talks in 2018, sources told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreEU and China plan meeting to forge closer carbon market ties worldwide
The EU and China will convene a meeting of carbon market nations in the first half of 2018 with the aim of advancing work on linking emissions trading systems.
Read MoreNew Zealand in search of partners as nation prepares to splurge on carbon credits
New Zealand could meet as much as 80% of its Paris Agreement obligations through the international carbon market, and Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett is at UN talks in Marrakech to line up nations with which to link or trade, according to a government document.
Read MoreEconomists Stiglitz, Stern to chair high-level carbon pricing commission
Renowned economists Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern will chair a new high-level commission tasked with examining how to use carbon pricing to meet the emissions reduction pledges under the Paris Agreement and identifying the social and economic benefits of such an approach.
Read More“Logical” for EU to extend suspension of extra-European flights from ETS -EU official
It would be “logical” for the EU to extend its suspension of extra-European aviation emissions from regulation under its carbon market for several years, at least until ICAO’s global scheme is able to be evaluated, the EU’s top climate official said on Wednesday.
Read MoreGermany widens work on CDM’s future as UN talks hold it in limbo
Germany has commissioned independent experts to help unblock global talks on how the CDM could port into the Paris Agreement, as UN negotiations remain bogged down on the issue.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Switzerland, Canadian provinces in high-level carbon market linking talks
Switzerland, Quebec and Ontario have opened high-level talks over linking their carbon markets, several well-placed sources told Carbon Pulse, in what could develop into a bridge between North America and Europe’s emissions trading schemes.
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