Nodal Exchange, IncubEx to launch US environmental markets on Nov. 16
Nodal Exchange and IncubEx will begin offering a suite of North American environmental products, including California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs), on Nov. 16 pending regulatory review.
Read MoreMexico announces 2022 start to its emissions trading scheme
Mexico plans to roll out an emissions trading system (ETS) by 2022, one year later than the country’s most recent thinking and after it will complete a three-year pilot programme starting next year, its environment ministry said in a statement.
Read MoreGCAS: California’s Brown pitches broader carbon pricing cooperation, slams Trump US methane policy
California Governor Jerry Brown publicly ridiculed a Trump administration proposal that could ease regulations on methane emissions leaks in the US, while simultaneously calling on the expansion of carbon pricing mechanisms to other areas of the world.
Read MoreCalifornia releases draft tropical forest offset standard as it prepares to revisit contentious REDD issue
California will hold a public meeting on Nov. 15 to consider whether regulators should endorse a tropical forest standard, in a move that would pave the way for the state’s cap-and-trade programme to become the world’s first compliance carbon market to allow REDD credits.
Read MoreCarbon Pulse hires top carbon expert to lead Americas coverage
**FREE READ** – Carbon Pulse has hired one of North America’s top carbon market experts to lead its news coverage and expand its offerings on the continent.
Read MoreMexican ETS simulation wraps up as market “shocks” lower compliance in final round
Compliance in the final round of Mexico’s cap-and-trade simulation dropped as unexpected “shocks” were introduced into the market, according to the final results published this week from the months-long exercise to prepare emitters for the country’s real carbon market.
Read MoreColombia’s ETS planning to take at least 3 years -official
Colombia will spend at least three years studying ways to impose an ETS in the country, a government official told Carbon Pulse on Thursday, dimming prospects of a rapid launch of emissions trading following lawmaker clearance last week.
Read MoreICAO adopts CORSIA aviation offset rulebook, postpones key decisions as China looks to back out
The UN’s aviation agency ICAO adopted its CORSIA rulebook on Wednesday, snubbing several governments’ calls for changes while giving airlines few additional signals on what offsets they can use to comply.
Read MoreJapan picks 17 JCM projects for annual funding
Japan has awarded small grants to 17 projects that aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions and generate carbon credits under its Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).
Read MoreGermany, World Bank gear up for €20m N2O offset auction
The World Bank will host at least one more reverse auction to buy €20 million ($23.4 mln) in carbon credits from N2O abatement projects as part of a German programme to encourage host developing countries to eventually regulate those emissions.
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