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 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 MoreRGGI states mull supply-curbing reserve as part of latest reform options
RGGI states are considering imposing a supply-curbing reserve after 2020 among a slew of reform options in the market’s 2016 programme review.
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 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 MoreOntario says on track to join WCI in first half of 2018
Ontario is on track to link its cap-and-trade scheme with the WCI programme in early 2018, the province’s environment minister told Carbon Pulse.
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.
Read MoreUS-based Navigant acquires energy and climate consultants Ecofys
US-based specialised expert services firm Navigant have acquired European energy and environmental consultancy Ecofys, the companies quietly announced last week.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Investors see rockier road to low-carbon economy under Trump, but no dead end
Nearly one week after the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, pension fund managers like Pete Grannis of New York state and Gerald Cartigny of Dutch fund manager MN said they have no plans to re-load their portfolios with high-carbon fossil fuels – because the numbers still don’t make sense. “We […]
Read MoreAlberta environment minister sees carbon tax increases from 2021 to align with federal rules
Alberta expects to raise its provincial carbon tax rate from 2021 in order to align with the federal government’s nationwide carbon price targets, the province’s environment ministry told Carbon Pulse.
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