Organisers re-frame Carbon Expo event to lean towards climate finance
The lead organisers of carbon market conference Carbon Expo have rebranded the event as Innovate4Climate and are suggesting a more featured role for climate finance when it returns next May.
Read MoreCDM board eyes batch of recent climate deals in hunt for new demand sources
The CDM Executive Board at its latest meeting continued to hunt for potential sources of future demand, eyeing the recent aviation, shipping and HFC deals as well as a potential increase in voluntary cancellations of CDM offsets.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: The ripple effect of California cap-and-trade
The Climate Trust is one of the oldest carbon market actors in the country, and has been working in this space for almost two decades. The land-based project types that we finance today can take several years to establish and begin delivering credits. Because of this lengthy commitment for project partners, one of the most frequently asked questions by our counterparties is, what will the carbon market look like in ten years? Of course, the honest answer is that we don’t know. We do however have a very bullish outlook on carbon.
Read MoreSouth Pole adds three staff to bolster low-carbon, sustainability businesses
Project developer and carbon credit vendor South Pole Group has hired three new people to bolster its renewables and sustainability divisions.
Read MoreWorld Bank sets date for third PAF auction
The World Bank will hold the third auction under its Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) on Jan. 10, 2017, it announced Wednesday.
Read MoreIFC issues $152M REDD-linked bond
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued a new type of bond listed on the London Stock Exchange that will buy REDD credits from a project in Kenya.
Read MoreIMO set to take until 2023 to fix emission goal for shipping
The IMO has agreed to ready by 2018 an initial strategy to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping, but this will not be finalised until 2023 to allow the industry time to collect fuel data.
Read MoreInvestor Blackrock urges governments to build framework for higher CO2 prices -FT
Blackrock, the world’s largest fund house, is calling on governments to co-ordinate to provide higher and consistent carbon pricing, adding weight to similar calls by investors.
Read MoreGlobal forest carbon finance increased 26% in 2015, report finds
Global funding for efforts to store carbon in forests rose 26% to $880 million in 2015, but that amount would have shrunk if not for the Australian government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
Read MoreIn search of growth, voluntary carbon market tilts at more transparency
Voluntary carbon market participants are mulling a shift towards more open pricing models to confront the limited appeal of the complex deal-making on which the sector currently relies.
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