INTERVIEW: Asia’s emerging compliance markets should focus less on perfect design, more on getting started

Published 09:09 on May 22, 2026 / Last updated at 09:09 on May 22, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), EMEA (Europe), Insights (Interviews), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Emerging emissions trading systems (ETSs) in Asia should not be judged too harshly if they struggle with low prices, weak liquidity, or technical glitches in their early years, according to an expert, who argued that even the world’s most established carbon markets evolved through repeated policy mistakes and reforms.
Emerging emissions trading systems (ETSs) in Asia should not be judged too harshly if they struggle with low prices, weak liquidity, or technical glitches in their early years, according to an expert, who argued that even the world’s most established carbon markets evolved through repeated policy mistakes and reforms.


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