Guangdong auction settles above secondary market

Published 11:05 on March 27, 2017  /  Last updated at 12:18 on March 27, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Guangdong’s third CO2 permit auction for the 2016 compliance year held Monday was oversubscribed by 50% and cleared above secondary market prices, according to an announcement from the China Emissions Exchange in Guangzhou.

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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Mar 24, 2017

Published 12:15 on March 24, 2017  /  Last updated at 12:15 on March 24, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Below is a table of the closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

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China’s national ETS may start without access to offsets -sources

Published 10:38 on March 23, 2017  /  Last updated at 17:38 on March 23, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China could rule out the use of offsets when it launches its national emissions trading scheme later this year in a bid to bolster demand for allowances, according to sources familiar with the situation, a move that would also cut off potential funding for thousands of domestic carbon-cutting projects.

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China’s most polluted province sets CO2 target but emissions set to rise

Published 12:51 on March 22, 2017  /  Last updated at 12:51 on March 22, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China’s Hebei province has pledged to cut its carbon intensity by a fifth and lean on neighbouring Beijing in building a carbon market, but absolute emission levels are set to increase as industrial output is capped at levels above current production.

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In blow to developers, China confirms freeze to carbon offset pipeline

Published 13:08 on March 17, 2017  /  Last updated at 13:08 on March 17, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China has halted the processing of its offset pipeline, regulators said this week, confirming what many developers had suspected while addressing the uncertainty that has both plagued the market over the past few months and created a bottleneck of hundreds of carbon-cutting projects.

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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Mar 17, 2017

Published 11:45 on March 17, 2017  /  Last updated at 11:45 on March 17, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Below is a table of the closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

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China accredits two more carbon credit verifiers

Published 15:51 on March 16, 2017  /  Last updated at 15:51 on March 16, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China has awarded accreditation to two more verifiers of carbon-cutting projects, market regulators said Thursday, in a bid to further enhance the quality of Chinese offsets generated from domestic initiatives.

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China’s Guangdong to hold auction on Mar. 27

Published 16:05 on March 15, 2017  /  Last updated at 17:10 on March 15, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Guangdong plans to auction half a million carbon permits on Mar. 27, equal to the amount supplied in its previous two quarterly auctions, according to Guangdong’s carbon exchange.

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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Mar. 10, 2017

Published 17:10 on March 10, 2017  /  Last updated at 17:14 on March 10, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Below is a table of the closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

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Shanghai pledges CO2 peak around 2025

Published 09:19 on March 9, 2017  /  Last updated at 15:28 on March 9, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China’s financial centre Shanghai, eager to keep its local emissions trading scheme alive beyond this year, has vowed to peak its CO2 output around 2025 and eventually decarbonise its industry by investing in green technologies, the municipal government said.

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