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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Jan.13, 2017

Published 11:13 on January 13, 2017 / Last updated at 17:07 on November 23, 2022 / Kathy Chen / 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.

China ETS to do little to cut emissions in early years -report

Published 13:46 on January 10, 2017 / Last updated at 20:04 on November 23, 2022 / Kathy Chen / Asia Pacific, China

China’s national emissions trading scheme is shaping up to apply little pressure to most participants to cut CO2 emissions in its early years, with inefficient allocation and a lack of price discovery likely to hold the scheme back, a government-commissioned report said.

Guangdong tightens offset eligibility, rules out projects from pilot regions

Published 15:14 on January 9, 2017 / Last updated at 22:15 on January 9, 2017 / Kathy Chen / Asia Pacific, China

China’s Guangdong province on Monday ruled out the use of carbon offsets from other pilot carbon trading regions in a bid to protect its market from credits flowing through out-of-province CO2 exchanges to local emitters.

China’s Guangdong to issue 34 mln carbon permits to airlines, paper firms

Published 12:17 on January 6, 2017 / Last updated at 14:45 on June 21, 2017 / Kathy Chen / Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, China

Guangdong will soon issue a total of 34 million carbon permits to paper manufacturers and airlines to cover their 2016 emissions, expanding free allocation in China’s biggest carbon market by almost 10% and aligning the pilot programme’s coverage with the sectors due to be regulated under the national scheme.

CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Jan. 6, 2017

Published 11:47 on January 6, 2017 / Last updated at 18:31 on January 6, 2017 / Kathy Chen / Asia Pacific, China

Guangdong’s 2nd 2016 auction oversubscribed, settles above price floor

Published 08:58 on January 4, 2017 / Last updated at 23:09 on January 4, 2017 / Kathy Chen / Asia Pacific, China

Guangdong’s second quarterly carbon auction of the 2016 trading year settled at 15 yuan ($2.16) on Wednesday, with the 500,000 allowances on offer nearly four times oversubscribed as investors scrambled for fresh supply.

China’s Hubei to issue CO2 units eligible under national ETS

Published 14:27 on January 3, 2017 / Last updated at 06:43 on January 4, 2017 / Kathy Chen / Asia Pacific, China

China’s Hubei province will soon issue around 20 million CO2 allowances that it says can be banked into the national ETS, aiming to give some certainty to emitters as the country’s pilot carbon markets transition towards a nationwide scheme later this year.