BRIEFING: Japan’s GX-ETS design shows tangled, bottom-up approach

Published 11:04 on March 23, 2026 / Last updated at 11:04 on March 23, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Insights (Briefings)

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Design for Japan’s emissions trading scheme manifests a bottom-up approach that seeks to ensure flexibility and business competitiveness, yet it remains challenging to estimate the policy effectiveness, a webinar heard last week.

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Carbon market ‘safety valves’ on agenda for India as it builds ETS -official

Published 11:30 on March 21, 2026 / Last updated at 19:13 on March 21, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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India’s upcoming compliance-based carbon market will have built-in “stability mechanisms” to manage both credit shortages and oversupply, a senior government official said on Saturday.

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India launches carbon market portal

Published 09:52 on March 21, 2026 / Last updated at 09:52 on March 21, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), International (Paris Article 6/PACM, Shipping), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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India on Saturday formally launched its long-awaited carbon market portal, taking a step in rolling out the country’s domestic carbon credit trading scheme.

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India ramps up verifier pool ahead of ETS launch to avert bottlenecks

Published 07:55 on March 21, 2026 / Last updated at 07:55 on March 21, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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India is fast-tracking the process of accrediting verifiers and upgrading a pool of nearly 20,000 energy auditors to ensure compliance with the upcoming emissions trading system, a senior official said Saturday, dispelling concerns about verification bottlenecks.

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Japan looking beyond J-Blue voluntary credits to explore compliance -webinar

Published 15:33 on March 20, 2026 / Last updated at 15:33 on March 20, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Nature & Biodiversity (Markets), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS)

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Japan is interested in developing blue compliance credits in addition to its government-backed J-Blue scheme, the Japan Blue Economy Association (JBE) said on Friday.

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CN Markets: CEAs retreat to RMB 80, but trading volumes remain stable

Published 11:27 on March 19, 2026 / Last updated at 11:27 on March 19, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes)

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Permits in China’s national emissions market traded lower over the past week but seeing sustained trading volumes, with some expecting the planned allowance carryover schedule may help support liquidity in the coming weeks.

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Australia Market Roundup: ACCU issuance hits 12-month low, as alliance calls for national reforestation strategy

Published 08:20 on March 18, 2026 / Last updated at 02:47 on April 7, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific)

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Australia’s carbon market saw its smallest issuance in 12 months, as a conservation alliance pushed the government to “urgently” develop a national restoration plan, saying lack of coordination was putting the country’s climate targets in peril.

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China thermal power gains 3.3% in Jan-Feb as renewable expansion continues

Published 07:55 on March 18, 2026 / Last updated at 07:55 on March 18, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification)

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Thermal power generation in China increased in the first two months of 2026 from a year ago, while energy produced from renewable sources posted stronger growth, according to the latest government data.

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NZ Market: ASX futures exchange sees large block trade of NZUs as Middle East war impact remains unclear

Published 00:32 on March 18, 2026 / Last updated at 04:15 on March 18, 2026 / and / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific)

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New Zealand allowances were trading up slightly on Wednesday following a substantial futures block trade the day before, as traders mull the impacts of the ongoing war in the Middle East on the ETS.

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Japanese climate tech acquires carbon credit data platform, eyes emerging demand as GX-ETS unfolds

Published 10:21 on March 17, 2026 / Last updated at 10:21 on March 17, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A Tokyo-headquartered climate tech company on Tuesday announced its acquisition of a carbon credit data platform to expand its consulting business, weeks ahead of the mandatory phase of Japan’s national emissions trading scheme.

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