BRIEFING: Methods, Indigenous leadership, and stronger market signals key for carbon markets, climate authority hears

Published 05:12 on March 16, 2026 / Last updated at 05:12 on March 16, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes), Insights (Briefings)

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Improving the project method development process, strengthening Indigenous leadership, and improving market signals were laid out as key elements that would help Australia’s carbon market achieve the country’s climate goals, according to a report by the Climate Change Authority (CCA).

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INTERVIEW: Australian govt should make priority list of ACCU methods to meet 2035 targets, ERAC chair says

Published 22:38 on March 15, 2026 / Last updated at 22:38 on March 15, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Insights (Interviews)

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The Australian government should use the ongoing review of its carbon market to set a list of priority methods that would help it achieve its 2035 emissions reduction target, according to the head of the market’s integrity body.

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ANALYSIS: China’s latest five-year roadmap sends signal to national ETS, but worries over emissions trajectory persist

Published 14:11 on March 13, 2026 / Last updated at 14:11 on March 13, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Insights (Analysis), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification)

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China’s newly announced roadmap for the next five years has somewhat provided clarity on the fundamentals of the national emissions trading system, but worries remain as to whether the latest target will allow the country’s CO2 output to grow.

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CN Markets: CEAs reach RMB 82, liquidity jumps following Two Sessions

Published 11:14 on March 13, 2026 / Last updated at 11:14 on March 13, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes)

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Allowance prices in China’s national emissions market continued to rise over the past week amid increased liquidity, as the country unveiled its development roadmap for the next five years.

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Malaysia carbon tax could cut corporate profits by 5% even at low starting price

Published 12:01 on March 11, 2026 / Last updated at 12:01 on March 11, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification)

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Malaysia’s planned carbon tax could cut profits for companies even at a modest starting price, according to an investment bank.

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SK Market: Monthly KAU auction oversubscribed, clears higher amid emerging buying interest

Published 10:55 on March 11, 2026 / Last updated at 10:55 on March 11, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes)

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South Korea’s latest CO2 allowance auction again went oversubscribed, as emitters seek to secure allowances at relatively low prices amid expectations of tightening permit supply.

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CN Markets: CEAs back above RMB 80, liquidity slides after holidays

Published 12:27 on March 6, 2026 / Last updated at 12:27 on March 6, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes)

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Allowance prices in China’s national emissions market remained above the RMB 80 ($11.60) level after the week-long Lunar New Year holidays, amid sustained momentum in the policy-driven market.

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BRIEFING: Early compliance risks could slow adoption of India’s ETS

Published 12:07 on March 5, 2026 / Last updated at 12:07 on March 5, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Insights (Briefings), International (CBAM & Tariffs), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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India’s emerging compliance carbon market could face early operational hurdles as companies scramble to build the monitoring and reporting systems required under the new Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), a webinar heard Thursday.

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Carbon markets risk entrenching Indigenous Australian inequalities, research paper argues

Published 07:05 on March 5, 2026 / Last updated at 23:34 on March 16, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS)

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Australia’s carbon market should find a way to credit Indigenous landholders for maintaining intact ecosystems, as opposed to only rewarding those that have been degraded and are only now being restored, according to research published Thursday.

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China targets 17% cut in carbon intensity over next five years

Published 06:26 on March 5, 2026 / Last updated at 06:26 on March 5, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification)

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China is targeting a total 17% cut in its emissions per unit of GDP in the current five-year period (2026-30), according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country’s top legislature for deliberation.

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