Voluntary carbon market stakes claim to thrive in Paris era
Entities should be able to continue buying voluntary carbon credits in the Paris Agreement era, though exactly how those claims will be reflected is still up for debate, a cross-stakeholder group has said.
Read MoreBY THE NUMBERS: Data sheds light on unused CER supply, Kyoto unit trading
There remains more than 860 million unused CERs – a massive supply of offsets that could potentially be tapped by airlines to comply with ICAO’s CORSIA scheme or which could find its way into the Paris Agreement era.
Read MoreEU airlines face CORSIA uncertainty as states order MRV rule re-write
EU airlines are being advised to continue monitoring their 2019 international flight emissions despite a lack of rules to govern the process due to bureaucratic delays.
Read MoreICAO targets Feb. 2020 for first CORSIA offset unit recommendations
The expert panel for UN body ICAO’s CORSIA programme is aiming to make recommendations by Feb. 2020 on eligible credit types, coming less than a year before the start of the global aviation offsetting scheme’s pilot phase.
Read MoreTop EU ETS emitter Ryanair to publish monthly CO2 data
Ryanair, the largest emitting airline in the EU ETS, will start publishing monthly CO2 emissions output data, it said on Wednesday.
Read MoreREDD criticism should not affect California’s Tropical Forest Standard, advocates say
California’s Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) is unlikely to see an erosion in support due to a recent media report’s critique of REDD-eligible credits, because the proposal would mitigate most of the flaws that could occur with individual offset projects, two environmental advocates said.
Read MoreEU spurns calls to use foreign carbon credits in its ETS, for now
The EU won’t use more foreign carbon credits in its carbon market, at least for the time being, Brussels officials said on Monday in response to calls for the bloc to reignite international emissions trade.
Read MoreICAO to limit CORSIA meeting attendance to aviation programme’s technical body
UN aviation body ICAO will restrict attendance at technical meetings for the CORSIA offsetting programme to members of the scheme’s 19-person advisory board, snubbing a central demand of environmental groups that have called for greater outside participation and transparency in developing the international carbon market.
Read MoreGreen groups hoping for more CORSIA clarity at UN aviation body ICAO’s next session
Environmental organisations are calling on the technical advisor for the CORSIA global aviation offsetting mechanism to disclose more details in the coming weeks about its operating procedure and announce a call for programme applications.
Read MoreEU airline emissions could fall 11% under “negligible” tax, leaked report shows
Taxing aviation fuel in the EU would cut the sector’s emissions by 11% while having only a “negligible” impact on GDP and jobs, according to a European Commission report leaked on Monday.
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