Denmark moves to compensate CO2 tax burden on fisheries until 2030

Published 17:05 on February 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:05 on February 3, 2025  / /  Carbon Taxes, EMEA

Denmark will help its fishing industry with costs expected from a domestic CO2 levy introduced at the start of this year, according to a government release Monday.

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Carney plans to replace Canadian consumer carbon tax with ‘green’ incentives, industry to pick up tab

Published 00:21 on February 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:23 on February 1, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM

Federal Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada, is pledging to scrap the country’s contentious consumer carbon tax in favour of ‘green’ incentives and tougher targets for heavy industry.

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Germany greenlights overdue EU ETS reform law

Published 16:24 on January 31, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:24 on January 31, 2025  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS

Europe’s largest economy has finally moved to transpose the latest version of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) regulation into national law.

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WTO-backed technology transfer can help Caribbean meet EU CBAM challenge -think tank

Published 16:01 on January 31, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:01 on January 31, 2025  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, International, South & Central

The World Trade Organization (WTO) can support members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intergovernmental union to avert the worst impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to a regional think tank, though CARICOM should also pursue greater intra-bloc alignment between climate and international trade policy.

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Net zero Canada dream limits economic growth -report

Published 21:45 on January 30, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:11 on January 30, 2025  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

Canada’s plans to reduce emissions could cost workers thousands of dollars, and a quarter-million jobs by the half-century, according to a new report.  

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Shipping’s early uptake of sustainable e-fuels impossible without emissions levy, modelling shows

Published 16:28 on January 30, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:28 on January 30, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, International, Shipping

Early uptake of sustainable e-fuels in the shipping sector will only take place if an e-fuel reward is introduced, with the revenue raised via carbon levy, new analysis has found.

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Jakarta eyes regional carbon pricing scheme

Published 10:40 on January 30, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:40 on January 30, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Jakarta metropolitan region, accounting for nearly 5% of Indonesia’s emissions, is considering launching its own carbon pricing mechanism and achieve net zero status by 2050, according to documents from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

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Russia needs $25/t carbon price to sprout afforestation, say academics

Published 17:32 on January 29, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:32 on January 29, 2025  / /  Carbon Taxes, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Russia will need a jurisdictional price of between $20-25 per credit to see significant growth in afforestation, more than double the levy set under the pilot Sakhalin scheme, according to a new academic paper.

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EU CBAM could cost Northern Ireland up to £200 mln per year -report

Published 17:24 on January 29, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:24 on January 29, 2025  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) may be costly and disruptive for Northern Ireland, requiring payments of up to £200 million a year — unless the bloc and UK decide to link their emissions trading schemes, a new report warned on Wednesday.

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EU centre-right divide deepens amid “violent” talks on ETS2 and CBAM

Published 17:23 on January 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:23 on January 28, 2025  / and /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS

The ruling centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is facing intense internal divisions over the future of the EU’s Emissions Trading System for road and heating fuels (ETS2) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and has so far failed to reach consensus on what the bloc’s 2040 emissions reduction target should be.

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