CARBON FORWARD 2019 – Stick or twist: investors came to the EU ETS, but will they go?
**THIS IS A FREE ARTICLE** – The 4th annual Carbon Forward conference & training day features a dedicated stream focused on the EU carbon market from an investor perspective.
Read MoreChina’s Hainan pushes on with plan for international carbon exchange
Hainan province in southern China is working with state-owned power companies and others to establish itself as a carbon trading hub, pulling together domestic as well as international carbon traders.
Read MoreFourteen offset programmes apply for ICAO’s CORSIA aviation mechanism
UN aviation body ICAO’s expert panel will consider 14 emissions unit programme applications for the global offsetting mechanism CORSIA, with the submissions ranging from Kyoto era offset programmes and REDD initiatives to jurisdictional schemes in China, the Middle East, and Poland.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending June 28, 2019
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week.
Read MoreHong Kong investors line up deal to buy Chinese carbon trading firm
Three Hong Kong-listed investment companies have signed a memorandum of understanding with a Shanghai-based carbon trading firm that paves the way for them to take a majority stake in one of mainland China’s biggest emission traders.
Read MoreBeijing targets carbon neutral Winter Olympics with offsets, allowances
Organisers of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing have released a plan to minimise the event’s greenhouse gas footprint, including a goal to buy or ensure donations of local carbon offsets and ETS allowances to make up for any emissions that can’t be avoided.
Read MoreChina lays foundation for voluntary carbon market
China has for the first time laid out rules for carbon neutralising major events and activities, including defining which types of carbon credits would be eligible, a first step towards creating a voluntary GHG market in the world’s biggest-emitting nation.
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 MoreGuangdong resumes carbon offset market after 10-month suspension
The Guangdong provincial government on Wednesday announced it had reopened the local carbon offset market following its suspension of the programme last August amid concerns over some of the project methodologies.
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