CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending May 15, 2020
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending May 8, 2020
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week.
Read MoreCARBON PULSE CONVERSATIONS 007: The Nature Conservancy
In the latest instalment of the Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we chat with Kelley Hamrick, policy advisor at US-based environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC), about coronavirus-related impacts on the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 negotiations and ICAO’s global aviation offset mechanism CORSIA.
Read MoreVirus impacts to suppress EU ETS prices into 2021, but lawmaker will seen strong -survey
COVID-19 impacts will weigh on EUA prices into next year but not on EU lawmakers’ resolve to reform the market or wider climate policies, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending May 1, 2020
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China’s regional pilot carbon markets this week.
Read MoreGlobal CO2 emissions to see historic drop in 2020 amid virus crisis -IEA
Countermeasures to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic including complete lockdowns in a number of countries are causing unprecedented drops in global energy demand and will likely drive a massive fall in worldwide greenhouse gas emissions this year, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Read MoreGuangdong doles out over 50,000 carbon offsets to bike-sharing company
One of China’s largest bike-sharing brands has become the first in the country to earn compliance grade carbon credits for its business.
Read MoreChina ministerial pick seen as mixed bag for carbon market
China on Wednesday promoted vice minister Huang Runqiu to be its new ecology and environment (MEE) minister, a move observers say means preparation work for the national carbon market can continue but limits the ministry’s ability to shape policy.
Read MoreGreen Deal the ‘compass’ to guide EU’s post-virus recovery, urge Merkel, von der Leyen
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday reiterated her support for a more ambitious EU emissions reduction target for 2030, and along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged fellow lawmakers to ensure that the bloc’s Green Deal is a central and guiding component of Europe’s post-coronavirus recovery plan.
Read MoreGuangdong the latest Chinese ETS to delay compliance over virus disruptions
China’s Guangdong province will delay the annual compliance deadline for companies in its emissions trading scheme by two months, the government said Tuesday, giving local emitters more time to finalise 2019 data verification.
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