INTERVIEW: A third of barriers to trade now due to climate, WTO deputy head says
Countries need to more actively engage on climate change issues within the WTO, as an ever-increasing share of barriers and notifications brought before the international trade body are related to climate policies, the organisation’s deputy head told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Read MoreFEATURE: Carbon ‘currency’ increasingly seen on balance sheets, social metrics
Carbon is slowly becoming an underlying unit of value in climate-related calculations across several sectors, prompting finance-based legal and regulatory frameworks to face new challenges and adapt, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreArgentina set on carbon markets but other Latin American countries falter -analysts
Argentina’s new government is pursuing voluntary and compliance carbon markets by any means possible, but other Latin American countries are struggling to operationalise adequate legal and technical infrastructure, according to regional experts on a webinar.
Read MoreEU export credit policies lag behind on climate goals -report
EU member states are still lagging behind on reflecting Paris Agreement goals in export credit policies in what is a disregard for the climate decision they made two years ago, a report showed on Thursday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New global finance goal must drill down on who pays, where it goes, and how it’s tracked
The new global climate finance goal will have to drill down on details such as where the money comes from, where it is allocated, how it is monitored and verified, and, ideally, how to bolster integrity of carbon markets, according to a senior international climate finance official.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Canada set to increase federal carbon tax again, to the dismay of conservative leaders
A scheduled increase to Canada’s revenue-neutral ‘backstop’ carbon tax on fossil fuels will go ahead on Apr. 1, despite pleas to abort the rise from several conservative provincial premiers and other populist politicians.
Read MoreClimate change, carbon pricing “exacerbating regional disparities”, EU report warns
Southern and coastal EU regions suffer more harshly from climate-related disasters than others, while policies to address global warming like the EU ETS disproportionately impact poorer segments of society, according to data collected by the EU executive.
Read MoreEU needs tech development as well as carbon central bank for removals, scientists say
The EU needs to develop technical capabilities and set up a proper regulatory structure in order to effectively remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere, including creating a European carbon central bank, according to a study published on Thursday.
Read MoreInternational oil and gas forum backs key role for carbon markets in energy transition
An inter-governmental organisation comprised of oil and gas stakeholders has underlined the importance of carbon markets for the energy transition, especially for financing technological solutions to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, in a recent report.
Read MoreEU ministers agree to fewer agri rules with looser climate requirements
EU ministers welcomed potential new rules for the agriculture sector on Tuesday despite weak requirements for climate action, as farmers rioted outside in the streets of Brussels.
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