DIALOGUE: How will a ‘Grexit’ impact EU carbon prices and the wider ETS?
Carbon Pulse asked a handful of European emissions analysts what Greece’s exit from the eurozone would mean for EU carbon prices and the wider Emissions Trading Scheme.
Read MoreCOMMENT: BUSINESSEUROPE’s 10 priorities for the Paris climate summit
In the run up to COP21, BUSINESSEUROPE has devised 10 recommendations to feed into the international climate change negotiations:
Read MoreCOMMENT: Financing innovation – Filling the gap between the NER300 and the Innovation Fund
Sanjeev Kumar of environmental campaigners Change Partnership argues that urgent action is required to maintain Europe’s drive for commercial-scale demonstration and development of essential low-carbon technologies.
Read MoreCOMMENT: EU Emissions Trading Scheme – ten years on
Carlo Carraro, Director, International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), Venice, looks back on the 10 years of successes and failures of the EU ETS and the plans to improve it over the coming decades.
Read MoreDIALOGUE: Will China’s coal consumption and CO2 emissions continue to fall?
Data released last week showed that coal consumption in China continues to drop, pulling CO2 emissions down with it. But is this a long-term trend, and if so, what should it mean for the post-2020 climate target China is about to submit to the UN?
Read MoreCARBON 101: How will the EU Emissions Trading Scheme’s MSR work?
The Market Stability Reserve (MSR) is a rule-based mechanism that automatically regulates the supply of allowances in the EU ETS, allowing the bloc’s carbon market to respond to fluctuations in demand and supply. Assuming provisional rules agreed by EU lawmakers this week are given final approval later this year, this is how the MSR will work.
Read MoreDIALOGUE: What does the MSR deal mean for the EU ETS and its allowance prices?
EU lawmakers have reached a provisional agreement to start the MSR in 2019. We asked some of Europe’s leading carbon analysts to weigh in on it and consider the deal’s effect on the market and EUA prices.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Carbon markets have promised a lot and delivered little
Despite the substantial momentum of countries using emissions trading to tackle climate change, carbon markets have promised a lot and delivered little, says Seb Henbest of Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
Read MoreDIALOGUE: Is the Paris climate deal in peril after major nations miss UN deadline?
Some of the world’s major developed nations missed a Mar. 31 UN deadline to submit their INDCs. Carbon Pulse asked leading international experts what this says about the Paris process and what impact the initial offers are likely to have on other big emitters.
Read MoreIETA releases detailed case study on China’s national carbon market
GENEVA, 26 March – A new report released by IETA and CDC Climat Research today finds that China has made significant advances on establishing a national emissions trading system, expected to start next year.
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