ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Former UNFCCC boss Yvo de Boer still working the climate puzzle, but from a different angle
Yvo de Boer values his solitude and his garden – both of which he neglected while serving as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from mid-2006 to mid-2010.
Read MoreCARBON FAST FORWARD: A new series of regional carbon market conferences
Carbon Forward is launching a series of regional European carbon market conferences to help delve deeper into the issues affecting companies with exposure to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
Read MoreCLIMATE XCHANGE: Cap-and-trade could be coming to Oregon – Here’s what you need to know
On the last day of January, Oregon lawmakers introduced their highly-anticipated cap-and-trade bill, sending a loud and clear message that climate change is a top priority this coming session. Massachusetts-based think-tank Climate Xchange breaks down the legislation and offers an analysis of the proposal.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Which of the Green New Democrats want to price carbon?
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) proposal for a Green New Deal has support from dozens of legislators, but it’s hardly the only proposal in the works. The number of candidates vying to be president is growing, and while all advocate for climate action, few have said how they will deliver – let alone whether they favour a price on carbon. Here’s Ecosystem Marketplace’s first presidential candidate carbon pricing scorecard.
Read MoreCOMMENT – Transitioning to the Canadian federal backstop: Industrial perspectives on carbon pricing
In the run-up to the Carbon Pricing for Canadian Industry conference – April 25-26 at the Hilton Toronto – Canadian Clean Energy conferences is running a series of articles on key topics for industries complying with provincial and federal carbon regulations.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Davos and the salad sauce of sustainable supply chains
Something is happening in the “Zero-Deforestation Supply Chain Movement,” which is a key component of the global effort to end climate change, and this week’s Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) could provide the impetus for moving beyond lateral drift into fervent activity.
Read MoreFormer EU carbon trader to head up Engie’s Greater China emissions, power desk
A former carbon trader at PetroChina’s London desk has joined Engie as head of carbon and power trading in the Greater China region.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: In Katowice, indigenous leaders call for wider uptake of REDD+
“RIA lives!” said Peruvian indigenous leader Fermín Chimatani Tayori, referring to a private-public partnership called “Amazon Indigenous REDD+”, an eight-year effort to develop protocols and projects that use carbon finance to support indigenous development plans called “Life Plans” (Planes de Vida).
Read MoreCOMMENT – Unwanted exercise and ‘pin risk’: A primer for EUA options expiry’s other risks
*FREE READ* – There are hundreds of millions of tonnes in open interest across the Dec-18 EUA options. Beyond spawning more volatility, options trading veteran Tobias Munk says this massive build-up may yield additional risks in the form of unwanted exercises and ‘pin risk’ ahead of next week’s expiry.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Corruption, poor enforcement hamper global efforts to end deforestation
Zanzibar’s Masingini Natural Forest Reserve provides drinking water for much of the island and habitat for dozens of rare and endangered species, but its forests are being illegally clear-cut. Meanwhile, in the Brazilian Amazon, the “lungs of the planet”, recent satellite images show 7900 square km of illegal deforestation in just the last year. Isolated transgressions? Hardly.
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