MARC(U) MY WORD: Ensuring the acceptability of border carbon adjustments
EU discussion over imposing a border carbon adjustment has mostly focused on the technical design and implementation challenges raised by this complex instrument. Even the most robust design will mean little, however, if the measure fails to secure buy-in from relevant stakeholders in Europe and abroad, write Andrei Marcu of think-tank ERCST and Michael Mehling of MIT.
Read MoreMARC(U) MY WORD: MSR review – evolution or revolution?
While the ETS and carbon pricing are critical components of the EU decarbonisation process, the functioning of the EU ETS has long been impacted by a what was seen as a “structural” surplus of emission allowances (EUAs), or what was labelled a “supply-demand imbalance”, explains Andrei Marcu of think-tank ERCST.
Read MoreMARC(U) MY WORD: The importance of the Article 6 Guidelines to the success of the Paris Agreement
The absence of the Article 6 Guidelines creates uncertainty for the accounting treatment of assets in the emerging carbon market under the Paris Agreement as well as for other related markets. The importance of the international accounting treatment cannot be overstated.
Read MoreCARBON PULSE CONVERSATIONS 009: The Gold Standard
In this latest episode of our Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we chat with Owen Hewlett, chief technical officer at The Gold Standard, which is one of the main certifiers of voluntary carbon market projects and an approved standard under the international CORSIA aviation offset scheme.
Read MoreCOMMENT: What critics of a European ‘carbon border tax’ are missing
Opinions abound on a controversial new policy announced by new European Commission President von der Leyen: the ‘carbon border tax’. Yet many commentators limit themselves to repeating decade-old and often irrelevant arguments, overlooking the actual challenges such a measure will face.
Read MoreCOMMENT: The Climate Trust rings in 2018 with a forecast of the top 10 carbon market trends
The Climate Trust’s annual predictions on carbon market policies and ideas that will matter in 2018.
Read MoreDIALOGUE: What future for the voluntary carbon market in a world full of emission targets?
The voluntary carbon market is maintaining demand from corporate buyers but seeing average carbon credit prices fall under a looming global climate regime that could potentially squeeze them out. (Carbon Pulse Dialogues are discussions about carbon markets and climate policy by a selection of leading experts)
Read MoreCARBON FORWARD: Brexit doubts leave EU ETS in limbo
Britain’s June referendum in favour of exiting the EU had an immediate and sustained effect on EU ETS prices and left hundreds of installations unsure of their future in the scheme.
Read MoreDIALOGUE: What now for South Korea’s emissions trading scheme?
The world’s second biggest cap-and-trade system is likely to undergo significant changes over the next year. What are the main challenges facing the market and what can be done to overcome them?
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