FEATURE: Colombian ETS a cautionary tale for Latin America
Colombia’s Emissions Trading System (Spanish: PNCTE) is one of the oldest planned cap-and-trade initiatives in Latin America – but it should serve as a warning rather than a model for others, due to weak policy foundations, scarce data, and poor stakeholder coordination, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: US targets EU’s anti-deforestation regulation as policy review looms
Officials from the Trump administration have been in the EU this week, reportedly pushing for a full US exemption from the bloc’s anti-deforestation regulation ahead of the European Commission’s upcoming review.
Read MoreFEATURE: Lawmaker floats central EU buyer for international carbon credits, reviving debate on ETS integration
German MEP Peter Liese is urging the EU to allow international carbon credits in its Emissions Trading System (ETS), reviving debate over the potential integration of Paris Agreement Article 6 units into the bloc’s carbon market.
Read MoreFEATURE: How UK sustainability reporting could drive demand for carbon credits
The UK’s progressive tightening of sustainability reporting requirements could drive corporate demand for carbon credits, helping to lower the impact on taxpayers from support for carbon removal projects, according to experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: A few design choices could define Colombian ETS, but guiding objectives unclear
Outstanding design choices for Colombia’s ETS (Spanish: PNCTE) could put the scheme on several paths – but selecting the right one is tricky due to the lack of a clear policy direction, experts have told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: Singapore’s SAF levy unlikely to impact demand for CORSIA credits
Singapore’s upcoming levy on airline tickets to fund sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) purchases is seen largely as a market-creation signal rather than a policy that can deliver major emissions cuts in the near term, with limited impact on airlines’ demand for CORSIA carbon credits, according to experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: Global carbon price for shipping faces hammer blows from counter proposals
The adoption of a global carbon price for shipping is now in question, as some countries are proposing a new Net-Zero Framework (NZF) that would remove the financial levy and weaken incentives for clean fuels.
Read MoreFEATURE: Colombia’s long-awaited cap-and-trade scheme considers current CO2 pricing, VCM oversupply
Colombia has for a decade been planning a cap-and-trade system (Spanish: PNCTE) and is months from publishing the final regulation – but the country must first consider its pre-existing CO2 pricing landscape, according to experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: Carbon scandals lay bare Brazil’s land tenure fragility
Recent controversies linked to forest carbon projects have reignited debate over one of Brazil’s most complex governance challenges: land tenure regularisation.
Read MoreFEATURE: UK ETS cost containment lever may look attractive to EU – but remains untested
Mounting political pressure to ease prices on the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is fuelling suggestions that the bloc establish a UK-style cost-containment lever – even though the British model has been criticised for failing to act as an effective safety valve.
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