Coal emissions soar above legal limits in Western Balkans, despite EU carbon pressure
The Western Balkans’ ageing coal plants are breaching legal pollution limits and operating beyond closure deadlines, despite pressure from the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), an NGO has warned.
Read MoreEU leaders back ETS review plan, discuss carbon market’s role in next budget
EU leaders on Friday endorsed the European Commission’s plan to review the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) next month, with proposals on free allowances and industrial emissions benchmarks due in July, as talks continue on how to use ETS revenues in the next EU budget.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Draft EU CBAM rules “onerous” in practice for foreign carbon credits, experts say
Importers face steep challenges to take advantage of proposed EU rules allowing the application of carbon credits against Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees, due to the “onerous” conditions imposed by Brussels on their use, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBehind the rhetoric and public criticism, China is adapting to CBAM -report
China repeatedly criticises the European Union’s carbon border tariff as a unilateral trade measure, but a more pragmatic response is forming behind the scenes, according to a new report that said Beijing is aligning its own carbon architecture with European standards to protect exporters.
Read MoreAPAC eyes carbon market‑style accounting to support emissions under CBAM
Asia-Pacific industry is beginning to explore how carbon market‑style accounting can support the emissions assurance now demanded under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), even as regional readiness remains highly uneven.
Read MoreEuropean power sector urges predictable EU carbon price ahead of post-2030 ETS review
The EU should avoid ad hoc interventions in its Emissions Trading System (ETS), strengthen price-stability tools, and direct carbon market revenues into industrial decarbonisation as it prepares for the post-2030 period, the European power sector association said on Thursday.
Read MoreSB64: INTERVIEW – Brazil’s new climate and trade forum sees encouraging signs in first meeting, diplomat says
The first meeting of a new Brazil-spearheaded “floating” forum on climate-related trade issues saw surprisingly positive engagement amid the backdrop of wider tensions around unilateral trade measures, a diplomat from the country told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of annual mid-year UN climate talks.
Read MoreUS carbon border proposals expose trade-off between aluminium supply risk and decarbonisation -report
Proposed US carbon border mechanisms for aluminium expose a trade-off between rapid protection from high-carbon imports and a slower, more stable route to industrial decarbonisation, according to a new analysis.
Read MoreIndustry, NGOs unite in urging Brussels to exclude carbon credits from EU CBAM
NGOs and European industry associations are pushing back against the European Commission’s plan to allow international carbon credits to be deducted from importers’ Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees, in a statement released on Wednesday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Chemicals, construction the biggest winners from EU ETS free allocation benchmarks decision
Chemicals and construction companies are the biggest winners from the latest changes to benchmarks used to determine the number of free EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances handed to industries, according to an analyst from a carbon investment consultancy.
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