World Bank REDD programme adopts changes to align with CORSIA
The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has made revisions to its deforestation reduction programme methodology in response to comments from an UN aviation expert panel, with an aim of becoming eligible for the international flight offset programme CORSIA.
Read MoreWorld’s carbon markets grow 34% in value to $215 billion in 2019 -report
Global carbon markets grew by 34% in 2019 to hit €194 billion ($215.1 bln) in value, according to analysts at Refinitiv, marking a third straight year of growth and a nearly fivefold increase in two years.
Read MoreKorean developers lukewarm about China CDM opportunities
Major South Korean carbon project developers are dubious to opportunities in China, amid efforts to drum up Korean interest in earning carbon credits from China-based N2O projects.
Read MoreChile introduces offset provision in updated draft climate change law
Chilean emitters may use offset credits to comply with potential GHG limits under part of the country’s updated draft climate change law, as the beleaguered national government resumes work to hit more ambitious emission reduction targets.
Read MoreCentral European voluntary offset vendor accused of selling retired carbon credits
A Central European voluntary carbon offset vendor has been accused of reselling previously retired credits and of listing some units on its online registry without authorisation.
Read MoreCBL announces strategic moves in US offset, CORSIA aviation carbon markets
Trading platform CBL Markets has announced two major developments that it says will help it build a commanding market share while improving confidence in major burgeoning carbon markets, including US offsets and ICAO’s CORSIA scheme for international aviation.
Read MoreCOP25: Testing Article 6 talks delayed for second year after marathon UN climate summit
Marathon UN climate talks in Madrid finished on Sunday afternoon without agreeing rules for international emissions trade under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, as beleaguered hosts Chile pushed the record-long summit to try to broker a deal on a handful of sticking points.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15
A marathon overnight session to develop an outcome for the UN climate summit was widely panned on Saturday morning, while negotiations on the highly contentious Article 6 rulebook for Paris-era international emissions trade continued.
Read MoreCOP25: Amid record high carbon prices, South Korea pins hopes on UN solution
South Korean negotiators play a far more active role than usual at this year’s UN climate negotiations in Madrid, hoping to push through rules that would allow Korean ETS firms to buy up to 55-60 million international carbon credits annually throughout the 2020s in a bid to avoid runaway domestic CO2 prices.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Friday, Dec. 13
New Article 6 text dropped well behind schedule at the UN climate summit on Friday, with numerous contentious issues still remaining on agreeing the rulebook to international emissions trading under the Paris Agreement.
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