VCM Report: VER prices rise, voluntary buyers maintain California offset demand
Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) values increased this week amid reluctant sellers and a wider bullish trend in global carbon, while traders said voluntary carbon market (VCM) buyers continued to procure small volumes of compliance-grade credits generated through the California cap-and-trade programme.
Read MoreVCM Report: VER prices tick up as supply shortage sustains
Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices bucked their recent downward trend this week as voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants continued to point to a lack of low-cost credits to satisfy demand.
Read MoreUK plans for in-person COP26 climate summit, explores COVID safeguards
The UK is planning on host the COP26 UN climate negotiations as an in-person summit in Glasgow in November and is considering various ways of ensuring protection against the coronavirus pandemic, the meeting’s president Alok Sharma said on Friday.
Read MoreStartup raises $7.8 mln for nature-based offset ratings service
Startup firm Sylvera has raised $7.8 million to expand its voluntary carbon offset ratings business, with early assessments judging that many nature-based projects fall short of their promised emissions cuts.
Read More‘Meta-registry’, carbon clubs could help de-risk Paris emissions trading, experts say
A meta-registry connecting different carbon standards and coalitions of nations could help stamp out risks associated with bilateral and multilateral emissions trading under the Paris Agreement, experts said Tuesday in response to a new legal analysis published on the subject.
Read MoreVCM Report: VER values hold as cheap credit supply “dries up”
Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices remained steady this week even as traders observed a dwindling supply of low-cost offsets, while voluntary carbon market (VCM) participants pointed out heightened interest for ex-ante, forestry-based removals credits.
Read MoreEuropean Commission publishes another year’s worth of EU ETS trading records
The European Commission this week published another year’s worth of trading records from the EU ETS emissions registry, offering a comprehensive glimpse of how carbon units equivalent to over 9.3 billion tonnes of CO2 were shifted across more than 30,000 transactions between May 2017 and Apr. 2018.
Read MoreSingapore, Japan ministers to steer Article 6 talks ahead of July meeting
Singapore and Japan will steer international emissions trade talks on the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 rulebook through a July ministerial-level meeting, according to Alok Sharma, President of the COP26 UN climate negotiations.
Read MoreClimateCare, Natural Capital Partners merge as voluntary market deals gather pace
ClimateCare and Natural Capital Partners have merged to help build global scale in the rapidly expanding voluntary carbon market.
Read MoreIncubEx fundraise values environmental markets platform at $161 mln ahead of London IPO
Environmental markets platform IncubEx has raised $11.7 million in its latest fundraising round, valuing the company at $161 mln ahead of an expected IPO in London later this year.
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