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Carbon Pulse increases European, voluntary carbon market coverage with new hire

Published 23:56 on January 11, 2022 / Last updated at 13:17 on December 19, 2023 / Africa, Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, Bavardage, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, Other Content, Paris Article 6, RINs & LCFS, South & Central, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

Carbon Pulse is enhancing its coverage of the European and voluntary carbon markets with another new hire.

ANALYSIS: A potent force – making a market for methane emissions

Published 23:05 on January 11, 2022 / Last updated at 23:17 on January 11, 2022 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, CBAM, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Methane emissions concentrations in the atmosphere reached all-time highs in 2021 along with most other greenhouse gases, but with limited upstream regulation at oil and gas operations, product labelling and certificate trading are building momentum as an additional way of curbing the potent discharges.

Natural capital specialist nabs key UN Article 6 legal expert amid rapid scale-up

Published 19:47 on January 6, 2022 / Last updated at 14:33 on March 3, 2022 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Bavardage, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Natural capital specialist Climate Asset Management has hired a veteran international carbon market expert as its aim to deploy $1.6 billion of investments worldwide gathers pace.

Carbon offset project development ripe for market consolidation -report

Published 19:33 on January 4, 2022 / Last updated at 08:44 on January 5, 2022 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Deals struck in 2021 between carbon offset project developers and large financiers highlight the potential for voluntary carbon market supply consolidation, a trend that also risks leaving hundreds of smaller project developers on the sidelines as the industry rushes to fill a projected surge in demand.

Forest carbon projects are most effective in 50 countries -OECD

Published 19:31 on December 23, 2021 / Last updated at 19:31 on December 23, 2021 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Forest carbon project developers should better target their activities to areas that can have the most positive climate impact, according to an OECD report that ranks the best countries for offset projects worldwide.

California offset issuances end year 60% down over 2020 levels

Published 21:49 on December 22, 2021 / Last updated at 21:49 on December 22, 2021 / Matthew Lithgow / Americas, Canada, Mexico, US, Voluntary

California regulator ARB handed out its final batch of compliance offsets in 2021 this week, with the annual issuance total marking the lowest in seven years as the state’s cap-and-trade programme tightens its credit usage threshold, according to state data published Wednesday.

FEATURE: Plugging the EU leak – all eyes on upstream natural gas emissions

Published 20:27 on December 22, 2021 / Last updated at 01:13 on January 6, 2022 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Natural gas, touted by some as a gateway fuel to decarbonisation, has increasingly come under fire in the EU for emissions associated with its full production cycle, where the bloc’s cap-and-trade system continues to send incomplete price signals and voluntary carbon markets grapple with the gap.

World Bank to shed light on gap to net zero-aligned carbon prices

Published 19:19 on December 13, 2021 / Last updated at 11:15 on December 14, 2021 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US

The World Bank is exploring an approach that would provide more clarity on the current state of global carbon prices compared to levels needed to drive emissions to net zero, highlighting the significant gap and providing a benchmark for climate ambition, a virtual session heard Monday.

California offset issuances plumb 6.5-mth low as credits in circulation drop

Published 00:10 on December 9, 2021 / Last updated at 00:10 on December 9, 2021 / Matthew Lithgow / Americas, Canada, Mexico, US, Voluntary

California regulator ARB this week distributed the fewest number of new compliance offsets since April, as the number of credits in circulation plummeted as the agency accounted for cap-and-trade retirements from 2018-20.

WTO boss touts global carbon price cooperation with other international agencies

Published 19:30 on December 8, 2021 / Last updated at 17:37 on March 14, 2023 / Katherine Monahan / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US

The director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday reiterated her assertion for developing a global price on carbon, noting burgeoning collaboration on the issue with other international bodies as a way to curb policy fragmentation and trade frictions.

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