SPONSORED: Carbon markets driving price discovery -CME
As organizations make carbon neutral pledges, more are turning to carbon pricing instruments to hedge positions. That includes a suite of futures contracts.
Read MoreTENDER: Call for Submissions, Offset Project Development – Volkswagen ClimatePartner
VCP is requesting submissions for opportunities to develop and acquire offsets generated from projects that lead to high-quality avoidance, reduction, or removal of CO2-e. We welcome multiple project submissions per respondent until December 31, 2022. Exclusive project ownership is preferred, but not required.
Read MoreCARBON FORWARD: Last chance to join Europe’s premier carbon conference
The seventh instalment of Carbon Forward – the premier annual carbon markets conference – is back next week, and it’s stacked with a first class line-up of speakers ready to discuss the risks and opportunities across the rapidly evolving global climate policy landscape.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Why we should welcome Gabon’s big UNFCCC REDD+ issuance
Voluntary carbon market participants should look positively on the news that Gabon will soon come to market with an offering of 90 million tonnes of sovereign carbon credits, writes Federica Bietta of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations
Read MoreCOMMENT: The EU ETS is starting its own battle to survive the winter
The summer holidays are over. Carbon traders had a fun August in which EUA prices went up €22 and then went back down €22, but now the grown-ups are back from the beach and stuff’s getting real, writes Alessandro Vitelli.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Climate-positive agriculture: building a self-sustaining carbon sequestration ecosystem
Through working with recognised carbon certification organisations, as well as investing in the development of new and more effective protocols, we can accelerate the move towards climate-positive agriculture and champion farmers as key participants in the climate change solution, argues Mike Frank of agricultural solutions firm UPL Corporation.
Read MoreCOMMENT: The Rise of Co-Benefits
Co-benefits are slated to play a critical role in voluntary carbon markets, but only if they can evolve, writes David Chen, program development manager at ClimeCo.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Same old August for EU carbon prices… or is it?
European carbon prices have followed their now-traditional course in August by rising on the back of the 50% reduction in auction volumes. This has happened every year since 2008 – with one exception – and is pretty much baked in to trading strategy, writes Alessandro Vitelli.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Seeing the forest for the trees – How companies and countries can meet the challenge of REDD+
It is possible to scale the carbon markets fast and well, argues Carbon Growth Partners’ Charles Bedford. To do so, companies must stay focused on project quality, and countries must collaborate better.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Transparency holds the key to a $100 billion opportunity
Today’s voluntary carbon market (VCM) and the use of carbon credits to support net zero are at a crossroads. Embracing transparency offers a way forward, argues Tommy Ricketts of BeZero Carbon.
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