SK Market: Prices shed a fifth amid bearish fundamentals, intervention rumours
South Korean carbon prices have dropped nearly 20% over the past two weeks amid rumours of government intervention, with market participants saying the decrease has come against bearish market fundamentals.
Read MoreSK Market: Govt on the defensive as KAUs notch new record highs daily
South Korean CO2 allowances hit record levels again on Thursday, as they have almost every day recently albeit on small volumes, leading concerned industry to pile pressure on the government to intervene.
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.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Thursday, Dec. 12
Negotiations on the rulebook with International emission trade plodded along in Madrid on Thursday, as slow progress on other elements of operationalising the Paris Agreement solicited fears the UN Climate Summit would once again run well into the weekend.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Wednesday, Dec. 11
The nearly 200 parties to the Paris Agreement on Wednesday dove headfirst into forging an agreement on the market-based Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, while dozens of attendees from environmental and indigenous groups were kicked out by UN security for protesting the slow pace of the talks.
Read MoreSK Market: Korean auction clears at new record high on strong demand
South Korea’s monthly KAU auction cleared at a record 40,900 won ($34.24) on Wednesday with secondary market prices also hitting all-time highs as strong demand and limited supply continue to push up prices.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Tuesday, Dec. 10
The high-level segment of the UN climate summit kicked off Tuesday as national ministers descended on the Spanish capital, with the Paris Agreement’s market-based Article 6 text still requiring a substantial amount of work. Below is a running summary of those efforts, as well as other happenings at the summit.
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