India, UK among just a handful of major nations on track to meet “fair share” Paris goals -report

Published 13:25 on October 17, 2023  /  Last updated at 13:25 on October 17, 2023  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Switzerland

Only four major economies are on track to meet what would have been their Paris Agreement goals under “fair share” criteria laid out by an international group, a report said this week.

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VCM Report: Carbon credit trade picks up in OTC market and for futures

Published 18:50 on October 9, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:26 on February 1, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Gears are shifting in voluntary carbon market volumes despite prices of many of the standardised contracts flatlining at very low digit levels, sources told Carbon Pulse on Monday.

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INTERVIEW: Startup reforestation company eyes lucrative ITMO market between Ghana and Singapore

Published 12:43 on October 3, 2023  /  Last updated at 12:43 on October 3, 2023  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Switzerland, Voluntary

A startup reforestation company with plots in Ghana has estimated that its breakeven costs could be as low as $6 per credit, as it eyes the potentially lucrative market for buyers of correspondingly adjusted ITMO credits in Singapore, while the African nation continues to advance its work to export units. 

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VCM Report: Diverse REDD pricing creates odd backwardation in nearby curve as CME’s N-GEO future tumbles

Published 17:53 on October 2, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:53 on October 2, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Nearby nature-based carbon credit futures tumbled over the past week to create backwardation between the spot and the December future, as much of the rest of the market was little changed despite relatively strong volumes.

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VCM Report: Bounce in V18 standardised REDD contracts masks moribund market

Published 17:48 on September 25, 2023  /  Last updated at 18:17 on September 25, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Paris Article 6, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

A slight price recovery in nearby futures for REDD avoided deforestation credits over the past week provided one of the few bullish signs for the voluntary carbon market (VCM), which remains in limbo while the first badges of integrity are readied by the cross-stakeholder body ICVCM and faces increasing competition from the rise of Paris Agreement-approved units.

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Swiss entity raises fuel levy to buy an extra $663 million worth of ITMOs

Published 19:31 on September 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:12 on September 21, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Switzerland

A Swiss foundation is raising the fee it charges fuel distributors to help source a huge amount of international carbon credits required by a change in the nation’s climate law.

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Switzerland schedules 2023-vintage allowance auction for November

Published 20:26 on September 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 20:26 on September 20, 2023  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, Switzerland

Switzerland will sell 140,000 spot allowances over Nov. 13-15, the first of two planned CHU sales scheduled for this year, the government said on Wednesday.

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First Swiss carbon auction for 2023 sells out

Published 19:50 on September 18, 2023  /  Last updated at 19:50 on September 18, 2023  /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Switzerland

Switzerland’s first carbon permit auction for 2023-vintage units has sold out.

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VCM Report: REDD sinks lower to add further gloom to the market

Published 18:05 on September 11, 2023  /  Last updated at 18:05 on September 11, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

REDD avoided deforestation credits slipped lower last week to underline the lack of demand and reflecting an increasingly bleak voluntary carbon market as it waits the arrival of the ICVCM’s first batch of Core Carbon Principle labelled credits.

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OECD climate group to discuss national carbon pricing approaches, advance stocktake work at fall dialogue meeting

Published 00:22 on September 9, 2023  /  Last updated at 00:22 on September 9, 2023  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

An OECD committee assembled to help improve the impact of emissions reduction efforts around the world through enhanced multilateralism will meet this autumn to discuss countries’ various carbon pricing approaches, as part of an initiative to take stock of global efforts, examine their effectiveness, and prevent carbon leakage.

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