COP25: 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...
View ArticleWorld Bank-led PAF to hold fourth carbon offset auction on Mar. 3, 2020
The World Bank’s Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) will hold its fourth auction on Mar. 3, 2020 to buy methane emission reduction credits from projects in the developing world, the bank announced Tuesday.
View ArticleCOP25: UN’s CORSIA advisory panel to make aviation offset recommendations in...
An ICAO technical advisory panel is slated to make recommendations in January over which of the initial 14 global offset programme applications should be eligible to supply the UN aviation body’s...
View ArticleCOP25: 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...
View ArticleCOP25: 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...
View ArticleCOP25: 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...
View ArticleCOP25: Roundup for Saturday, Dec. 14
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...
View ArticleUPDATE – COP25: Testing Article 6 talks delayed for second year after...
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...
View ArticleCBL announces strategic moves in US offset, CORSIA aviation carbon markets
Trading platform CBL Markets has announced two major developments that it says will help it build a commanding market share while improving confidence in major burgeoning carbon markets, including US...
View ArticleClimate and Energy Correspondent, Carbon Pulse – Brussels
Carbon Pulse is looking for a Climate and Energy Correspondent to help us bolster and expand our coverage of the EU ETS and other energy and environmental markets, as well as climate and energy policy...
View ArticleWorld’s carbon markets grow 34% in value to $215 billion in 2019 -report
Global carbon markets grew by 34% in 2019 to hit €194 billion ($215.1 bln) in value, according to analysts at Refinitiv, marking a third straight year of growth and a nearly fivefold increase in two...
View ArticleWorld Bank REDD programme adopts changes to align with CORSIA
The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has made revisions to its deforestation reduction programme methodology in response to comments from an UN aviation expert panel, with an aim...
View ArticleGerman development agency seeks CERs to offset 2017-18 emissions
A German development agency has opened a tender to acquire UN carbon credits to offset its emissions from 2017-18.
View ArticleWorld Bank sets November deadline for remaining REDD deals
The World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) will sign deforestation reduction agreements with its remaining 14 countries by the end of November, as the deals viewed as a possible base for...
View ArticleCOP26 seen as “last chance” to forge Paris carbon trading rulebook
The 2020 COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow will be the final opportunity for countries to agree to the rulebook for the Paris Agreement’s market-based Article 6, but countries will still press on with...
View ArticleSwiss get 25 entries in latest bid for Paris-era carbon credits
Switzerland’s carbon credit procurement agency received 25 submissions under its second call for proposals from developers hoping to sell emission units to the country under the Paris Agreement’s...
View ArticleNew REDD standard expands to include subnational jurisdictions
The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) programme published its new standard for combatting tropical forest deforestation on Monday, giving subnational jurisdictions more authority and a longer...
View ArticleCarbon Pulse kicks off 2020 with two new hires to enter investment,...
Carbon Pulse has expanded its workforce to kick off 2020, hiring two experts to help bolster its unrivalled news and intelligence offering as the five-year old company enters a new period of investment...
View ArticleNearly half of global GDP could soon be subject to net zero emission targets...
Governments representing 49% of the global economy have or are in the process of putting in place targets to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, a report showed.
View ArticleCBL Markets hires APX veteran to lead international carbon operations
A former employee of US-based offset registry administrator APX will oversee the international expansion of CBL Markets as several global carbon markets seek to launch next year, the trading platform...
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