Carbon Pulse

Shanghai will offer 2 million carbon allowances in an additional auction on July 31 to help local emitters comply with the municipal cap-and-trade programme amid a dearth of supply.

The EU and China on Monday signed a strategic partnership that included a renewed commitment to cooperate on carbon markets, a further sign that China intends to go ahead with its national emissions trading scheme despite delays and government restructuring.

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Restricting the use of carbon offsets in the post-2020 California carbon market may contribute to emitters' annual compliance costs rising by more than $50 million, according to a preliminary analysis from state regulator ARB.

Below is a table of the closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a weaker Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) increase on Thursday than a previous version approved by the Senate in June, while the upper chamber’s omnibus clean energy bill with carbon pricing did not come to a vote.

EU carbon prices were little changed in quiet trade on Friday, ending just above €16 following one of the weakest auction results of the year but managing to hold onto a modest weekly gain.

France and Germany this week agreed to build a common position on carbon pricing ahead of December’s UN climate talks while advancing work on closer energy ties.

US-based electric utility Eversource will “pursue all available options” to build its international hydroelectric transmission line after a New Hampshire state committee on Thursday denied the company a rehearing on the project.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week issued over 77,000 offsets to the Director of National Parks, the first time the agency has earned credits for its efforts to control savanna fires.

The price rise in New Zealand’s carbon market continued Friday as allowances hit the NZ$22 mark for the first time in the market’s 10-year history.

Hong Kong is planning to launch a carbon crediting scheme for its building sector that could generate 2.5 million credits a year and is developing a blockchain-based trading platform to create a domestic market, according to government officials.

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US carbon prices moved in opposite directions this week, but the change in values and volumes was minimal in both markets as new WCI data was published and the holiday season neared its peak.

Average credit prices in California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continued to set new highs in June, as market participants await more information on credit figures from Q1 2018 and regulator ARB’s rulemaking package.

European carbon prices fell on Thursday, briefly dipping below €16 amid tumbling energy prices to end a 10% rally that had built up over eight straight days of gains.

A government white paper released Thursday that outlines the UK’s proposed post-Brexit relationship with the EU offered few further details on whether the country would seek to remain in the bloc’s carbon market, stacking up uncertainty as the format exit date approaches.

Sixty New Zealand companies on Thursday vowed to measure and report their CO2 output and set GHG reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement, a move that will impact half the nation’s emissions.

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