Carbon Pulse

New Zealand carbon allowances notched their  sixth consecutive session of losses in Tuesday trade as the NZ$35 fixed price option (FPO) curbs appetite to buy at or above that level.

EU carbon prices will rise through the rest of this year, though they may not reach a new all-time high or sustainably hold above the tenuous €30 level until well into 2021, analysts predicted, as they substantially raised their EUA forecasts across the board.

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A move to block CDM post-2020 carbon offset activity looks set to go to the wire as officials on Monday opted to postpone until December a decision seen as a ‘back door’ threat to the UN mechanism.

WCI compliance entities received their 2021 free allowance distributions during the third quarter, while the number of carbon permits consigned to joint auctions next year fell from 2020 levels, according to California-Quebec data published Monday afternoon.

A British judge has granted the right to appeal in a £45 million tax fraud case linked to the EU carbon market, meaning the long-running civil suit may still be a ways from seeing finality.

EU lawmakers face a tightly-contested vote on the bloc’s 2030 emissions cut target this week, with more progressive forces willing to back a 55% goal but rejecting any inclusion of natural sinks and foreign carbon credits.

You will help Citizens’ Climate volunteers effectively engage in supporting state-level efforts to enact policies that are effective at reducing GHG emissions, that protect low income households, and would harmonize with a federal carbon price.

The Brazilian environment ministry (MMA) has launched a carbon-focused element of its voluntary ecosystem services market for forests that some stakeholders view as a positive sign for the country to avoid double counting emissions reductions under the Paris Agreement.

To support the expansion of the Environmental Markets side of the business, this position is responsible for supporting the development and management of Environmental market analysis activities for the Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) business in London.

California regulator ARB does not have a timeline for amending its cap-and-trade forestry protocol, with regulatory and market sources expecting further delays until an offset task force completes its annual report next year.

EUAs slumped on Monday to give back some of Friday's gains on a weak auction result and after weekend Brexit talks yielded little, defying strength in wider markets due in part to positive updates on US President Trump's progress in battling the coronavirus.

This role includes developing and implementing sustainability solutions including carbon offset projects, green finance, sustainability strategy and reporting.

The Asia-Pacific Carbon Team lead designs, builds, and leads a carbon deal team that can identify and execute new natural climate solutions projects in Asia in coordination with other CI programs (Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and China), including emissions reductions and other categories of CI’s Climate Strategy.

The analyst will contribute to providing analysis and operational policy advice to support the successful development and delivery of the Emissions Trading Scheme for forestry.

The graduate analyst will work across a number of teams within Wholesale Markets including; operations, spot trading, derivatives, electricity and carbon and fuels.

This role will have dual responsibility of establishing a Greencollar office in Western Australia whilst also responsible for the overall sales, securing new projects and building a pipeline of carbon projects in WA.

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Carbon boasts some impressive historical returns compared to other asset classes, while showing little correlation to other markets, an analysis has found.

The Qatar-based Global Carbon Council (GCC) has made several revisions to its voluntary offset programme as it seeks full eligibility under the UN body ICAO’s CORSIA international aviation offset system, according to a document posted Friday.