Carbon Pulse

Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden unveiled a new climate plan on Tuesday that incorporates a market-based Clean Energy Standard and shortens the timeline for the US power sector to hit net-zero emissions compared to recent legislative proposals.

The purpose of Project Manager is to ensure the successful delivery of the ETS CCRA 2020 Update project to ensure successful initiation, execution and transition to Business as Usual (BAU). This includes ensuring the successful delivery of the required system, policy, and process changes as a result of the changes to the ETS legislation.

Reporting to the Managing Director, Commercial (MDC), this Vice President (VP) position is a critical role. About 50% of the role will be focused on business development, in support of our primary objective of creating strong demand for TREES credits. 

The MDC’s primary responsibility will be on Emergent’s business development strategy and execution.  This includes shaping the go-to-market strategy, leading relationship development and negotiating sales of carbon credits both direct and through channel partnerships.

Buyers are pushing up EU carbon prices at a rapid pace because they expect the 27-nation bloc to deliver a higher climate target for 2030, Germany’s environment minister said on Tuesday.

EUAs sank below €29 on Tuesday, extending weakness from the previous session's late sell-off after its first move above €30 for 14 years.

California’s ETS floor price is on track to climb by more than 5% in 2021 after year-on-year inflation rebounded in June following a collapse during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to federal data released Tuesday.

South Korea on Tuesday on Tuesday outlined the basics of its $60 billion Green New Deal, but the plan said nothing about a net zero emissions target or a carbon tax, both of which the ruling party had flagged ahead of the April parliamentary elections.

Tianjin has become the first of China’s regional pilot carbon markets to officially confirm it will continue to operate after 2020.

The price for Australian carbon credits is likely to edge up the next couple of years but is set to slump to an all-time low by the end of the decade unless the government tightens its climate policies, analysts said Tuesday.

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Position: Carbon Pricing and Climate Policy Consultant Duty Station: Amsterdam or Rotterdam, Netherlands Deadline for Application: 20 July 2020

California electricity use is returning to pre-coronavirus levels as travel restrictions ease and temperatures rise, with natural gas and imports making up a larger share of the grid than they did in 2019, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data.

The Brazilian government’s move to slash the credit targets for the country’s RenovaBio programme has split stakeholders, with sugarcane producers and allied lawmakers pushing back on the cut and large obligated parties calling for further relief, according to public comments.

In this role within the Portfolio Management unit, you will be responsible for structuring, negotiating and building new partnerships to develop emission reduction projects.

As part of the Climate Policy and Carbon Pricing practice within the Consultancy & Services team, you will focus on the successful and efficient implementation of our projects for international clients in the sustainability field and will be responsible for the development of proposals in business development activities for South Pole.

South Korean carbon permits on Monday fell by 9.9% for the third consecutive session, hitting their lowest levels since Jan. 2018 as all support for the KAU-19 contract has vanished.

EUAs raced above €30 for the first time in 14 years on Monday, busting through last year’s peak to close in on the market’s April 2006 all-time high.

Norske Skog’s Boyer paper mill in Australia has earned its first batch of carbon credits, four years after registering a heat recovery project with the Clean Energy Regulator and signing a contract to sell quarter of a million offsets to the government.

This role will be expected to lead analysis and engagement related to emissions budgets and policies to reduce emissions within the industrial and energy sectors in Aotearoa.