Carbon Pulse

UNDP seeks to recruit a Climate Change and NDC Policy Specialist who will provide policy and programmatic support on climate change as part of the NDC Support Programme Global Support Unit, with a focus on NDCs and related areas in the context of sustainable development.

NRDC is seeking a Climate Advisor to work with the City of Austin as part of the American Cities Climate Challenge (ACCC).

Think tank Third Way is looking for a senior policy advisor for its Washington DC office.

NRDC is seeking a Schneider Federal Climate & Clean Energy Policy Analysis Fellow to work with the Climate & Clean Energy Team in our DC or NY offices.

California's 2019 carbon auction floor price will be set at $15.62, the ARB confirmed on Monday, while overall WCI current vintage auction volume will decline by 10% next year.

European carbon prices finished slightly higher on Monday after hitting a six-day high above €21, recovering from a weaker auction while flouting gains posted by the wider energy complex.

More than 70 German companies, governments, and NGOs have joined a voluntary initiative launched by the German government on Monday to buy carbon credits on their way to carbon neutrality.

Royal Dutch Shell will implement short-term emission reduction goals amid increasing investor pressure, it announced Monday, supplementing its longer-term targets as the oil major factors takes into account global climate progress and other internal activities.

As part of the Portfolio Management team you will be responsible for overseeing and developing business for the sales of carbon credits and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). You will also take responsibility for research and analysis of new opportunities in environmental markets in different countries around the world.

As part of the Portfolio Management team, you will be primarily responsible for structuring and closing carbon credit sourcing transactions. In addition, you will develop business with project developers, retailers, intermediaries and wholesale companies active in carbon markets.

As a Portfolio Manager you will be responsible for developing solutions in renewable energy markets around the world. You will work on commercial agreements with project developers, retailers, intermediaries and corporate consumers active in voluntary renewable energy markets.

The World Bank Group will double its climate spending to $40 billion per year over 2021-2025, it said Monday, with funding renewable energy and creating markets for climate business among its priorities.

WRI is seeking an innovative and technically strong expert to fill the role of Subnational Climate Action Associate.

Ecofys – A Navigant Company is currently recruiting a Senior Consultant for the Smart Policies team in our Berlin office. As part of a dynamic team, you will work on projects for public and private sector clients in various areas of national, European and international energy and climate policy and international cooperation, in particular with the MENA region.

This position is central to maintaining and advancing the University of Waterloo (UW) as a leading centre for research and knowledge mobilization on the impacts of global climate change and the transition to a decarbonized and climate-resilient society in Canada and around the world.

The OECD is looking for an energy innovation programme officer for its Clean Energy Transition team.

At least four Latin American and Caribbean countries have voiced interest in hosting next year’s UN climate summit after Brazil withdrew its offer.

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Zanzibar’s Masingini Natural Forest Reserve provides drinking water for much of the island and habitat for dozens of rare and endangered species, but its forests are being illegally clear-cut. Meanwhile, in the Brazilian Amazon, the “lungs of the planet”, recent satellite images show 7900 square km of illegal deforestation in just the last year. Isolated transgressions? Hardly.

A growing number of Canadian provinces and organisations are taking sides and requesting to intervene in the legal fights against the federal government’s carbon tax.