Carbon Pulse

This position is a 6-month consultancy with the possibility of extension to a long-term consultancy or employment.

S/he will have the overall responsibility to provide technical support to Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE) and facilitate the implementation of Adaptation Fund (AF) funded Project activities, and other climate change related interventions implemented in collaboration of MoFE and WFP.

While the latest proposed California cap-and-trade regulations are seen doing little to impact offset issuance timelines, project developers are hopeful that future measures could tackle, and possibly eliminate, buyer liability or invalidation risk.

Some types of Guarantees of Origin (GOs) trades between the EU and Britain may be rendered invalid under a no-deal Brexit, as British-sourced units would no longer be recognised on the continent, the UK said Monday.

European carbon prices added 1.3% on Monday, recovering more of the ground lost earlier this month but shying away from the larger gains posted by the wider energy complex to start the week.

As part of the Consultancy team, you will focus on the successful and efficient implementation of our mandates and on the delivery of high quality consultancy reports on climate change mitigation solutions. You will lead the development of proposals and take an active role in the business development activities within the corporate sector.

The Quebec-based Inlandsis Fund has partnered with Bluesource to expand the carbon offset developer’s methane reduction programme in Alberta, the two companies announced Monday.

Trade in New Zealand carbon allowances has slowed to a trickle within a tight price range as emitters are reluctant to pay much above the fixed price for permits.

Australia’s voluntary carbon market saw a high-profile boost Monday, when the Sydney Opera House announced it would turn its famous sails green to mark that it had achieved carbon neutral status under the government’s National Carbon Offset Standard after buying voluntary carbon credits.

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California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee (IEMAC) on Friday urged the Air Resources Board (ARB) to further analyse the impact of surplus allowances on the cap-and-trade programme and to examine metrics to track the number of banked allowances.

Power sector emissions in California rose in July above the previous year's monthly estimate by the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO), while fuel consumption dropped slightly in May due to lower diesel sales, according to state data.

EU carbon prices finished higher on Friday in a choppy session spurred by the second failed auction of the week, notching an 11% weekly rise following a string of highly volatile sessions.

A California Superior Court judge halted new housing projects in San Diego County that had sought to use out-of-county carbon credits to offset emissions after opponents challenged the jurisdiction's climate plan.

Massachusetts’ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released amendments to finalise regulations that would install the post-2020 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) changes, including the emissions containment reserve (ECR).

EU carbon prices are unlikely to climb any more this year after tripling in value, analysts said, adding that there's possibility that EUAs could crash if speculators launch a mass sell-off.

South Korea’s GHG emissions rose 0.2% in 2016 to 694.1 MtCO2e, primarily due to an increase in energy-related emissions, the government announced Friday.

Energy firm EDL received its first offsets from the Clean Energy Regulator this week, having contracted to sell more than 2.5 million carbon credits to the Australian government from four waste coal mine gas power stations.

The New Zealand government could see a NZ$2.1 billion ($1.4 bln) bump in revenue if it brought agriculture into its emissions trading scheme and phased out all free allocation of carbon permits, according to the government-appointed Tax Working Group.

Amid concerns that Australia might botch its Paris Agreement obligations, one of the nation’s biggest business groups on Friday said environmental concerns had no place in free trade talks with the EU and should be kept to relevant international forums such as the UNFCCC.