Carbon Pulse
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EU Market: EUAs pulled back towards €25 magnet to post 1.1% weekly loss
European carbon prices edged up on Friday to stick near €25, with technical buying offsetting weaker fundamentals to notch a 1.1% weekly loss.
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COP25: Indonesia to set up national ETS by 2024, pilot next year -official
Indonesia plans to launch a pilot emissions trading scheme for its power and industry sectors next year aiming to transition to full market no later than 2024, a government official said at the sidelines of UN climate talks in Madrid.
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RGGI auction discount, compliance purchases hit multi-year highs in Q4 sale
RGGI’s final auction of 2019 settled at its largest discount to the secondary market in more than two years, as compliance entities purchased their biggest share of allowances in since 2016, according to results published Friday.
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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Dec. 6, 2019
Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.
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Low-cost EU airline emissions tumble in November as holiday travel season ends
Two of Europe’s biggest low-cost airlines posted a third straight month-on-month decline in their carbon emissions in November as flight travel in Europe decreased with the arrival of colder weather.
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Programme Administrator, Energy and Climate, ICF – London
We would like to add a Programme Administrator to the Energy and Climate team, to provide organisational support to our Programme Managers in delivering multi-year, substantial technical assistance programmes.
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Senior Analyst, Energy Finance, Climate Policy Initiative – Delhi
CPI offers a challenging environment that requires independent thinking, effective client and stakeholder management, purposeful collaboration and pragmatic problem-solving skills. CPI is looking for a talented, highly skilled, flexible and motivated individual to join its Energy Finance team in India to conduct research and analytics for our work in the country.
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Principal/Senior Climate Policy Specialist, AIIB – Beijing
The SPB Department is recruiting a Principal/Senior Climate Policy Specialist. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of AIIB’s strategic approach for climate change.
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South Korea to auction 8.25 mln CO2 allowances in 2020
South Korea has released the monthly auctioning schedule for its emissions trading scheme next year, with total volume slightly above this year’s levels.
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CP Daily: Thursday December 5, 2019
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Options exist for new US LCFS schemes, experts say
More clean fuel standard programmes could develop across the United States as states look to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector and incentivise additional supply of less-carbon emitting fuel sources, experts told the OPIS Carbon & LCFS conference.
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Canada to announce deal with Alberta over large emitter programme -media
The Canadian federal government is to announce an agreement with Alberta on the province’s carbon pricing mechanism for stationary installations, national media reported Thursday.
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California LCFS balance will tighten after 2020, but GHG target achievable – analyst
The credit balance under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is likely to tighten early in the next decade, but the accelerated adoption of electric vehicles will likely ensure the programme reaches its 2030 goal, an analyst said Thursday.
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EU Market: EUAs recover after finding support on way down to €24
EUAs recovered from a midday dive towards €24 on Thursday, with buyers stepping in at levels that have consistently found support over the past two weeks.
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COP25: With the rules still in flux, governments and businesses scramble to pioneer Paris carbon markets
Businesses and governments on the sidelines of the Madrid climate talks are busy building the foundations for a Paris era international carbon market and carving out a role for themselves, even as delegates remain gridlocked in negotiations over the rules.
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NA Markets: California prices sink after auction, RGGI slides into Q4 sale
California Carbon Allowance (CCAs) prices fell this week to counter an initially bullish reaction to last week’s Q4 WCI auction, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) slid heading into the Northeast US carbon market’s final sale of 2019.
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South Africa finalises offset rules under new national carbon tax
The South African government has formalised regulations for the use of offsets under its national carbon tax regime, after making a few last-minute changes based on stakeholder feedback.
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Voluntary carbon market doubles to near-record volume in 2018, though prices flat -report
Voluntary carbon trade worldwide doubled in 2018 to approach record levels at near 100MtCO2e as forest projects took a lead amid heightened demand, though offset prices remained flat, researchers found in a report published on Thursday.
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China ETS allowances could balloon to over 4 bln tonnes in first year -analysts
China may issue as many as 4.4 billion CO2 allowances in the first year of its national emissions trading scheme, analysts said Thursday, 30% more than previously thought as the number of participants has swelled.
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Director, Economy Program, I4CE – Paris
Organization: Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE)
Position: Director – Economy Program
Duty Station: Paris, Ile-De-France, France
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