Carbon Pulse

In this role you will be managing and implementing public advisory engagements related to carbon pricing and climate policy from sourcing to implementation. Clients you will work with include multilateral development banks, governments and international development organisations. In addition, you will contribute to South Pole’s strategy and services in the field of carbon pricing and climate policy.

The Senior Program Officer is a senior technical role within the American Carbon Registry (ACR), providing leadership on all aspects of registry services management.

EU carbon prices hit a seven-year high for the third consecutive session on Monday as the day’s auction cleared at a rare premium to the secondary market.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

A record batch of Colombian CERs were voluntarily cancelled this week for use by local emitters against the country’s carbon tax.

Czechia has once again been the first country to receive the annual greenlight from the European Commission to hand free EUAs to its utilities.

EU carbon prices extended their seven-year high on Friday to end above €17 for a 6.3% weekly rise, as tighter auction supply nears and despite a weaker energy complex.

The UK High Court on Friday blocked the path to a full hearing for a charity group seeking to deepen the country’s 2050 emission reduction goals, in one of the world’s first legal tests of the Paris Agreement.

The Philippines government is looking at whether to introduce a carbon tax in the country, holding an “exploratory” workshop on the subject this week.

Adopting a federal clean fuel standard (CFS) is a costlier and less effective way for Canada to reduce GHGs than an economy-wide carbon price, according to a new study published on Thursday.

Below is a table of the closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

New Zealand emissions permits extended record high levels again on Friday, with some market participants questioning whether the rally might take prices up to the NZ$25 de-facto price ceiling or even beyond.

A subsidiary of Australian mining major BHP Billiton this week received nearly 240,000 carbon credits for capturing and combusting methane emissions from one of its coal mines in New South Wales.

Australia’s main argument to stick to a modest emissions target under the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG) is to avoid electricity price hikes, but wholesale power prices could be 25% cheaper by 2030 with a more ambitious goal, analysts said on Friday.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Thursday that his province will join Saskatchewan’s lawsuit to stop the implementation of the Canadian federal government’s ‘backstop’ carbon pricing scheme, setting up a showdown with Ottawa over the legality of its national climate plan.

US carbon markets were mostly unchanged over the course of the week amid a summer holiday season in full swing.

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits broke out of a relatively stagnant stretch this week to push into new territory after one trade drove the market higher.

Finnish utility Fortum emitted 1.4 million tonnes of CO2 from its EU ETS-regulated facilities over the first half, down 7% year-on-year, it said in financial results on Thursday.

EU carbon prices climbed to their highest since 2011 on Thursday, as higher power prices and another stronger auction lent support.