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News and intelligence on carbon markets, greenhouse gas pricing, and climate policy
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North American offset developer hires executive from environmental services firm
An executive from a US-based environmental services company has joined a North American offset project developer and advisory firm, Carbon Pule has learned.
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South Korea amends ETS rules to allow more CERs from abroad
South Korea’s environment ministry on Tuesday announced several rule changes to its emissions trading scheme, including removing the distinction between offsets generated at home and abroad for compliance use.
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CP Daily: Monday March 15, 2021
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Final Swiss Phase 2 carbon permit auction clears at record high
Switzerland has successfully auctioned its remaining stock of Phase 2 carbon allowances, the government announced Monday, with the price clearing at a record high.
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VCM Report: VER prices tick up as market players question future increases
Voluntary carbon market (VCM) prices gained this week on continued strong demand in the spot market, though traders and retailers think more substantial price increases for voluntary emission reductions (VERs) may be a ways off.
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Houston-based environmental firm adds former RGGI programme manager
A Houston-based environmental commodity firm has hired a former official for the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme as a market analyst, Carbon Pulse has learned.
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EU Market: EUAs fade after setting another record above €43
European carbon prices hit a record high for the fifth day in a row on Monday, but then lost ground amid a less supportive energy complex.
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RGGI states to cut 19 mln allowances from annual CO2 budgets in surplus bank adjustment
RGGI will cut nearly 16% of this year's CO2 budget under the power sector cap-and-trade scheme as it accounts for the pre-2021 allowances surplus, with the adjustment leading to slightly smaller upcoming auctions, data released Monday showed.
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Senior Program Officer, Innovations, Verra – Washington DC/Flexible
Verra’s Innovation team is looking for a Senior Program Officer to support our work to foster climate impact and generate related environmental and social benefits through the VCS Program and other emerging standards, tools and programs.
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Brussels eases rules on free allocation for some EU ETS industries
Some 31 out of 52 EU ETS-covered industries will face the maximum possible tightening of their free allocation benchmarks over the next five years, according to EU rules adopted late Friday that give 12 sectors an easier ride compared to earlier drafts, with green groups and even some industry players flagging concerns that the system does not align with the goals set by the European Green Deal.
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Fund Control, Monitoring and Evaluation Director, Emergent – Barcelona/New York
Emergent, a non-profit intermediary between forest countries and the private sector, is looking for a director for its fund control and reporting group. The role holder will be charged with operationalizing and continuously improving Emergent’s fund control and reporting arrangements.
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Carbon Credits Procurement Executive, Gaia Environment – Singapore
Candidate to provide support in purchasing & sourcing carbon credits, to develop and expand carbon credits portfolio for the company by working with international project partners. and to provide market update of project host countries to the team internally.
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Director of Strategy for COP26, UK Cabinet Office – London/Glasgow
Reporting to the Director General (CEO) of the COP26 unit, the post holder will be responsible for the ongoing development and delivery of the COP26 strategy for the UK 2021 presidency. Ensuring that the presidency has a coherent plan for delivering success during the planning and preparation for the summit, the successful candidate will oversee a team of officials and be responsive to the rapidly evolving international political, economic, social, environmental and technological contexts of COP26.
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South Pole’s Australian climate strategy head joins rival offset developer
South Pole’s head of climate strategy for the Oceania region has left the company to take up a position as director for commercial development at one of Australia’s other major offset developers.
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Woodside, Trafigura announce first carbon neutral condensate shipment
Australia’s Woodside Energy and Singapore-headquartered traders Trafigura on Monday announced their first involvements in fossil fuel shipments voluntarily backed by carbon credits.
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Director of Technical Services, EP Carbon – Berkeley/Minneapolis/Remote
EP Carbon, a technical consultancy and project developer, is seeking a technical director to join our growing AFOLU carbon practice.
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Technical Manager, EP Carbon – Berkeley/Minneapolis/Remote
EP Carbon, a technical consultancy and project developer, is seeking a Technical Manager to join our growing AFOLU carbon practice.
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Mitigation and Carbon Pricing Consultant, UNDP – Remote Working
The Mitigation and Carbon Pricing Consultant will be part of a multidisciplinary Governance of Climate Change Finance team for Asia-Pacific reporting to the Governance and Public Finance Specialist who in turn reports to SDG Finance Advisor in the Bangkok Regional Hub.
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Head of Climate Change, UK Export Finance – London
The Head Of Climate Change will lead on climate change includes leadership of the department’s climate change policy, strategic direction and implementation, including TCFD. This will also include cross-government lead in areas of climate, for example COP26 and beyond, the implementation of TCFD, amongst other things.
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PREVIEW: NZ ETS participants brace for higher prices as auctions begin
Participants in New Zealand’s carbon market are expecting prices to trend higher this year, with this week’s start of allowance auctions heralding a new phase for the 13-year-old ETS.
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