Carbon Pulse
![Subscribe to Carbon Pulse feed](https://www.seng.org.au/misc/feed.png)
![Carbon Pulse](https://carbon-pulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-apple-touch-icon-32x32.png)
News and intelligence on carbon markets, greenhouse gas pricing, and climate policy
Updated: 1 hour 55 min ago
CP Daily: Monday November 23, 2020
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
Categories: Around The Web
Lithuania should impose a carbon tax, slash fossil fuel subsidies -OECD
The OECD urged has urged Lithuania to introduce a carbon tax and slash its fossil fuel subsidies in order to achieve its national climate objectives.
Categories: Around The Web
As some eye Chancellor’s review for UK carbon pricing plan clues, legal experts foretell an ETS
While stakeholders will be closely watching this week’s UK spending review for any sign of a decision on the government’s post-Brexit carbon pricing plans, some legal experts appear convinced that an ETS will be the chosen outcome and that the first allowance auction could be held in Q2 2021.
Categories: Around The Web
Agriculture carbon offsets can lead to adverse climate effects, NGO report warns
The EU should be wary of introducing carbon offsets for agricultural and land-use projects as this could lead to an increase in global emissions in the long term, a NGO report released on Tuesday found.
Categories: Around The Web
EU Market: EUAs shoot above €27 on vaccine progress, supply drought fears
EUA prices shot above €27 on Monday as wider markets lifted on virus vaccine news, with observers eyeing a looming carbon allowance auction drought as a trigger for further gains.
Categories: Around The Web
President-elect Biden taps Kerry as US climate ‘czar’
US President-elect Joe Biden (D) named former Secretary of State John Kerry (D) to a chief climate position in his administration on Monday, selecting a Paris Agreement veteran as the Democratic nominee seeks to immediately rejoin the pact next year.
Categories: Around The Web
Director, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, UNDESA – New York City
Organization: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Position: Director - Division for Sustainable Development Goals
Duty Station: New York City, US
Deadline for Application: 7 January 2021
Categories: Around The Web
Director, Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), UNDESA – New York City
Organization: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Position: Director - Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
Duty Station: New York City, US
Deadline for Application: 24 December 2020
Categories: Around The Web
Program Officer (Senior Advisor for Policy), USAID – Washington DC
Organization: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Position: Program Officer (Senior Advisor for Policy)
Duty Station: Washington D.C., US
Deadline for Application: 25 November 2020
Categories: Around The Web
Australia-Asia/Pacific Head of Office, Climate Analytics – Perth
Organization: Climate Analytics Inc.
Position: Australia-Asia/Pacific Head of Office
Duty Station: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Deadline for Application: 25 November 2020
Categories: Around The Web
Climate Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe – Europe
Organization: CAN Europe
Position: Climate Policy Coordinator
Duty Station: Europe
Deadline for Application: 4 December 2020
Categories: Around The Web
Brussels to consider EU carbon market price floor as part of consultation
The European Commission is considering the introduction of a minimum carbon price as part of a wider consultation on the revision of the ETS, a senior official said Monday, although he added that the EU’s executive is “hesitant” about the policy.
Categories: Around The Web
Net zero mining: Sweden’s LKAB maps emissions free future
Swedish state-owned miner LKAB on Monday set out a $46.5 billion plan to shift to emissions free production of iron ore for steelmaking, aiming to secure its future well beyond the country’s 2045 net zero emissions target.
Categories: Around The Web
California gasoline sales dip in September as YoY trend rebounds at a slower pace
California gasoline consumption dropped in September from the prior month, but the year-on-year trend inched closer to 2019 levels, according to federal data released this week.
Categories: Around The Web
EU’s post-2020 Modernisation Fund stocked with 643 mln allowances -Commission
The EU’s post-2020 Modernisation Fund will monetise 643.2 million carbon allowances over the next decade to help 10 lower-income member states decarbonise their economies, the European Commission announced Monday.
Categories: Around The Web
New York claims post-2020 RGGI caps consistent with carbon neutrality law
New York’s draft RGGI regulation to install post-2020 CO2 allowance budgets aligns with climate goals established under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), state officials said, rebuking comments from legislators and environmental groups who criticised the proposed cap levels.
Categories: Around The Web
General Manager, Sector Analysis, NZ Climate Change Commission – Wellington
This role leads a high-quality team of modellers, economists and expert policy analysts whose work is central to the reputation of the Commission.
Categories: Around The Web
Energy & Carbon Market Analyst, Green Energy Markets – Melbourne
Green Energy Markets is looking for someone to help with building and maintaining its databases and models which track and forecast large-scale renewable energy projects such as wind and solar farms, the rooftop solar market, the broader electricity market and energy efficiency.
Categories: Around The Web
Trading in China ETS now tipped to begin early 2021
The first trades in China’s national emissions trading scheme are likely to take place early next year, an advisor to the government said over the weekend, meaning the country is likely to miss its 2020 target start date for the market, though compliance obligations are still set to be backdated to 2019.
Categories: Around The Web
CP Daily: Friday November 20, 2020
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
Categories: Around The Web