Carbon Pulse

Verra is looking for a Program Officer to help manage Verra’s sustainable development programs including the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta) and the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) Standards.

Verra is seeking a Senior Program Officer, Methodologies to support the development of innovative and high-impact VCS methodologies, with a focus on technological and industrial climate solutions.

Targray is building a new Carbon Credits Trading desk and is looking for Carbon Credits Traders working in Environmental markets worldwide.

Organization: Plan Vivo Foundation Position: Carbon Market Coordinator Duty Station: Netherlands, Scandinavia or Germany Deadline for Application: until suitable applicant is found

Organization: CAN Europe Position: Climate & Trade Campaign Officer Duty Station: Europe Deadline for Application: 10 August 2021

Organization: European Climate Foundation Position: Associate, Oil and Gas Duty Station: Tokyo, Japan Deadline for Application: 12 August 2021

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

WCI regulated entities increased their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) cumulative position this week as the July contract expired, while speculators maintained holdings amid rising prices on the secondary market.

The tech sector favours expensive carbon removals as part of its voluntary climate action to help drive essential technologies to scale, according to a new intermediary focused exclusively on sourcing those types of carbon credits.

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released a draft cap-and-reduce programme rulemaking on Thursday that sets allowance allocation levels for natural gas suppliers, along with methodologies for other regulated parties under the market-based scheme. 

The EU ETS-financed Modernisation Fund has made its first €300 million in payments to three Central and Eastern EU nations to help finance six decarbonisation projects, the European Commission announced on Friday.

A summary of legislative and regulatory action on carbon pricing, clean fuel standards, and clean energy at the US subnational and federal level this week, including developments in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and California.

EUA prices surged to a new one-month high early on Friday as natural gas led a market-wide rally in energy and the daily auction cleared in line with prevailing spot market prices.

The Chinese Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) price rebounded from a week earlier while trading activities continued to shrink, a sign that market observers said shouldn’t be read into too much because of limited participants on the market.

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

A large utility regulated under the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) carbon market has advocated for revisions to the programme's auction limits and banking provisions, while the bulk of public commenters in a consultation process supported the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) proposal to maintain the in-state power sector scheme.

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices rebounded this week from recent lows on additional demand from financial firms, while RGGI Allowances (RGAs) climbed to a new all-time high as year-to-date emissions crept up to the 50-million short ton level.

The Canadian government on Thursday provided additional details on its post-2022 benchmark for the federal ‘backstop’ carbon pricing regime, including guidance on setting allowance budgets for cap-and-trade systems, as it also launched the first phase of its carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) consultation.

Over four-fifths of countries with revised Paris emissions pledges plan to participate in international carbon market mechanisms, according to think-tank WRI, comparing countries’ revised and original pledges while still finding a yawning gap to global warming goals.

US President Joe Biden (D) will sign an executive order on Thursday that aims for half of all new vehicle sales to be zero emissions by 2030, as two federal agencies will propose to partially overturn the Trump administration's clean car rollbacks by adapting vehicle GHG standards negotiated by California and several automakers.