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Engagement Manager, Carbon and offset markets, Vivid Economics – London

Tue, 2020-05-05 07:03
We are currently looking for an Engagement Manager with expertise and track record in carbon and offset markets to support internal and external project management and develop our strategy and expertise in this area. The candidate is expected to take a lead with senior team members on growing and delivering our portfolio of climate related projects.
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Engagement Manager, Competitiveness and industry strategy, Vivid Economics – London

Tue, 2020-05-05 07:02
We are currently looking for an Engagement Manager or Senior Economist with particular expertise in competitiveness and industry strategy to lead on project delivery and client engagement and to develop our strategy and expertise in this area. The candidate is also expected to take a lead on growing and delivering our portfolio of climate related projects.
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Principal, Carbon and offset markets, Vivid Economics – London

Tue, 2020-05-05 07:01
We are currently looking for a Principal with strong expertise and significant track record in carbon and offset markets to support internal and external project management while develop our strategy and expertise in this area. The candidate is expected to take a lead on growing and delivering our portfolio of climate related projects.
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Engagement Manager, Climate Policy, Vivid Economics – London

Tue, 2020-05-05 06:58
We are currently looking for an Engagement Manager with expertise in climate policy to support internal and external project management and develop our strategy and expertise in this area. The candidate is expected to take a lead on growing and delivering our portfolio of climate related projects.
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*NEW* MARCU MY WORDS: Europe’s Climate Law – Locking in the Future?

Tue, 2020-05-05 06:33
The EU Climate Law, with its sweeping scope and ambitious objectives, will recalibrate the parameters of economic activity across the continent. In particular, it will dramatically narrow the options available to member states when they decide on how to meet their current and future energy demand.
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EU ETS non-compliance rises in 2019

Tue, 2020-05-05 06:12
More than 300 installations and airlines failed to meet their obligations under the EU ETS in 2019, according to data published by the European Commission on Monday, with the non-compliance rate jumping by nearly 50% since last year.
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Internship, Climate Change Policy, Summer 2020, Council on Foreign Relations – Washington DC

Tue, 2020-05-05 05:24
CFR’s Blavatnik and Robina Franklin Williams internships give selected interns the opportunity to receive training in the area of foreign policy; as well as skills training in areas such as writing, research, and program planning.
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Senior Policy Advisor, State Climate and Energy, United Nations Foundation – Washington, DC

Tue, 2020-05-05 05:21
The Senior Policy Advisor works as a member of the U.S. Climate Alliance Secretariat in providing direct technical and policy assistance to support Alliance states in developing and implementing climate policy.
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EU Commission launches work to study extending ETS to transport, buildings

Tue, 2020-05-05 04:39
The European Commission has launched a project deploying several research bodies to evaluate the extension of the EU ETS to cover emissions from fossil fuel use, in particular in the road transport and buildings sectors.
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California’s ARB grants offset verification flexibility amid coronavirus pandemic

Tue, 2020-05-05 03:02
State regulator ARB is granting some off-site verifications for California Carbon Offset (CCO) projects to mitigate the impacts of ‘shelter-in-place’ orders across the US, the agency and numerous market sources said.
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CARBON PULSE CONVERSATIONS 006: Oregon legislators

Tue, 2020-05-05 02:54
In the latest Carbon Pulse Conversations podcast, we speak to Oregon Senator Michael Dembrow (D) and Representative Karin Power (D) about the state’s challenges to pass WCI-modelled carbon market legislation, as well as the new GHG reduction programme ordered by the governor.
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Virginia’s Dominion plans higher renewables capacity ahead of RGGI linkage

Tue, 2020-05-05 02:10
Dominion Energy intends to increase its wind and solar energy capacity as the company participates in the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme over the next decade, but the Virginia utility still plans to maintain natural gas-fired generation through the state’s 2045 deadline for decarbonising the grid, it said in a filing on Friday.
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MEPs rebuff call to pause EU efforts towards net zero emissions

Tue, 2020-05-05 00:59
MEPs from the European Parliament’s environment committee on Monday dismissed calls to postpone work on the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal, an idea pushed by a eurosceptic MEP responsible for drafting the committee’s opinion on the 27-nation bloc’s Just Transition Fund.
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EU Midday Market Briefing

Mon, 2020-05-04 23:35
EUAs fell to a four-week low early on Monday, as some traders blamed last week's 2019 compliance deadline for a drop in demand while more signs pointed to a slow economic recovery, even as many EU nations ease their virus containment measures.
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Woolworths, funds among beneficiaries in Australia’s latest offset issuance

Mon, 2020-05-04 20:18
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has issued nearly 800,000 new carbon credits over the past week, it said Monday, more than doubling the number from the previous week.
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New Zealand opposition wants to delay ETS reform bill by a year

Mon, 2020-05-04 16:19
New Zealand’s opposition National party wants to delay the ongoing emissions trading scheme reform by a year due to the COVID-19 crisis, it stated in a House committee review of the bill released Monday, though the committee majority proposed only minor changes to the legislation.
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CP Daily: Friday May 1, 2020

Sat, 2020-05-02 11:03
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Compliance entities’ California carbon positions edge down as speculators maintain holdings

Sat, 2020-05-02 06:33
Compliance entities continued to trim their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) position on the secondary market, while speculators total holdings remained roughly unchanged week-on-week, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data released Friday.
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Eligible EU countries cleared to hand out final batch of free Phase 3 EUAs to utilities

Sat, 2020-05-02 05:25
A handful of eligible EU member states have been cleared to hand out their final batches of free carbon allowances to utilities for the current phase of the ETS, leaving as many as 40 million units to be sold or banked into the next period.
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New York’s draft RGGI regulation would trigger penalty on biomass plant

Sat, 2020-05-02 04:24
A New York-based RGGI facility must surrender allowances for failing to comply with historical obligations if the state adopts its proposed post-2020 ETS regulation, a state official confirmed on Friday. 
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