Carbon
Tales from the sell side
Asia, and in particular China and India, represents the largest source of project-related emissions reduction credits going into the UN's Clean Development Mechanism system. Oliver Holtaway speaks to Asia Carbon Exchange's N Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu about the…
ECX and ICE launch CER futures contract
The European Climate Exchange (ECX) and ICE Futures today announced the launch of CER (certified emissions reduction) futures and options contracts, subject to regulatory approval.
EDF Energy to cut CO2 emissions by up to 60%
UK utility EDF Energy, part of the EDF Group, has committed to reduce the carbon intensity of its electricity generation activities by 60% by 2020, in part by building new nuclear capacity.
Australia commits to emissions trading – ASX to launch futures
Following yesterday’s commitment by Australian Prime Minister John Howard to a domestic emissions trading scheme before 2012, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) plans to launch a carbon futures market.
Bush lays out climate agenda – without emissions trading
In a speech in Washington ahead of the G8 meeting in Germany next week, US President George Bush laid out an agenda for tackling climate change.
The green question
Global carbon tradingPedro Moura-Costa, co founder of EcoSecurities, talks with Oliver Holtaway about his hopes for the future of emissions trading
Asian Development Bank launches carbon fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a fund to provide capital to buy carbon credits at the outset of clean energy projects, after commitments from participants exceeded the $80 million needed for launch.
Evolution Markets
Emissions Europe House of the Year
Is the EU ETS working?
The EU's emissions trading scheme has created a massive oversupply of allowances for its first phase. Kjetil Røine and Henrik Hasselknippe ask whether the scheme is causing emissions reductions, whether there will be a sufficient shortage in Phase II and…
JP Morgan
US Emissions House of the Year
The missing link
With several countries now developing emissions trading schemes, UN-supervised project-based emissions credits could become the linking instrument that creates a global price signal for greenhouse gas abatement. But greater standardisation in the market…
Powernext to launch spot contract for CERs
French energy exchange Powernext and financial institution Caisse des Dépôts are working together to launch the first exchange-traded spot contract for certified emissions reduction (CER) credits
First post-2012 EUA trade brokered
Emissions broker Evolution Markets has brokered the first trade of European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) emissions allowances (EUAs) for delivery post-2012
CO2e.com and Cantor Environmental Brokerage join forces
Carbon broker CO2e.com and Cantor Environmental Brokerage announced today that they are joining forces to create CantorCO2e
Point Carbon survey shows EU ETS ‘significantly’ reducing emissions
Global carbon markets in 2006 saw transactions of 1.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) worth €22.5 billion, according to environmental market analyst and information provider Point Carbon, who has just completed a survey of the carbon…
Designing a market
With Canada likely to embark on an emissions-trading scheme this year, Oliver Holtaway looks at the various forms it could take