Carbon
More research needed on price impact of CO2 on power: expert
Power risk managers may face previously unforeseen cost challenges in the next few years, as not enough research has been done to quantify the marginal effects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions prices will have on the electricity generation sector, says…
“Questionable” CERs add to post-2012 uncertainty
Carbon experts warn that HFC-based carbon offset credits could lose value in third phase of EU ETS
Duke Energy refuses to disclose cap-and-trade lobby spend
Shareholders have failed to force Duke Energy to detail its lobbying spend in support of the US Government’s carbon cap-and-trade plan.
Fraud crackdown will boost carbon market credibility, say experts
Market experts say Europe-wide crackdown on carbon trading fraud will strengthen market credibility and lead to tighter regulation
Choppy seas for shipping’s carbon scheme accord
The EU has pledged to include shipping in the EU ETS by the end of 2011 if a global scheme hasn’t been agreed on. Some shipping experts believe this could cause chaos, finds Alex Davis
Video Q&A: GFI’s Michael Cosgrove on carbon markets
Michael Cosgrove, head of commodities and energy brokerage, North America at GFI Group – which launched its North America Environmental Products Group just over four months ago – talks to Pauline McCallion about his outlook for US carbon trading
Green Exchange’s London launch brings Nymex carbon products to Europe
The New York Mercantile Exchange's (Nymex) environmental products trading platform, the Green Exchange, has announced the opening of a London office, in an attempt to penetrate the European carbon space. Green Exchange International intends to list…
Carbon market welcomes ICE purchase of CCX
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced the £395m acquisition of The Climate Exchange. The two entities have been partners since 2003.
Volcanic ash cloud could reduce airlines’ carbon allowances
Market experts have warned that last week’s Europe-wide flight disruptions, following the volcanic ash cloud precaution, will affect the aviation industry’s carbon allocations under the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) from 2012.
Tokyo carbon scheme: blueprint for Asia?
Tokyo’s recently launched carbon trading scheme could provide a blueprint for similar schemes across Asia, say carbon experts.
Q&A with the director of UNFCCC’s Sustainable Development Mechanisms
The UNFCCC has the tough challenge of creating and monitoring a market-based structure to urge the world to resolve climate change issues. John Kilani, director of the UNFCCC’s Sustainable Development Mechanisms programme talks to Lianna Brinded
Carbon market will bounce back from recycled CER scandal, say brokers
The sale of two million recycled Certified Emission Reduction (CER) units, the latest in a series of setbacks for European carbon trading, has been absorbed by the market as another teething problem, according to carbon market participants.
Recycled CER scandal could push carbon trading over the counter
The latest scandal to hit the carbon markets, involving the trading of recycled Certified Emission Reduction units (CERs), could damage the credibility of carbon credits and push volumes off exchanges and onto the over-the-counter markets, say experts.
US carbon experts see significant impetus for federal cap-and-trade
Experts remain optimistic about federal cap-and-trade legislation in the US, but believe regional schemes can step into the breach if a bill is not passed by the US Congress.
Forestry project launched under new offset protocol
Project developer Finite Carbon has announced details of a new Improved Forest Management (IFM) project in Tennessee that could generate several hundred thousand of carbon offsets over the next 100 years.
Carbon traders foresee lacklustre market in 2010
Optimism in the carbon market has been curbed by the disappointing results of the Copenhagen climate change meeting in December 2009 and traders now expect muted market activity in 2010.
Piecing things together post-Copenhagen
Abyd Karmali, global head of carbon markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, gives Pauline McCallion a first-hand account of the December 2009 UN climate change talks, discussing the likely future impact on global carbon markets
Where to now for the carbon markets?
The Copenhagen climate talks, widely dismissed as a failure, did achieve certain things. Olga Gassan-zade and Kristian Tangen of Point Carbon analyse what the conference means for emissions trading from here
China’s CDM market: Will Shanghai say goodbye to CERs?
With China widely blamed for the failure of Copenhagen, some experts believe CDM investors could now shun the country in favour of India and Brazil, or that the EU may even take action again Chinese CDM certificates, creating a two-tier market. Lianna…
Indian CDM: does it have a future?
The CDM market in India has boomed since its 2007 inception, but its development has been dogged by both domestic and international regulatory uncertainty. Katie Holliday looks at the challenges faced by the Indian CDM market and asks whether it has a…
Carbon market experts: no point in investing in ERUs
There is no point in investing in emissions reduction units (ERUs) from now on, according to a panel of market experts speaking at a carbon conference on Tuesday.
Point Carbon and S&P to offer credit ratings for carbon trading
Carbon market analysis group Point Carbon and ratings agency Standard & Poors are looking at setting up a joint venture to investigate carbon offset project risk assessment products and services.