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  • Business coalition calls for zero emissions 'well before end of century'

    08 June 2015

    A coalition of businesses and NGOs has written an open letter calling for world leaders to back an ambitious "zero emissions" policy at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) in December.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 1 June 2015

    01 June 2015

    A reduced supply of auctioned allowances into the market this week, could be bullish for EUA prices. But any gains are likely to be short-lived, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Camco trims losses, reduces carbon exposure

    01 June 2015

    Camco Clean Energy halved its losses in 2014 and has further reduced its exposure to the carbon market.

  • Oil firms demand worldwide carbon pricing in open letter

    01 June 2015

    A group of six oil companies have called for the introduction of a global carbon price as part of "ambitious policy frameworks" to help tackle climate change, in an open letter to world leaders.

  • Clean Power Plan could lead to stranded assets, inter-state trading

    01 June 2015

    The proposed US Clean Power Plan could leave some coal-fired power plants 'stranded' and lead to inter-state trading of emission reductions in the western states, experts said.

  • Environmental Markets acquires CTX European operations

    29 May 2015

    European Environmental Markets (EEM), a London-based company set up in February, is to take over the European operations of Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX).

  • World Bank uses options to encourage methane reduction projects

    28 May 2015

    A series of 'put options' are to be sold by the World Bank to incentivise private sector companies to reduce methane emissions in developing countries.

  • Of green bonds, Paris and additionality

    27 May 2015

    I was fortunate enough to spend much of last week in Paris where thousands of people from the business, finance and political worlds converged to talk about climate change, says Peter Cripps

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 26 May 2015

    26 May 2015

    EUA prices fell 3.7% last week as the euro weakened against the dollar and as power prices fell to near record lows. Subdued trading is expected this week as market participants converge in Barcelona for Carbon Expo

  • EU carbon price expectation turns positive for first time in four years

    26 May 2015

    Carbon market insiders expect the average price of EU emission allowances (EUAs) to rise in coming years - representing the first time since 2011 that the annual survey has revealed bullish sentiment.