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  • EU Carbon Market Update, 13 January

    14 January 2020

    The outlook is bearish for EU Allowance prices, says Adam Windmill*, as auction supply doubles this week with no obvious additional sources of demand

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 13 January 2020

    13 January 2020

    Sentiment in the market for California Carbon Allowances remains bullish and the activity of financial sector participants could be critical, says Nicolas Girod.*

  • EU Carbon Market Update, 6 January

    07 January 2020

    The outlook for EU Allowance prices is currently bearish, in light of a deterioration in underlying fundamental market drivers, says Adam Windmill.*

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 6 January 2020

    06 January 2020

    ClearBlue Markets remains bullish about California Carbon Allowances, as auctioned volumes for this year are significantly lower than in 2019 and there are signs that emissions could be higher, says Nicolas Girod.*

  • Futures contracts launched based on California's fuel standards

    06 January 2020

    The first physically delivered futures contracts based on the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) are due to be launched on the derivatives-focused Nodal Exchange on 24 January.

  • EU carbon market update, 23 December

    24 December 2019

    EU Allowances look set to surge in the absence of auctions, says Tom Lord*

  • Carbon markets grow despite lingering complications

    13 December 2019

    Carbon markets in Europe and North America have shown resilience in the face of a changing political and regulatory landscape. The winners of Environmental Finance's Market Rankings commented on the year that was and what promises to be a dynamic twelve months ahead. Christopher Marchant reports

  • World Bank unveils carbon markets implementation partnership

    10 December 2019

    An initiative to promote the use of carbon pricing has been announced on the sidelines of the COP25 event in Madrid.

  • Bundesbank chief rejects risk weighting adjustment for green assets

    31 October 2019

    Climate risks impact on the core tasks of central banks but “it would be wrong to want to use banking regulations to set climate policy incentives, for example by granting risk weighting ‘discounts’ for ‘green’ assets,” said Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann.

  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 21 October 2019

    21 October 2019

    WCI prices edge higher ahead of compliance deadline, notes Nicolas Girod*