Archive

  • Modest rise in EU carbon price by 2020 forecast by industry

    28 May 2014

    The average price of carbon allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System between 2013 and 2020 is expected to be about €8 ($11), according to a survey of market participants.

  • The next generation

    27 March 2014

    US President Barack Obama is forging ahead with federal guidelines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. Katie Kouchakji looks at what form the standards could take, the implications for investors

  • Investors welcome proposed EU ETS reforms

    22 January 2014

    Proposals from the European Commission to reform the bloc's Emissions Trading System have received a qualified welcome from investors.

  • China launches fourth and biggest carbon market

    17 December 2013

    China's fourth pilot carbon market has begun operating in Guangdong, the country's most populous province.

  • Braine takes reins at IETA

    03 December 2013

    The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has appointed Bruce Braine, a vice-president responsible for strategic policy analysis at American Electric Power, as its new chairman. He replaces David Hone, senior climate change adviser at Shell, who is stepping down after three years in the role.

  • COP Blog: Follow the money

    19 November 2013

    Before this year's Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN climate convention got underway, the Warsaw meeting was being widely referred to as 'the finance COP'

  • Investors and businesses lobby for early EU ETS reform

    25 October 2013

    A group of 53 businesses, investors and trade associations has called on the European Commission to bring forward, to the end of this year, draft legislation to reform the beleaguered EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

  • IETA issues master agreement for California's carbon market

    02 October 2013

    The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has released its California Emissions Trading Master Agreement (CETMA) which aims to facilitate secondary market trading in the state's growing carbon market.

  • China to introduce carbon tax alongside emissions trading - IETA

    24 September 2013

    Chinese industry is likely to face a carbon tax as well as a national emissions trading system (ETS) from 2016, according to the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

  • EU carbon prices fall after 'missed opportunity' to reform ETS

    19 September 2013

    European carbon prices have taken a hit after the European Parliament's environment rejected a proposal to move quickly to structurally reform the market and impose a 2030 climate and energy framework.