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Onus on US corporates to lead on voluntary carbon markets, says IETA
06 February 2025Moves by President Donald Trump's administration to dismantle US federal initiatives supporting the voluntary carbon market could lead the private sector to play a greater role in its development, says IETA president and CEO Dirk Forrister.
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China to make 'small but impactful' moves on ETS, says IETA
03 February 2025China could be preparing to reform its Emissions Trading System (ETS), as part of efforts to bring liquidity into its system, according to IETA.
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EU countries agree weakened text for green claims directive
18 June 2024EU countries have agreed a text for the proposed Green Claims Directive which contains weaker language on the use of carbon credits than that agreed by the European Parliament.
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Carbon markets waiting on details before using Integrity Council principles, says IETA
21 April 2023Carbon market participants are waiting for more detail from the Integrity Council before they apply its core carbon principles, the International Emissions Trading Association has said.
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How tech can help transform the voluntary carbon market
19 December 2022New technology can spread out the benefits of carbon markets to all, says Dirk Forrister
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Carbon prices expected to rise, amid Covid-19 recovery and climate ambition catalysts
14 June 2021Market participants are increasingly confident that carbon prices across all major global emissions trading systems (ETSs)...
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ICAO votes to lower baseline on airline carbon reduction scheme
01 July 2020States in the UN-based International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have voted to lower the carbon emissions baseline of airline credits trading scheme Corsia, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Covid-19 poses 'most severe test yet for carbon markets' - IETA
23 June 2020The Covid-19 pandemic "represents the most severe test of the world's carbon markets to date, going far beyond the scope of the 2008 global financial crisis," said Dirk Forrister, president and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).
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COP24 sees historic agreement on Paris rulebook, but work remains
17 December 2018A historic agreement on the rules that will govern the Paris Agreement has been sealed at the Katowice climate change conference (COP 24), but countries failed to agree changes to strengthen emissions trading schemes.
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People moves: AP3, ISS-Oekom, IETA
10 August 2018Mårten Lindeborg, AP3’s CIO and deputy CEO, has passed away. The Swedish buffer fund announced yesterday that Lindeborg died after a short illness