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  • Aviation emissions plan raises questions for EU ETS

    10 October 2016

    The introduction of a new market-based mechanism to curb the growth of greenhouses gas emissions from aviation raises questions about the future of the sector within the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) and will do little to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, critics said.

  • 90 steps forward, two steps back

    17 August 2016

    With the flagship markets of the EU and California in difficulties, advocates of carbon trading are pinning their hopes on a slew of new markets, particularly China and Canada. Graham Cooper reports

  • Carbon prices are far too low to hit 2°C warming target, says IETA

    25 May 2016

    The price of carbon in major emissions markets is unlikely to exceed €15 ($17) per tonne of carbon dioxide by 2020, less than half the price likely to be needed to limit global warming to 2°C, according to an industry survey.

  • Paris 'can provide toolkit to allow carbon markets to link'

    20 November 2015

    The Paris climate summit will not realistically set up a global carbon market, but could provide a toolbox to help link regional trading systems.

  • Multi-national corporates call for UN talks to facilitate carbon markets

    19 October 2015

    A group of 14 leading industrial companies have called on negotiators at the UN climate change talks in Paris in December to deliver an agreement that facilitates international carbon markets.

  • Can Paris deliver a meaningful climate deal?

    07 October 2015

    Attempts to build a global agreement from a series of national pledges will help industry and financiers plan low-carbon investments beyond 2020, even if they don't restrict global warming to 2°C, says Graham Cooper

  • "Lack of clarity" on carbon markets in draft UN text worries industry

    27 July 2015

    The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), a non-profit representing more than 150 companies, has expressed concern over the negotiating text prepared for the UN's climate change meeting in Paris in December.

  • EU ETS reforms 'to boost investment in clean energy'

    15 July 2015

    Proposals to extend and reform the EU emissions trading system (ETS) were launched today as part of a package of measures that officials hope will boost carbon prices and encourage investment in clean energy.

  • Alberta extends carbon reduction initiative in boost for low-carbon investment

    26 June 2015

    Alberta has extended its carbon reduction programme until 2017, in a move hailed as "the signal that businesses and investors in [the province] have been needing".

  • Businesses must turn up the pressure ahead of Paris

    11 February 2015

    As climate negotiators meet in Geneva, Dirk Forrister argues that businesses have a key role to play helping shape policy on the road to Paris