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  • EU carbon prices could double in five years, says thinktank

    21 August 2018

    The price of carbon emissions in the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is set to double to between €35 and €40 ($40-$46) in the next five years, according to Carbon Tracker, a UK-based thinktank.

  • EU carbon prices set to quadruple by 2030, says Carbon Tracker

    26 April 2018

    European carbon prices could double by 2021 and quadruple by 2030 if the European Commission legislates to align its current emissions targets with the Paris Agreement, according to a report by Carbon Tracker.

  • People moves: Carbon Tracker Initiative, CalPERS, PGGM and BMO Global Asset Management

    06 April 2018

    Mark Lewis has left Barclays to become the new head of research and managing director of Carbon Tracker Initiative.

  • EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

    23 May 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  • Carbon analyst Mark Lewis joins Barclays

    30 November 2015

    Veteran carbon analyst and stranded assets expert Mark Lewis has taken up a new post, with Barclays.

  • Investors welcome tighter GHG targets from US and China

    12 November 2014

    Investors have welcomed new targets on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions announced by China and the US in which China has, for the first time, committed to reduce its absolute level of emissions.

  • Higher oil prices could still lead to stranded assets, warns report

    16 September 2014

    Oil majors run the risk that their assets will be devalued even if oil prices rise, a report has warned.

  • Will there be blood?

    16 July 2014

    The stranded carbon assets debate has gathered steam in the wake of a new report on the oil sector and after fossil fuel giants addressed the issue for the first time. What are the implications for investors, asks Peter Cripps.

  • Kepler Cheuvreux hires former Deutsche Bank carbon analyst

    01 April 2014

    Former Deutsche Bank carbon analyst Mark Lewis has been appointed as a senior member of brokerage Kepler Cheuvreux's sustainability research team.

  • Exxon disappoints investors with response to 'stranded assets' risk

    01 April 2014

    ExxonMobil has rejected the suggestion from several investor groups that much of its fossil-fuel reserves will be rendered 'unburnable', as a result of global efforts to combat climate change.