Carbon Pulse

Two additional participants opened RGGI CO2 Allowance Tracking System (COATS) accounts on Monday, aligning with a growing trend of existing regulated entities opening new accounts in the power sector carbon market, programme data showed.

Verra is creating the new role of Director, Technological GHG Innovations, to lead the development and implementation of Verra’s strategy around Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and other technological GHG innovation opportunities.

EUAs continued their record-breaking rally into a fourth day on Monday, bolstered by higher energy prices as freezing conditions set in in parts of Europe and some observers predicted further gains for this week.

The EU should examine the potential for overlaps between sub-national and corporate emissions pledges and the bloc's climate policies to better understand their impact on the EU ETS and other initiatives, a report has found.

The Director of Policy & GR oversees government relations, contributes to policy development and helps manage relationships with external stakeholders. As Director, you will need to be/become an expert on climate change policy, especially the inner workings of carbon pricing. You’ll be the key contact with government staff, and other stakeholder organizations.

Canada can meet its goal of economy-wide net zero emissions by 2050, but to do so the government will need to implement more stringent climate policies, push existing GHG-cutting technologies, and back a variety of innovations to accelerate CO2 abatement, a new report found.

ERCST is seeking a (senior) policy analyst to join its team in Brussels to work on EU and international climate policy, starting as soon as possible.

The CDSB Secretariat is looking for an ambitious Stakeholder Engagement Manager to help build relationships with key policymakers and other stakeholders in its priority jurisdictions globally.

CCAP is seeking a proactive, creative policy thinker with outstanding analytic ability capable of leading and innovating the organization’s carbon markets program.

Exchange operator ICE will relocate its EU carbon allowance trading from its London-based hub to the Netherlands in Q2 of this year due to Brexit-related limitations, it announced Monday.

Australia’s junior coalition partner has flagged the possibility of keeping farming out of the country's net zero emissions pledge, a move that could potentially jeopardise the offset industry’s ambition to export agriculture-based carbon credits.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is taking a minority stake in the Guangzhou Futures, aiming to extend its engagement in low-carbon markets.

Carbon Neutral is seeking a specialist to join the team to further develop and support land based carbon projects.

This full time role will focus on business development deliverables advancing our services in Australia's renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon markets.

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South Africa’s carbon tax may be ineffective in cutting the country’s greenhouse gas emissions on its own, a report by a major consulting firm warned.

Financial entities increased their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings this week by the largest amount in nearly a year, while regulated entities' length potentially grew from short positions rolling off in January, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

The Oregon Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) recorded its first credit deficit since early 2019 in the third quarter of last year, with a rebound in gasoline volumes and a crash in renewable diesel (RD) usage contributing to the draw on the surplus bank, according to state data published Friday.

EUAs extended their record high above €38 for the third straight day on Friday, holding on to most of this week's gains as the market comfortably absorbed the first full week of 2021 allowance auctions.

A subsidiary of US agriculture cooperative Land O’Lakes launched its voluntary carbon credit programme on Thursday that will pay farmers up to $20/tonne for CO2 sequestration, as soil-based offset initiatives continue to earmark payments on the high end of current global voluntary emissions reduction (VER) values.