Carbon Pulse

New Zealand will opt for a technical reserve price at its NZU auctions after all, Climate Change Minister James Shaw has said, a move intended to ensure prices don’t drop far below secondary market levels at the government sales.

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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has instructed the environment ministry to draw up a carbon pricing proposal as an option for the country’s climate policy strategy.

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An offset project subject to invalidation earlier this year would be unable to receive additional credits unless the developer could show the agency that the regulatory non-compliance issues had been resolved, according to emails obtained by Carbon Pulse.

The EU's Phase 4 (2021-30) carbon allowance auctions will start in late Jan. 2021, the European Commission announced late Monday, with the delay in new supply somewhat shorter than anticipated.

Four members of the US Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) on Monday endorsed a final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement a fuel sector cap-and-programme in 2023, with eight other members agreeing to continue to collaborate on the regional effort. 

California electricity sector emissions rose for the third consecutive month as higher demand and more carbon-emitting sources pushed year-to-date CO2 output even with last year, according to California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data.

EUAs tumbled below €30 early on Monday as financial markets buckled on fears about a mutating coronavirus strain, even as US lawmakers struck a long-awaited stimulus deal.

Australia's Clean Energy Regulator has issued 320,000 carbon credits in its latest awards round, while also extending baseline determinations for dozens of facilities due to COVID-19 interruptions.

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Prices for HFCs in the EU have tumbled from their 2018 peak amid a rise in less potent and more climate-friendly alternatives, though part of the reason for this is also likely to be more illegal imports of the greenhouse gas into the bloc.

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MEPs are grappling with how quickly to withdraw free carbon allowances from EU heavy industries under a proposed carbon border levy, while ex-officials warn of a potential diplomatic furore ahead.

Low-cost offsets from emerging or developed nations dominated voluntary carbon market supply in 2019, while market participants fear efforts to standardise pricing will make premiums even harder to achieve for high quality activities, according to a report published Friday.

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Compliance entities and speculators slashed California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures holdings this week, as traders largely focused on moving positions further out on the curve ahead of the December expiry, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

California and Quebec’s first post-2020 carbon auction will feature 54.8 million current vintage allowances, marking a decline from the Q4 sale largely due to lower consignment, according to an auction notice published Friday.

The Canadian government on Friday released draft regulations to implement a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), roughly a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration announced plans to trim the scope of the programme.