Carbon Trading
Carbon markets back from the brink of collapse, says World Bank
Development of major new markets in China and reforms in Europe have provided a crucial boost as countries look at tools to cut carbon and meet their Paris climate targets
World first: Peru moves to integrate REDD+ forest conservation projects into Paris climate plan
Global first as carbon credits generated from two forest conservation projects are officially recognised by the country's government
Britain to stay in EU Emissions Trading Scheme until at least 2020
Energy minister Claire Perry confirms UK will remain in the EU's carbon market until the end of the decade despite 2019 Brexit date
Singapore to bring in carbon tax from 2019
Large emittors in Singapore will be charged S$5 per tonne of carbon dioxide from next year, with further price hikes in the pipeline
Aviation giants call for CORSIA carbon offsetting scheme to be cleared for take-off
Air Transport Action Group call on more states to embrace voluntary phase of imminent carbon offsetting scheme
Report: Why the auto, chemical and electricity sectors are in line for a carbon pricing shock
Trucost research suggests up to 150 per cent of profits in the electric utilities sector could be at risk from carbon pricing rollout
This $118m mutual fund pays companies in carbon credits
Backed by SAP, Danone and Schneider Electric, the new Livelihoods Fund aims to avert the emissions of up to 25 million tons of carbon
'Monumental': China launches national emissions trading system
Carbon market will initially cover China's energy sector before expanding over the coming years, but it is still not yet know when trading will actually begin
Is carbon pricing more important than renewables subsidies?
With renewables costs coming down, carbon pricing represents most cost-effective means of decarbonising EU power sector, according to LSE researchers
Making carbon count: how pricing in externalities could drive the circular economy
David Newman of the World Biogas Association argues the global march of carbon pricing schemes will have big implications for the waste industry and beyond
SSE and Drax call for UK to ensure 'robust and strong' carbon price
Treasury faces fresh calls to confirm future of carbon price floor, as EU begins work on post-Brexit emissions trading scheme plan
How the UK is risking a coal power revival without a higher carbon price
Aurora Energy Research report warns that plan to phase out coal power in the UK could falter unless Treasury increases carbon price
How carbon pricing is becoming 'the norm' for large corporates
Disclosure experts CDP reports that growing numbers of big firms are now using internal carbon pricing to help prepare for low-carbon transition - but some are taking it more seriously than others
Over 25 governments promise bolder action on carbon markets
EU states, Mexico and South Korea among nations to sign joint statement endorsing "renewed co-operation" on carbon markets
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$100 carbon tax needed to dodge dangerous warming, say experts
Leading economists including Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern suggest carbon prices will need to rise dramatically to hit global climate goals
Businesses and governments call for global carbon price in bid 'to prevent dangerous warming'
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition of more than 200 organisations calls for expansion of carbon pricing to cover 25 per cent of total emissions by 2020
European coal emissions slump 11 per cent
Closure of UK coal plants and switching to gas and renewables has led to a sharp fall in EU greenhouse gas emissions, but analysts fear carbon-savings from industry are 'stalling'
Singapore to introduce carbon tax to curb emissions
Finance minister reveals plans to impose emissions tax by 2019, with initial price set between S$10 and S$20 per tonne
European Parliament approves carbon market reforms
But campaigners warn plans to cancel excess carbon allowances do not go far enough
Republican veterans tout carbon tax plan to Trump
Former Treasury Secretaries to present proposal to the White House designed to harness free market principles to tackle climate risks
Key European Parliament committee moves to boost EU carbon prices
MEPs vote to cancel nearly a billion emissions permits as part of latest reforms to the faltering EU emissions trading scheme
France moots a Thatcherite approach to green growth
Alasdair MacEwen argues victory for Francois Fillon in next year's French election could spell good news for low carbon investors
IFC launches new $152m green bond designed to protect forests
First-of-its-kind forest protection bond gives investors the option of getting repaid in either carbon credits or cash
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