Carbon Trading

Leading economists including Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern suggest carbon prices will need to rise dramatically to hit global climate goals

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

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'

Finance minister reveals plans to impose emissions tax by 2019, with initial price set between S$10 and S$20 per tonne

But campaigners warn plans to cancel excess carbon allowances do not go far enough

Former Treasury Secretaries to present proposal to the White House designed to harness free market principles to tackle climate risks

MEPs vote to cancel nearly a billion emissions permits as part of latest reforms to the faltering EU emissions trading scheme

Alasdair MacEwen argues victory for Francois Fillon in next year's French election could spell good news for low carbon investors

First-of-its-kind forest protection bond gives investors the option of getting repaid in either carbon credits or cash

New analysis finds more international carbon trading could drastically reduce costs of delivering deep emissions cuts