Carbon Trading

BNEF predicts carbon price in EU will reach €7.50 per tonne thanks to backloading plan

New report from Environmental Defense Fund hails "well constructed" emissions trading scheme's successful first year

EU Climate Change Committee approves backloading plan but question remains as to when the scheme will start

Labor slams Prime Minister Tony Abbott as key business advisor attacks climate science "delusion"

New Reuters Point Carbon report shows carbon market value sank 38 per cent in 2013, despite strong growth in North America and emerging pilots in China

Price of permits opens at a bullish €7, as China prepares to roll out similar schemes next year in Hubei, Chongqing, and Tianjin

European Council provides final rubberstamp for EU emissions trading scheme backloading, but campaigners promise to step up calls for wider reforms

Asset Owners Disclosure Project finds 80 per cent of investors failing to manage climate change risks

But experts warn delay to auctioning of carbon allowances represent a temporary fix to oversupply in the market

Environmental agenda is stuck in individual departments rather than being a core part of coordinated policy, OECD green unit chief warns