IETA: Industry expects carbon prices to rise on back of pandemic recovery

Michael Holder
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Annual survey of International Emissions Trading Association highlights growing optimism for carbon markets worldwide in 2020s

Companies involved in carbon trading systems around the world are increasingly confident CO2 prices will rise over the coming decade in response to ever more ambitious climate policy regimes, with the...

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