Clean Development Mechanism

Carbon trading specialist argues market outlook remains positive despite ongoing delays in pipeline for CER credits

Online auction platform designed to stop deals between CER suppliers and buyers falling through

Project approval bottlenecks mean fewer UN-approved carbon credits than expected will be available in the run-up to 2012

"Negotiating text" likely to be in place by the end of the year as delegates signal support for forestry schemes

Emissions trading is widely touted as one of the best mechanisms for tackling climate change, but how do these schemes work and how will your business be affected? Tom Young investigates three of the emissions trading schemes having an impact on UK firms...

Report claims credits are badly undervalued

Officials set out plans for more robust "additionality" rules

Analyst firm predicts attempt to ensure all projects issuing carbon credits are "additional" will curb supply and force up prices

Analysts predict average price of credits in European Trading Scheme to hit €32 per tonne

World Bank claims carbon market more than doubled in size last year, but experts warn of rocky road ahead as uncertainty over post-2012 framework begins to bite