Waiting a year could be worth it
After a tumultuous 2011, carbon market outlook for 2012 is foggier than expected.
View ArticleWhere Europe goes, we go ...
The European Union is so critical to the outlook for carbon prices for the next year that we're looking at the issue again this week.
View ArticleWhy CERs are best bet in the long run
The price of NZUs remains low - partly because of the effects of CERs on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, Carbon Market Solutions reports.
View ArticleTasman ETS links will have impact here
Australian's Carbon Pricing Mechanism will enter its flexible pricing stage in 2015.
View ArticleEurope's airline rules stir controversy
The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme has now included aviation in its emissions reduction sectors in a move fraught with controversy and disagreement.
View ArticleAustralian election poses ETS problems
A big event in the future of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme will be the introduction of the Australian carbon tax flexible pricing period in 2015, Carbon Market Solutions says.
View ArticleNZ yet to decide on Kyoto stance
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is working towards an agreement to sign on to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, set to start on January 1 - and the rule changes could have...
View ArticleCap on CER numbers 'never been more important'
February and March saw optimism return to the New Zealand carbon market as good news from Europe helped float prices above $8 a unit.
View ArticleETS signs good for Asia-Pacific pact
While most news about the international carbon market has been discouraging lately, there is still optimism within the Asia-Pacific region, Carbon Market Solutions says.
View ArticleEurope acts to right the ship
The carbon market is not in the state that was predicted a few years ago, Carbon Market Solutions says.
View ArticlePolicy uncertainty makes for a foggy market
The New Zealand Government has confirmed that it is considering changes to the current Emissions Trading Scheme, and that the law and policy could be changed this year.
View ArticleImportant steps in ETS proposals
Changes the Government is proposing to the Emissions Trading Scheme could have important consequences for those participating in the ETS, says Carbon Market Solutions - especially plans to limit the...
View ArticleDemand will stall if agriculture delay goes ahead
The Government's proposal to further delay bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme could have serious consequences in the carbon markets, Carbon Market Solutions says
View ArticleObama warms to climate change action
United States President Barack Obama has recently voiced his intention to address climate change issues during the up-coming election cycle, after criticism from environmentalists who have been...
View ArticleForesters should have their say on new rules
While forestry talks at the 2011 UN climate change summit in Durban focused predominantly on the reduction of deforestation through mechanisms such as REDD and REDD+, there were other changes proposed...
View ArticleNZ facing the KP2 question
At the Durban climate change talks last year, Japan, Canada and Russia announced that they would not sign up to Kyoto Protocol 2.
View ArticleBack again next week ...
We have no market commentary from Carbon Market Solutions this week, but it will be back next week.
View ArticleWho's selling the ETS to the people paying for it?
While the world is watching the economic crises deepen in Europe, in Cologne, Germany, another large group of interested stakeholders is gathering to discuss the future and viability of the world's...
View ArticleNo report this week
We have no market commentary from Carbon Market Solutions this week. Carbon News apologies to readers.
View ArticleThree years ... and not much has changed
Last year, we said that one of the critical features for a mature carbon market to develop was the issue of transparency, meaning that when we have liquidity and transparency, we can say quietly and...
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