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Washington State's inaugural carbon auction clears near $50
High premium to other North American carbon markets will increase calls to link up with California
Peter Sainsbury
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Why Europe's heavy industry needs carbon capture and storage
As Europe gradually moves towards net zero, opportunities to cut emissions even further are likely to become significantly more challenging. Rather than cut emissions, another option for heavy emitters is to capture their carbon emissions at source, before they enter the atmosphere, and then permanently sequester the carbon. As this
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The arc of carbon’s curve
What does the carbon futures curve tell us and why is it important?
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Clean air turbulence over Europe
The European airline industry is about to become much more exposed to developments in the EU carbon price. Up until now airlines have been cushioned from the full impact of meeting compliance; policymakers wary of ‘carbon leakage’, global disagreements over the cost, and state support for national champions have all
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Is permanent deindustrialisation of Europe still a tail risk?
European chemicals behemoth BASF is one of Germany’s largest consumers of natural gas and has been particularly hard hit by the surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In September 2022 the company announced that it was going to introduce a €500 million annual cost saving
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Repost: The great sulphur dioxide allowance bull market
What lessons can we learn from the first cap-and-trade system?
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Green and black
Guyana's huge bet on a carbon and oil constrained future
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Rotten returns
Biomethane could play a big role in European decarbonisation
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Repost: Europe's hydrogen economy and what it means for carbon prices
In early February I reposted an article from the Carbon Risk archives, one that I felt which many current Carbon Risk readers probably haven’t seen before, but is arguably even more relevant now than the day that I posted it. Following that theme, today’s repost focuses on one
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REDD+ and the common knowledge game
In mid-January UK newspaper The Guardian and German weekly magazine Die Zeit published the results of an investigation into rainforest carbon abatement credits, jointly carried out with SourceMaterial, a non-profit journalism organisation focused on investigating climate change, corruption and democracy. The researchers analysed the performance of REDD+ credits issued by
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Out of ammunition
What can the EU do to stop carbon prices surging over €100?
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Everything you need to know about the Korean Emissions Trading Scheme (KETS)
All compliance carbon markets seem to go through the same growing pains. The South Korean Emissions Trading Scheme (KETS) is no different. That being said, the Korean government face a unique set of challenges. In particular, legacy issues surrounding the country’s past support for industry, and the fallout from