21 July 2021 5:26 GMT Updated 21 July 2021 9:36 GMT in Perth
China has finally launched its long awaited national emissions trading system, although concerns remain on the overall impact it will initially have on reducing emissions from the world s largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
China’s Ministry of Ecology & Environment confirmed the scheme commenced trading on 16 July at the Shanghai Environment & Energy Exchange, opening at a price of 48 yuan ($7.41) per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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According to Chinese state media, the price rose to nearly 53 yuan in the first half-hour of trade and a total of 4.1 million tonnes at 210 million yuan was traded on the first day, with the price closing at 51.23 yuan.
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In December 2018, Colombian Environment Minister Ricardo Lozano received the international carbon pricing champion award on behalf of his government, for promoting innovative economic solutions to curb the climate crisis.
That day, words of praise for Colombia flew in the Polish city of Katowice, where the annual United Nations conference on climate change was underway. Dirk Forrister, who was once Bill Clinton s climate advisor and now heads the International Emissions Trading Association (Ieta), which awarded the prize, celebrated “yet another country using market mechanisms to advance the goals of the Paris Agreement”, which had been signed three years ago and which at last after several resounding failures paved the way for a new global consensus on how to solve the crisis before it becomes irreversible.
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Carbon prices in the European Union s emissions trading system are expected to rise significantly in the next decade due to tougher climate goals, market participants said in an industry survey published on Monday.
The EU s emissions trading system (ETS) is the largest carbon market in the world, covering around 45% of the bloc s output of greenhouse gases and charging emitters for every tonne of carbon dioxide they emit.
The survey by the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) found members expect carbon prices in the EU ETS to average 47.25 euros ($57) a tonne between 2021 and 2025 and 58.62 euros a tonne between 2026 and 2030.
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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 recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in particular expected to provide a significant boost to cap and trade markets.
That is the headline finding from the International Emissions Trading Association s (IETA) latest annual member survey, which collected responses from 158 companies from a broad range of locations, traders, and CO2 emitting industries, with multiple responses from within some firms.
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