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Carbon trading

  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    COP29
    Kick-start for carbon credit market after loose rules agreed at COP29

    Final agreement overcomes a dispute about how much power would be given to a proposed UN registry

  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    COP29
    Global carbon deal agreed even as US warns climate may be on ‘back burner’

    Biden diplomat at COP29 says Trump’s election is ‘bitterly disappointing’ for those worried about global warming

    Delegates arrive for a plenary session on the opening day of the COP29 talks on November 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Bilateral trades hint at global carbon market agreement

    Dealmaking between wealthy and developing countries gathers pace as negotiators prepare to decide formal framework at COP29

    An extensive view of an industrial area near the sea, featuring oil storage tanks, tall chimneys with red and white markings, and various structures connected by pipelines
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Carbon credit standards body defends policies after former director charged with fraud

    New chief executive of Verra says code of conduct and conflict of interest rules are robust enough

    The seal of the United States Department of Justice is seen on the building exterior
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    COP29
    UN carbon trading expert group agrees deal on market framework

    Countries to decide at COP29 next month as external observers warn scheme lacks clarity and integrity

    A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Climate change
    Energy-hungry tech groups express interest in US-led carbon credits scheme

    Programme spearheaded by John Kerry among key themes at New York climate week

    Joelle Pineau speaks into a microphone as others stand on stage
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The path to global carbon pricing

    To tackle climate change, the polluter pays principle needs to spread further and wider

    Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    US adopts first guidelines to shore up carbon credit markets

    Derivatives regulator sets basic standards amid concerns about greenwashing and ineffective offsets

    Rostin Benham
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    World Trade Organization
    Global carbon pricing needed to avert trade friction, says WTO chief

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warns of disruption to commerce from EU and other unilateral green taxes

    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Vera Songwe
    The fragmentation of carbon markets must be fixed

    Policymakers need to implement global standards if we are to scale up the role of credits

    Smoke billows from the chimneys of a factory in Dalian, China
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    UN attacks companies’ reliance on carbon credits to hit climate targets

    Draft policy document pushes for corporate cuts in emissions rather than using multimillion-dollar carbon trading market

    An ExxonMobil refinery in Texas
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Carbon tax
    US examines carbon pricing on imports, top climate diplomat says

    John Podesta signals shift in policy targeting goods from ‘dirtier’ countries

    US climate envoy John Podesta
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Moral Money
    China rivalry helps drive US carbon pricing debate Premium content

    Biden climate adviser John Podesta sits down with Moral Money to explain the administration’s shift in thinking

    John Podesta in front of a US flag
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    EU carbon market expansion to raise diesel prices

    Motorists set to pay an extra 50 cents a litre from 2031, estimates show

    A man refuels a vehicle with diesel at a petrol station in Spain
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
    Papua New Guinea seeks to monetise its rainforests as a ‘carbon sink’

    But loggers and ‘carbon cowboys’ offer quicker returns to locals

    A man walks past felled timber in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe Province
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Mark Carney
    Stop debating carbon markets and start building them

    The prize is huge if we can agree on standards and get this right

    A carbon capture facility in Iceland
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Labour to forge closer EU ties on carbon tax

    Party ‘looking very closely’ at options after Brexit leaves UK industries vulnerable to dumping

    A worker walks through coils of steel at a  Tata factory in the West Midlands
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Traders place record bets ahead of UK election on carbon credits price jump

    Move driven by expectations of a newly elected Labour government adopting stricter approach to big polluters

    Emissions rising from smokestacks
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Yellen warns companies not to rely on carbon credits to save the climate

    US Treasury secretary calls on business to prioritise emissions cuts as voluntary markets draw fire

    US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen speaks at an even in Germany
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Moral Money
    US Congressional report on Uyghur labour exposes shareholder risk Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, four takeaways on the global state of carbon pricing

    Ron Wyden
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Shell PLC
    Shell plant reported millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits

    Subsidy scheme in Alberta allowed oil major’s plant to register carbon credits equivalent to twice the volume of CO₂ captured

  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Airlines
    European carbon trading catching less than quarter of airline emissions, data finds

    With long-haul flights exempt from charges and carriers given free allowances, large share of flights not covered by system

    Airliner in flight with con trail
  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Moral Money
    Germany takes a page from US playbook with new climate subsidy Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, a new AI application focused on assessing climate risks

    A worker at a steel factory is illuminated as he leans over a furnace.
  • Friday, 8 March, 2024
    Lex PopuliHealth sector
    Survival of the fittest for health tech Premium content

    With the pandemic boom over, consumer medical start-ups now face fickle customers and a crowded market place

    A woman with stethoscope consults via a laptop
  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    How trade can save the planet, one tedious spreadsheet at a time

    The EU’s carbon tariffs to combat climate change are snarled in complex bureaucracy

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