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18 Aug Malaysia to Launch Voluntary Carbon Market to Accelerate Decarbonization

Posted at 11:22 by Lexy Li

Malaysia's stock exchange, Bursa Malaysia, will launch a Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) by the end of 2022, allowing corporations to purchase carbon credits to offset their emissions, as reported by Reuters on August 15. Buyers and sellers in the VCM can trade carbon credits at...

17 May Japan to Trial Its First Carbon Trading Market in September

Posted at 13:03 by Jordy Leo

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) [8697:JP] and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) will establish an experimental market for carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions trading, marking the first of its kind in Japan, as reported by Nikkei Asia on May 13. The market will be...

17 Mar MEE Accuses Four Carbon Emission Data Trackers of Data Fraud

Posted at 11:11 by Jordy Leo

China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) accused four carbon data verification agencies of data fraud in their carbon emission reports on March 14, as reported by Reuters on the same day. One of the four accused agencies, Zhongtan Nengtou Tech, was charged with advising...

30 Dec China to Include More Industries in Its Emissions Trading Scheme

Posted at 14:37 by Jordy Leo

China plans to include financial institutions, non-ferrous metals, and building materials in its national emissions trading scheme (ETS), as reported by Reuters on December 29. Specifically, the non-ferrous metal and building materials sectors are expected to join the ETS market as early as 2022. Other...

28 Oct From Paris Agreement to COP26: A Finance Perspective

Posted at 15:46 by Helena Zhu

For almost three decades, the United Nations has brought together nearly every country on the planet for an annual global climate summit, called the Conference of the Parties (COP). This November, the world will intently watch the COP26 summit, which runs from October 31 to...

28 Sep Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Earns USD2.6m by Selling Carbon Credits

Posted at 16:57 by Tina Zhang

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the leading transportation service provider in India, reported that it had earned green revenue of IND195m (around USD2.6m) by selling 3.55m carbon credits collected during a six-year period since 2012, according to ETEnergyworld.com on September 27. DMRC is the first...

04 Aug Pricing Carbon: Emissions Trading Schemes [Part.2]

Posted at 11:58 by Helena Zhu

Part 1 of this article introduced the concept of Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS), the difference between carbon tax and carbon market, and the development of ETS in China. Other ETS around the World According to the World Bank, by May 2021, carbon prices applied to over 20%...

29 Jul Pricing Carbon: Emissions Trading Schemes [Part.1]

Posted at 16:25 by Helena Zhu

Emissions trading scheme (ETS), also commonly called carbon market, is regarded as an effective policy measure to incentivize reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Generally, governments or other designated authorities determine a limit on GHG emissions for participants in the carbon markets and allocate emissions...

21 Jul HKSFC, HKEX Establish Carbon Market WorkStream for Potential Regional Market

Posted at 16:09 by Maria Ma

The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group, co-led by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) and HKEX [0388:HK], announced that the two bureaus have set up a Carbon Market WorkStream (CMWS) to assess the feasibility of building the city into a regional...

21 Jul China’s National Carbon Market Begins Online Trading

Posted at 14:43 by Edward Chen

China’s national carbon emissions trading system (ETS), currently the largest carbon market in the world, officially began online trading at the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange (SEEE) on the morning of July 16, as reported by Sina on July 17. On its first day of...

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