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03 Feb 12 18:52
CO2 option traders bet on volatility ahead of EU vote

Traders are buying out-of-the-money carbon options to take a punt ahead of an EU parliamentary committee vote that could cause EU Allowances to either soar or crash.

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03 Feb 12 18:44
U.N.'s Meth Panel gives green light to high-speed rail

High-speed trains could play a future role in international carbon offset markets following a recommendation by a U.N.-appointed panel, according to documents on the UNFCCC website.

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03 Feb 12 18:08
Australia unlikely to ban Chinese, Indian CERs: industry body

Strong trading ties with Asia’s biggest emitters make it unlikely Australia will ban its companies from using offsets from China and India to meet domestic CO2 caps, an official with Australia’s Carbon Market Institute said Friday.

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03 Feb 12 17:37
EUAs retreat from six-week high on profit-taking

European carbon briefly rose to a fresh six-week high of 8.90 euros early on Friday, but slipped back in afternoon trade as profit-taking outweighed gains in energy prices to stop CO2 from rising for the fourth consecutive day.

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03 Feb 12 16:25
Weekly CER issuance set to soar to over 7 mln

Project developers have asked the U.N. to issue 7.1 million Certified Emission Reduction (CERs) next week, more than double the amount handed out in the past five days.

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03 Feb 12 14:20
Austria to buy 2-4 mln Kyoto units in 2012

Austria will this year buy 2-4 million emission permits to help it meet its goal to cut emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, but the country could buy millions more if it revises its purchase programme, a senior official said Friday.

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03 Feb 12 13:34
INTERVIEW: India, EU try to break logjam over airline carbon tax

The European Union (EU) is willing to consider whether India's efforts to reduce carbon emissions could qualify for waivers under an EU law that charges airlines for polluting, the 27-nation bloc's climate chief said on Friday.

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03 Feb 12 05:47
Ministry asks NZ govt to curb U.N. offset use in ETS

New Zealand’s Ministry of Environment has told the government it should limit access to international offset credits and focus less on Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, in a bid to restrict offshore cash flows and stimulate domestic emission cuts.

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02 Feb 12 23:48
CCAs soar 15 pct as big buyer enters market

California carbon allowances (CCAs) for delivery in 2013 jumped $2 from last week to close at $15/t on Thursday on news that utility company PG&E was looking to buy allowances and offsets to meet its compliance obligation.

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02 Feb 12 18:40
U.N. inclusion of CCS won’t open floodgates: experts

A series of regulatory hurdles and a lack of demand for carbon credits will restrict the number of carbon capture and storage projects applying for offsets under the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism, a panel on an IEA webinar said Thursday.

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02 Feb 12 17:58
Carbon rally continues as EUAs gain 5 pct

Carbon gained nearly 5 percent on Thursday as a European cold snap extended the rally in EU Allowances for a third day, sending the bellwether contract to a six-week high.

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02 Feb 12 17:48
EUA-CER spread hits 3.5-yr high despite higher import limit

EUAs for Dec. 2012 delivery traded 4.50 euros higher than the equivalent CER contract on Thursday, despite EU concessions to airlines that mean a record number of credits can be imported in the bloc’s carbon market this year.

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02 Feb 12 17:36
EU won’t curb CER use to tackle low carbon prices: official

Low carbon prices won't be used as a reason to ban more types of U.N. offsets from the EU market, but further restrictions in the future remain a “possibility”, a senior EU official told a conference Thursday.

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02 Feb 12 17:29
BlueNext to clear unsourced EUAs to boost liquidity

Carbon exchange BlueNext plans to clear trade in emissions units that cannot be traced back to their original source in a bid to boost liquidity, a spokesman said on Thursday.

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02 Feb 12 11:08
U.N. agency nudges up CER supply outlook 0.5 pct

UNEP Risoe on Thursday raised its CER supply estimate by 0.5 percent following a bumper number of issuances in January, when the U.N. handed out over 36 million offsets, the fourth-highest monthly total on record.

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