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Point Carbon's Research Service is designed for players who have a high level of interest and involvement in carbon markets. This service provides regular, in-depth analyses of carbon markets in North America and around the world. The package also includes analyses of international negotiations and prospects for the global carbon market. You'll find the policy analysis of Point Carbon's Research Service invaluable in the highly political world of carbon markets. 

Typical topics we cover

  • Market and business implications of policy developments at the federal, state and provincial levels
  • Emerging market dynamics and commodity price impacts for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
  • Status and implications of market design in the Western Climate Action Initiative
  • Fuel price and corporate impacts of proposed carbon market structures on energy suppliers and users
  • North American voluntary and pre-compliance offset project markets and their implications for evolving global carbon markets 


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Latest publications

POINT CARBON ANALYSIS – We assess the options for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use market mechanisms in regulating greenhouse gases.

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What are the main trends in the carbon market in 2010? What do market participants and observers expect this year, the next few years and up to 2020? This report presents and analyzes the results of our fifth annual Carbon Market Survey, which garnered 4,767 responses in January and February 2010.

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POINT CARBON ANALYSIS – Vermont’s state senate voted to shut down nuclear plant Vermont Yankee in 2012, removing 620 MW of emission-free power in the RGGI region. We find that even if the entire capacity is replaced by fossil-fueled generation, it would not affect allowance prices in RGGI.

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Upcoming Events in North America


  • March 16, 2010: House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming holds hearing on impacts of black carbon emissions and climate change. Longworth House office building room 1310, 10:00 a.m.
  • March 29, 2010: Point Carbon analysts teach all-day training course "Introduction to Carbon Markets" at the offices of Skadden Arps, New York City.