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The market for voluntary carbon offsetting is booming as more and more companies opt to go ‘carbon neutral’. At the same time, regulated carbon credit markets are also expanding under the EU and the Kyoto Protocol.
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World carbon trading value doubles
A sharp rise in the number of transactions in the emissions trading market brought the value of trades to about $64bn last year, says the World Bank in an annual review
Going green: A wealth of job openings
Everyone nowadays needs efficiency experts, writes Fiona Harvey
EU carbon trading scheme hit by delays
Delays by EU member governments in issuing allowances could impact development of the market
New products and players in carbon credit market
A recent surge of investor interest in the emerging global carbon credit market has created ripe conditions for risk management products ranging from insurance to derivatives
Warning on quality of CO2 offsets
Buyers should beware of the poor quality of some of the carbon credits on offer, with only 30 of 170 companies providing clear environmental benefits, says a study
Breakthrough seen in emissions trading
Carbon emissions trading could become the world’s leading derivatives product as businesses in Asia and the US move to lower their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a senior US market regulator
'Crazy day for carbon trading'
The price that companies pay for generating carbon dioxide pollution has seen the biggest fall in nearly two years this week as growing expectations of a recession...
Weather warning for carbon trading
The only sure thing about the creation of a market for carbon quotas and credits is that it risks opening a field for financial manipulation and speculation
Brussels softens line on carbon permits
The Commission willing to give an explicit assurance to heavy industries that their competitiveness would be preserved in the face of a commitment to cut carbon emissions
Steel industry attacks Brussels plans
A steel and iron industry lobby group has accused bureaucrats of a ‘vindictive’ campaign to chase the sector out of Europe to meet European Union climate change goals
