Dow Jones / CCX European Carbon Index and CER Index
Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the world’s first and North America’s only voluntary, legally binding integrated greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading system, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones/CCX European Carbon Index and Dow Jones/CCX Certified Emissions Reductions (CER) Index, which serve as [...]
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange RGGI Futures And Options Contracts
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® (CCFE™), a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Designated Contract Market, announces the successful launch of RGGI Futures and Options contracts.
On August 15 CCFE traded 60 RGGI Futures contracts (60,000 RGGI allowances) and 10 RGGI Options contracts (10,000 RGGI allowances), marking the first exchange traded transactions in the first mandatory, U.S. based [...]
EU ETS | Applications to participate in emissions trading auction open
Organisations can now apply to become Primary Participants in the UK’s auctions for Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Primary Participants can bid directly for allowances and will act as intermediaries in the competitive element of the auctions, collecting and submitting bids on behalf of indirect bidders who wish to take part in [...]
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange Offer RGGI Carbon futures and options contracts
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® (CCFE™), a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulated Designated Contract Market, will begin trading Friday, August 15, 2008 a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative futures and options on futures contract (RGGI futures and options), each of which represent 1,000 RGGI allowances.
RGGI is a CO2 cap-and-trade emissions trading program comprised of ten New [...]
ICIS Heren Launches Extended Emissions Coverage
ICIS Heren, a world-leading publisher of gas, power and carbon market information, is pleased to announce the expansion of our European Daily Carbon Markets (EDCM) report, which provides in-depth coverage of the European emissions market.
European Daily Carbon Markets provides a daily snapshot of the European emissions arena. The report contains over-the-counter (OTC) price assessments, carbon [...]
Emissions Trading: Commission to connect EU with UN carbon credit registry before December
The European Commission, Member States and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat have successfully completed all the testing required for connecting to the UN’s international carbon credit registry. The EU’s Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and Member State registries will be connected to the UN’s International Transaction Log (ITL) before December [...]
NYMEX to launch RGGI Carbon futures contracts
New York, NY - The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. , recently announced that it will launch a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon dioxide allowance futures contract on August 24, for the August 25 trade date. It will also list a RGGI options contract for trade date August [...]
Climate Exchange Emissions Trading in China
China National Petroleum Corporation Assets Management Co. Ltd., the City of
Tianjin and the Chicago Climate Exchange have signed an agreement to jointly
engage in the business of emissions trading in China
Climate Exchange plc, is delighted to announce that further to its announcement of 20
December 2007 where it reported on the memorandum of understanding between the
China National [...]
First Ever Carbon Offsets Sale Aids Development of Green Affordable Housing
Silver Gardens, an environmentally responsible affordable housing development, is the first in the nation to receive funding from a groundbreaking new initiative created by Enterprise Community Partners that taps the booming market for voluntary “carbon offsets.” This initiative will help low-income families experience the health, economic, and environmental benefits of living in affordable green homes.
The [...]
Cheap Carbon Credits coming to end
The latest analysis from New Carbon Finance confirms that many of the low hanging fruit of cheap carbon credits in the developing world have now been harvested. Further opportunities for reducing emissions will require more effort, spurring investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Low cost projects have dominated the supply of carbon credits
To date the [...]