Chicago Climate Futures Exchange’s U.S. Carbon Emissions Complex Sets New Record
Chicago Climate Futures Exchange® (CCFE®), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX®), announced today that open interest in its futures and options complex for U.S. carbon emissions, which includes Carbon Financial Instrument® (“CFI®”) futures and options and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (‘RGGI”) futures and options contracts reached a new record level.
Open interest for [...]
China’s First Emission Trading Exchange Established
China’s first comprehensive emissions trading exchange was set up in Tianjin Binhai New Area on September 25.
The Exchange was jointly established by CNPC Assets Management Co., an affiliate of China National Petroleum Corp., Tianjin Property Rights Exchange and the Chicago Climate Exchange, each taking 53 percent, 22 percent and 25 percent stake in the exchange. [...]
Environmental Defense Fund Launches Guide to Carbon Offsets
New Website Takes the Guesswork out of Identifying and Purchasing Carbon Offsets in Growing Voluntary Market
WASHINGTON, DC - September 10, 2008 - To help bring transparency to the fast-growing voluntary carbon offset market to combat climate change, Environmental Defense Fund today announced the launch of CarbonOffsetList.org, a first-of-its-kind online resource that will help businesses and [...]
Gold Standard Registry Experiences Rapid Growth in Carbon Market Projects and Users
APX Market System Tops Two Hundred Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
APX, Inc., the leading infrastructure provider for environmental and energy markets and the Gold Standard Foundation today announced that the Gold Standard Registry now includes more than 200 valid greenhouse gas reduction projects in various stages of approval, representing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in [...]
CantorCO2e Launches First Internet CER Auction
CantorCO2e Limited announced today that it has launched an electronic internet-accessed auction platform for the sale and purchase of issued Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). The new service was unveiled today to an audience of the leading emission trading participants from Europe, Japan and the US; including banks, energy utilities and hedge funds; at the Park [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]