Carbon markets

The International Emissions Trading Association and Net Zero

The following article was published originally as part of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA)'s Net Zero Files. 

Enablers: Task Force on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets and Net Zero

The following article was published originally as part of the Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance (CLARA)'s Net Zero Files. 

Will the CFTC greenlight a carbon emissions’ offset market boom (and bust)?

A recent series of meetings of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC) highlighted the risks of a forecast boom in offset emissions futures contract trading. The underlying assets of offset futures are projects to reduce, avoid or that claim to permanently remove greenhouse gas emissions.

Voluntary CO₂ emissions offset trading: The CFTC must examine risks of deceptive emissions reduction reporting

The role of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions credit trading to achieve the objectives of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been debated since the authorization of international emissions trading in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC.

Corporate skirmishes over climate risk, carbon offsets

During the past two weeks, as part of IATP’s work to reduce risk from climate change, we have responded to questions from the U.S.

What the USDA could do on climate

The Biden administration’s approach to the climate crisis has been all-hands-on-deck. That means all departments and agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are supposed to report to the White House on climate action steps.