Category: Global
Global carbon-market and climate-policy developments that shape Asia — the EU ETS and CBAM, UN climate negotiations, and major moves in other markets — reported in English with links to primary sources.
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Bonn Climate Talks Lay Bare the Gap Between NDC Pledges and Delivery
The 64th session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) concluded in Bonn with a pointed call from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell:…
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Bonn SB64 Collapses on Adaptation Finance and Trade; Just Transition Mechanism Sole Win
The United Nations’ mid-year Bonn climate negotiations — the 64th sessions of the subsidiary bodies (SB64) — concluded on 19 June 2026 in near-total…
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Tech and Energy Giants Form Dual Carbon Buying Coalitions Targeting 30 Million Tonnes by 2030
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) — which has contracted by more than two-thirds since its 2020–2021 peak — received a significant demand signal this…
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SB64 Closes With Implementation Warning as CEEW Analysis Flags Rich-Country NDC Shortfalls
The Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64) has concluded with a pointed message from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: the global climate regime’s…
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Bonn Climate Talks Open Under Geopolitical Strain as Developing Nations Press on Finance and Adaptation
The 64th Session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB 64) opened in Bonn on 8 June 2026, running through 18 June, with UNFCCC Executive…
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SB64 Bonn Talks End in Stalemate on Adaptation Finance and Trade
The UN’s mid-year Bonn climate conference (SB64) closed last week in broad deadlock, with the most consequential breakdown centring on the Global Goal on…
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IETA Releases “Brazil Carbon Market Framework 2.0” Working Paper for SBCE Design
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has published a working paper offering policy recommendations for Brazil’s federal carbon market, known as the SBCE, which…
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EU Member States Vote to Tighten CBAM Suspension Rules
EU member states reached an agreement — approved by majority vote among economic ministers — to significantly restrict the conditions under which the Carbon…
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EU Council Agrees Strict Threshold for CBAM Suspension
EU member states have agreed, by majority vote among , to sharply narrow the circumstances under which the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) can…
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IATA Chief Warns Aviation’s Net-Zero 2050 Goal Is Slipping Away
Speaking at IATA’s annual general meeting in Rio de Janeiro on 8 June, Director General Willie Walsh acknowledged that the aviation industry’s chances of…