Tag: Emissions Trading
Emissions trading systems in Asia — China’s national ETS, Korea’s K-ETS, Japan’s GX-ETS and emerging schemes: rules, allowances, prices and compliance.
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Korea’s Carbon Futures Sink Below $12 as Surplus Allowances Balloon Past 170 Million Tonnes
South Korea’s benchmark carbon futures contract, KAU22 , closed the final trading day of June at 15,500 won per tonne — roughly $11.8 —…
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Taiwan Collects First Carbon Fee Revenue of NT$4.97 Billion, Directs Over Half to Emissions-Reduction Subsidies
Taiwan brought in its first carbon fee revenue in May, totaling roughly NT$4.97 billion (about US$169 million) . According to remarks attributed to Tsai…
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Shanghai’s Pilot Carbon Market Logs 13th Straight Year of Full Compliance
Every company regulated under Shanghai’s carbon emissions trading pilot met its 2025 allowance surrender obligations by June 30, 2026, marking a 13th consecutive year…
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Vietnam Opens Domestic Carbon Exchange as 110 Industrial Facilities Enter Pilot ETS
Vietnam opened its domestic carbon trading exchange on 29 June 2026, a formal activation of the country’s emissions trading infrastructure that coincided with a…
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China National ETS Settles at ¥83.11/t; Pilots Range from ¥28 to ¥98 in Week of June 22–26
China’s national carbon market advanced steadily across all five sessions in the week ending June 26, with daily settlement prices rising from ¥82.05 per…
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Vietnam Inaugurates Domestic Carbon Exchange, Waives Trading Fees Through 2028
Vietnam formally opened its domestic carbon exchange on 29 June 2026, creating a regulated venue for greenhouse gas emission allowance and carbon credit transactions.…
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CCUS Could Anchor India’s Net-Zero Strategy, but Finance and Regulation Must Come First
India’s emissions profile — shaped by heavy reliance on coal-fired power, cement production, and steel manufacturing — presents a decarbonisation challenge that solar and…
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China’s National Carbon Registry Credits Young Team with Key ETS Innovations as Coverage Reaches 3,761 Firms
China Carbon Emission Rights Registration and Settlement Co., Ltd. (CCR/中碳登) in Wuhan, Hubei — the administrative backbone of China’s national emissions trading scheme —…
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Vietnam Set to Open Domestic Carbon Credit Exchange Before End of June
Vietnam is preparing to launch its domestic carbon credit trading exchange by the close of June 2026, VnEconomy reported on 23 June. The initiative…
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Vietnam Signs Six Coordination Memoranda to Launch Domestic Carbon Exchange
Vietnam’s Department of Climate Change, operating under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, on 22 June 2026 concluded six bilateral coordination memoranda with the…