Archive for July, 2007

Carbon Trading Takes Another Step Toward Reality

Australia gets its first taste of carbon emissions trading today, as the Australian Climate Exchange opens for trade.

At midday today, the first trading in carbon emissions will occur on the Australian Climate Exchange, in a joint venture with the Australian Pacific Exchange based in Melbourne. The APX was established eight years ago and received a […]

Australian heavy polluters first for carbon credits

The wheels are definitely in motion for an Australian emissions trading scheme. Australian companies are given the go ahead to invest in green technologies and bank future carbon credits.
AUSTRALIA’S heaviest polluters will be given approval to immediately invest in green technologies and bank future carbon credits, under plans to establish a national emissions trading […]

India keen to start carbon futures trade

Watch out Europe and the west… India are now hoping to setup a pilot program with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) to launch a futures carbon trading engine. Although interest is clearly growing in the area of carbon emissions trading, only the European Climate Exchange allows trading in carbon futures, whereas the CCX deals […]

ASX plans futures market for carbon emissions

The Australian Securities Exchange, owned by the ASX, has announced plans for a futures market for carbon emission permits. This article that I came across last week shows just how soon the market for carbon emissions is going to be a reality.
So far only the US and the European Union have put forward similar schemes…
AUSTRALIAN […]

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