Carbon markets

Countries come up short again at COP26, agriculture largely sidelined

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—The logistic and pandemic-challenged United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP26) concluded this weekend.

A new trade vision for a Green New Deal

The following article was originally published on Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on November 9, 2021. 

UN climate talks must prioritize strong commitments to cut real emissions by 2030, not net zero promises

MINNEAPOLIS/BERLIN—On the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP26), the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) urges the United States and other governments to commit to major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, rather than weak 2050 “net zero” commitments.

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

Who sets the rules for global carbon markets? Who gets to decide who sets the rules?

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.

Comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on the proposed creation of a carbon markets subcommittee of the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee

We thank the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC, or Commission) for the invitation to comment on the proposal by the Commercial Energy Working Group to form an EEMAC carbon markets subcommittee.1 The proposed stakeholder group would produce a report on principles for designing the derivatives and underlying cash markets for

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.