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Leading Country Climate NGOs: Environmental Defence, Canada
Environmental Defence has been a leading non-partisan Canadian environmental advocacy organization for 35 years. It works with government, industry, and...
Leading Country Climate NGOs: Climate Observatory, Brazil
The Climate Observatory (OC) is a Brazilian network for articulating global climate change established on March 23, 2002. In addition...
Leading Country Climate NGOs: Climate Action Network Australia
Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) is Australia’s largest organization, bringing together climate advocacy groups across the country. It is currently...
The US Makes Use of Cap-and-Trade and Cap-and-Invest Programs
Only thirteen states have adopted an emissions trading system in the United States. Eleven states in the northeast (Connecticut, Maine,...
UK’s ETS Will Demonstrate Its Ability to Impact Emissions if Appropriate Future Market Policies are Put in Place
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) replaced the UK’s participation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)...
Turkey Takes the First Step with a Monitoring-Verifying-Reporting System
An Emission Trading System is of considerable significance because of the environmental and economic advantages it offers, such as; Carbon...
The Mandated Emission Trading Systems Market has been One of Spain’s Main Drivers of Emissions Reduction
Currently, there are two complementary carbon emissions trading systems in Spain: the mandatory regulated market and the voluntary market. They...
The Development of Voluntary Carbon Emissions Trading Systems in South Africa
Fig 1: Carbon Emissions Trading System Structure (A possible market structure is shown above with a nine-step process from...
Greenhouse Gas Crediting and Offsetting Mechanism (GCON) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is working on developing a carbon trading market by creating carbon credits that companies can buy to offset...
Nigeria’s New ETS Holds Promise in Driving Sustainable Development and Combating Climate Change
In Nigeria’s pursuit of sustainable development and climate action, the federal government, in collaboration with and support of the Africa...
Mexico is Waiting for the Results of a Pilot ETS
Mexico is a valuable case study in developing an Emissions Trading System (ETS) for a middle-income nation. While a full-fledged...
Italy Has a Cap and Trade System Based on the EU ETS
The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a strategy developed by the European Union to efficiently reduce greenhouse gas...
Indonesia’s Carbon Trading System May Not be Able to Deter Companies from Reducing Emissions
Indonesia launched its first carbon emissions trading market in September 2023. The market allows businesses and financial institutions to offset...
Lessons Learned from India’s Emissions Trading Systems
India recently established a National Steering Committee (NSC) to put in place a mechanism that would establish an indigenous emissions...
European Union: The World’s First Large-Scale ETS Carbon Market
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) was launched in 2005 and was the world’s first international emissions trading system. It...
China’s Emissions Trading System May Hold the Key to Carbon Peaking Once Rolled Out Fully
China today owns the world’s most extensive Emissions Trading System (ETS), with 5.1 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions covered...
Lessons Learned from Canada’s Emission Trading Systems
Canada has a carbon pricing system to recognize the cost of pollution. It makes it more expensive to use fossil...
Brazil’s New Emissions Trading System – Expectations versus Reality
The carbon market is a reality but must still be legally established in Brazil. Bill 182/2024 should create the Brazilian...
Australia is the Only Country to Have Implemented and Repealed an Emission Trading Scheme
Australia is the only nation that has implemented and repealed a carbon emission trading scheme. This reversal was a direct...
US 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Jay Inslee
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...