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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Australia is the Only Country to Have Implemented and Repealed an Emission Trading Scheme
Australia is the only nation that has implemented and repealed a carbon emission trading scheme.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...

Turkey 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Deniz Ataç
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Spain 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Valvanera Maria Ulargui Aparicio
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

South Africa 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Saudi Arabia 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Mohammad Bin Salman
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Nigeria 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Dr. Babatunde Ajayi
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Mexico 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Hans Blomeier & Eduardo Walsh
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Indonesia 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Dr. Siti Nurbaya Bakar
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

India 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Bhupender Yadav
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Germany 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Dr. Robert Habeck
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

France 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: François Boisleux
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

EU 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Wopke Hoekstra
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Canada 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Honourable Steven Guilbeault
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...

Brazil 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Marina Silva
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce...