China has set the goal of being carbon neutral by 2060. What might the transition look like and what has to happen in the 2020s …
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Formulating an Article 6.2 transaction
While Article 6 of the Paris Agreement remains in negotiating limbo, the text that emerged from Madrid for Article 6.2 gives a very strong indication …
Getting going with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Article 6 was inserted into the Paris Agreement with a view to providing similar compliance flexibility to that offered by the trading mechanisms within the …
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The future of carbon pricing
At this time of the year I usually review the progress in implementing carbon pricing around the world, but it seems timely to look more …
What to make of Article 6 at COP25?
I spent a week at COP25 in Madrid, with great hope that the negotiators would land the Article 6 text and complete the so-called Paris …
How might Article 6 work in practice?
This is a critical year for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The ‘rule book’ wasn’t agreed at COP24 in Katowice, so the focus of …
Looking again at carbon pricing
It is Climate Week in New York and among the police barricades at the UN, the protests and traffic there is still the opportunity for …
What happened to that vacation offset?
With many people in the Northern Hemisphere taking vacation at the moment, some may have clicked that button on the bookings website to offset the …
Why is Article 6 so contentious?
The Parties to the UNFCCC convened in Bonn through the second half of June to continue discussions relating to the Paris Agreement, but particularly to …
A new pathway to Paris
A new book that outlines a pathway to meet the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement has been released for open access online , but is …
