My home country, Australia, seems to reside permanently in the international climate doghouse, but a closer look reveals that they have made steady progress on …
Category: NDC
Double counting or dual accounting?
With growing demand from investors, customers and other stakeholders for companies to become net-zero and/or sell net-zero emission goods and services, there is increasing interest …
An ambitious step-up on transport
Last week the German government announced a step-up in their ambition to reduce emissions, with a new target date for net-zero emissions of 2045. This …
A ten year reduction challenge for the USA
In April, at the opening of the White House Climate Summit, President Biden announced the United States Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the period up …
A very different pathway forwards for India
As COP 26 approaches, the UK government (as President of the COP) and the UNFCCC are encouraging as many countries as possible, in accordance with …
A new goal for China
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 …
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 …
