Carbon staying high on speculative buying, testing EUR80 level
The carbon market proved resilient to the weak outcome of the Copenhagen meetings on 2040 green targets. Furthermore, an IEA report predicts that the EU will undershoot its gree...
Carbon Trading
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Carbon market sharply up as speculators enter the market
As mentioned in the previous issue, speculators went in long after the 2026 auctions were released and participants are seeing this as a green signal for a more bullish market. ...
Narrow range low volume – driven up by compliance and speculative buying
The release in July of a revised auction calendar for 2025 and 2026 by the European Commission gave a bullish signal, as the 2025 auctions remain unchanged and there were few ad...
Range trading dictated by gas and coal prices – CBAM delayed
There has been very little incentive in the carbon market itself – the driver has been the TTF and coal prices moving first by the Israeli/US bombings of Iran and later in the m...
EUA prices follow energy markets higher
The carbon market did not have much news of its own on which to trade upon. There are political rumours in the market of a potential delay to the EU ETS-2 which, if proven corre...
Green a lower priority as long-term EUA prices plunge
The market continued its decline during March and the start of April after US tariffs were announced. The EUA price fell to EUR60, as speculators scrambled to reduce risk positi...
MPA welcomes UK-EU emissions trading link
UK-based Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the proposed link-up between the UK and EU Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS) announced on 19 May 2025. "Linking the two sc...
Energy complex and geopolitics drive sharp falls in carbon markets
Carbon pricing continued its decline during March and early April, falling to EUR60/t (US$65.58/t) after US tariffs were announced as speculators scrambled to reduce risk positi...
Polish cement industry to see reduced CO2 allowances in 2026
Process emissions account for 63 per cent of the sector’s CO 2 output, making carbon capture and storage (CCS) the only viable decarbonisation solution for the sector. However, ...
Energy complex and a political change of priorities drive down carbon markets
December EUA prices dropped sharply during February and March, now testing the long-term uptrend in the range of EUR65-68. The fall in gas and coal prices combined with massive ...