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  • Covid-19 poses 'most severe test yet for carbon markets' - IETA

    23 June 2020

    The Covid-19 pandemic "represents the most severe test of the world's carbon markets to date, going far beyond the scope of the 2008 global financial crisis," said Dirk Forrister, president and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

  • Airlines confirm commitment to carbon trading

    03 June 2019

    International airlines have re-confirmed their support for the emissions trading programme that aims to ensure no increase in carbon emissions from the sector after 2020.

  • MEPs support for EU ETS could treble carbon price

    15 February 2017

    Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have agreed to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in a move which one analyst said has the potential to triple allowance price forecasts for 2020.

  • IETA and CMIA press for airlines to use project-level REDD+ credits

    10 November 2016

    Two leading trade associations have come together to lobby for carbon credits from small-scale forest protection projects to be used in the forthcoming international carbon market for airlines – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (Corsia).

  • EF BRIEFS: IATA, DKB, Singapore Stock Exchange, Suzuki, TerraForm

    03 June 2016

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging governments to introduce a single global carbon offset mechanism to help tackle aviation emissions.

  • Airlines up the pressure on governments over emissions

    04 June 2013

    A body representing the majority of global airlines has thrown its weight behind calls for a market-based mechanism to control the sector's emissions, boosting hopes that governments will also back such a move.