Week at a glance Over the past trading week (Aug 23-27), the China National Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) Market saw a hefty decrease in total trading volume but maintained a steady overall price. The total volume for the China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) across all 9 regional markets increased by 5.5% from the previous week while individual markets saw widely different changes.The city of Shenyang is expected to launch its local emissions trading system (ETS) in September, making it...

Week at a glance For the trading week of August 16 through August 20, the China National Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) Market closed at RMB 49.00/ton with a weekly total volume of 1,422,012 tons. Regular open-quote trades totaled 22,012 tons while block trades totaled 1,400,000 tons. As of August 20, the national CEA market had a cumulative CEA trading volume of 7,940,844 tons and an average price of RMB 49.55/ton (USD 7.62/ton) including block trades. Compared to the week before, prices...

Week at a glance For the trading week of August 9 through August 13, the China National Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) Market closed at RMB 54.00/ton with a weekly total volume of 379,868 tons, which included a block trade1 of 279,856 tons. The week also saw a continued trend of relatively high prices and low volume after the first day of trading at the launch of the national CEA market on July 16. Several factors may explain this low volume-limited market participants, ample emissions...