Featured Publications
Emissions Trading Worldwide: 2024 ICAP Status Report
Check out the 2024 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
🔹 State and outlook of emissions trading worldwide
🔹 Detailed factsheets on every system in operation, under development, and under consideration
🔹 Infographics that visualize the systems' characteristics
Applying Rules under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to Linked Emissions Trading Systems
This paper explores how the Article 6.2 rules agreed at COP26 could be applied to an international link of two ETSs, including how to account for the changes in emissions, addressing the challenges in determining when changes in emissions occur within an ETS, and options to generate finance for adaptation and “net” mitigation from the link.
Emissions Trading Worldwide: 2023 ICAP Status Report
Check out the 2023 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
🔹 comprehensive snapshot of the latest ETS developments
🔹 up-to-date factsheets on all systems
🔹 infographics that visualize the systems' characteristics
🔹 in-depth articles from policymakers and carbon market experts
Emissions Trading and Carbon Capture and Storage: Mapping possible interactions, technical considerations, and existing provisions
This report explores how CCS is treated in different ETSs around the world; if and how ETSs could play a role in incentivizing the development and deployment of CCS applications; and the challenges and opportunities in developing the required regulation in this context.
Offset Use Across Emissions Trading Systems
As market-based instruments, emissions trading systems are inherently flexible, as entities can decide to reduce their own emissions or buy emissions allowances from the market. Carbon offsets (or simply ‘offsets’) are a tool to further increase flexibility in reaching climate targets under ETSs, as they offer sectoral and geographical flexibility for jurisdictions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions outside of the scope of their ETS. This report...
Benchmark-based allocation in emissions trading systems: Experiences to date and insights on design
Benchmarking can protect against carbon leakage while setting incentives to reduce emissions, but their design entails complex trade-offs. This paper explores benchmark-based industrial allocation design and experiences, using insights from existing ETSs, and their implications for abatement and low-carbon investment incentives.
ICAP & World Bank Paper: Governance of Emissions Trading Systems
ICAP and the World Bank jointly published a paper on the governance of emissions trading systems.
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: 2024 ICAP Status Report
Teaser + metatagsCheck out the 2024 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
🔹 State and outlook of emissions trading worldwide
🔹 Detailed factsheets on every system in operation, under development, and under consideration
🔹 Infographics that visualize the systems' characteristics
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: 2023 ICAP Status Report
Teaser + metatagsCheck out the 2023 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
🔹 comprehensive snapshot of the latest ETS developments
🔹 up-to-date factsheets on all systems
🔹 infographics that visualize the systems' characteristics
🔹 in-depth articles from policymakers and carbon market experts -
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: 2022 ICAP Status Report
Teaser + metatagsCheck out the 2022 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
- Insights from policymakers and carbon market experts
- Infographics
- Factsheets on each system in operation, under development and under consideration -
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Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation (2nd Edition)
Teaser + metatagsThe updated Handbook has drawn from recent learnings gained over the last five years as jurisdictions around the world have gathered experience in designing, implementing and refining ETSs.
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: ICAP Status Report 2021
Teaser + metatagsThis report covers the worldwide developments in ETS over the year, with key figures, infographics, and detailed factsheets on all systems globally. In addition, a series of articles from policymakers and experts explore the theme of ETS resilience and the important role of carbon markets in achieving a net-zero compatible economic recovery.
The report includes:
- Insights from policymakers and carbon market experts
- Infographics
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: ICAP Status Report 2020
Teaser + metatagsThe ICAP Status Report 2020 presents developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: ICAP Status Report 2019
Teaser + metatagsCheck out the 2019 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
- Insights from international emissions trading experts
- Infographics
- Factsheets on each system in operation and under consideration -
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A Guide to Linking Emissions Trading Systems
Teaser + metatagsHow to best link emissions trading systems? This guide provides policymakers with a step-by-step for the whole process. Complete with practical experiences, how to avoid possible pitfalls, stakeholder perspectives, and much more.
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: ICAP Status Report 2018
Teaser + metatagsCheck out the 2018 ICAP Status Report with the latest developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
- Insights from international emissions trading experts
- Infographics
- Factsheets on each system in operation and under consideration -
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: ICAP Status Report 2017
Teaser + metatagsThe ICAP Status Report 2017 presents developments in emissions trading around the world.
The report includes:
Factsheets on each system in operation and under consideration Infographics Insights from international emissions trading experts