IETA | International Emissions Trading Association

For Immediate Release                                 April 20, 2012
               
Geneva, Switzerland - Today, the International Emissions Trading Association – IETA - issued the following statement from Henry Derwent, President and CEO:

IETA welcomes Commissioner Hedegaard’s statement today signaling her intention to advance a review of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme by a year so that the Commission can consider ways to bolster its effectiveness in light of the extreme economic circumstances in Europe at present.
 
Her statement confirms the importance for EU policy makers of the EU ETS as the cornerstone of EU climate policy.  It aims to deliver reductions in the short-term while giving a signal for investment over the longer term. Statements from the Danish Presidency and the Commission also highlight the importance of clarifying emission reduction targets for 2020 and 2030. These are the hallmarks of a sound carbon policy, and we trust that the Review will enhance the program’s effectiveness in light of urgent economic challenges. 

For Immediate Release - April 16, 2012

Since its foundation in 1999, the International Emissions Trading Association has promoted carbon trading across the world by informing, lobbying and helping create the concepts and tools to make this extraordinary idea into a reality. From the start, this mission included the design of viable and reliable legal trading documents.

By publishing this new industry standard master agreement, the new IETMA, IETA is providing further momentum to the development of an efficient market. Our aim is to provide a greenhouse gas emissions-specific document with concise definitions of emissions trading concepts, which is easy to use, allows adaptation to new markets and new instruments as they arise, and appeals to a broad spectrum of counterparties.

London, United Kingdom, March 1 2012 

The Board of the International Emissions Trading Association, the Geneva-based multi-sectoral grouping of companies promoting carbon pricing and emissions trading to combat climate change, today announced Dirk Forrister as its new President/CEO.

Forrister, whose background includes spells in the White House, US Department of Energy, and a London appointment with international carbon fund manager Natsource, will take up his new position on May 1, 2012.

CARBON EXPO 2012: The Interface Between Industry and Technology & Climate and Carbon Finance

May 30 to June 1, 2012, in Cologne, Germany

2012 is going to be an important and labor-intensive year as far as the emissions-trading process is concerned. The CO2 market and all participating interest groups will be addressing a large range of fundamentally significant topics. The focal points of discussion will include the effects of the Global Climate Conference in Durban and economic forecasts for the EU and their influence on emissions trading.Such topics will once again be discussed in great depth at the ninth CARBON EXPO — the world’s leading international trade fair and congress for climate and carbon finance, emissions trading, solutions for CO2 emissions reduction and new technologies, which will take place in Cologne from 30th May to 1st June.

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For Immediate Release
February 15, 2012

Geneva, Switzerland -- IETA members believe the EU ETS is playing its part in European climate policy as intended: it delivers the level of emission reductions originally chosen at lowest cost to society. But with overlapping policies and as a result of an extraordinary economic recession, oversupply is making the headlines and expectations of investment signals from the short-term price are being frustrated, giving the false perception that the scheme is malfunctioning.