{"id":11821,"date":"2015-11-19T14:14:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=11821"},"modified":"2015-11-19T14:14:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T19:14:43","slug":"3-signs-were-entering-a-golden-age-for-carbon-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2015\/11\/19\/3-signs-were-entering-a-golden-age-for-carbon-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"3 signs we’re entering a golden age for carbon markets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This is an adaptation of an essay by Fred Krupp and\u00a0<\/span>Nat Keohane<\/a>\u00a0for the International Emissions Trading Association\u2019s Greenhouse Gas Market 2015\/2016\u00a0<\/span><\/em>report<\/a>.\u00a0This adaptation was originally posted on EDF Voices<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

There was a time when\u00a0<\/span>market-based approaches<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>seemed to fall off the radar in discussions of climate policy, but carbon markets are back.<\/p>\n

Well-designed emission trading systems offer the combination of flexibility, incentives and guaranteed results that help polluters meet their targets \u2013 while leaving it up to the market to figure out the best way to meet them, driving costs down.<\/p>\n

This is why so many companies are\u00a0<\/span>staunch supporters<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>of emissions trading, and why national and international efforts are taking off.<\/p>\n

Here are three indications \u00a0we may be entering a golden age for carbon markets and what it means for\u00a0<\/span>COP21<\/a>, the international climate talks that begin in Paris later this month.<\/p>\n

1. Carbon markets are going global<\/strong><\/p>\n

Climate progress in the United States and China is changing the global dynamic.<\/p>\n

Gone are the days when the two largest emitters blame each other for inaction, and their bilateral progress is inspiring commitments around the world. All told, cap-and-trade programs are in place in more than 50 jurisdictions worldwide that are home to nearly a billion people.<\/p>\n

Quebec and California have linked their carbon markets, creating North America\u2019s largest cap-and-trade system, becoming the first example of subnational jurisdictions in different countries launching a joint market. And more programs are in the works.<\/p>\n

Ontario, Canada\u2019s most populous province and home to a significant manufacturing base,\u00a0<\/span>is developing<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>a cap-and-trade program to launch by 2017 and link to California and Quebec\u2019s market by 2018. Having the largest U.S. state and Canadian province in a formal, linked carbon market will help lay the foundation for further carbon market collaboration in North America and beyond.<\/p>\n

China, meanwhile, is\u00a0<\/span>set to open<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>a national carbon market in 2017, the world\u2019s largest.<\/p>\n

2. Next: International aviation and tropical forests<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most exciting opportunities is in international aviation.<\/p>\n

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is developing a market-based mechanism for consideration at its next Triennial Assembly in 2016 to help the sector meet its stated commitments to carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a 50-percent cut by 2050.<\/p>\n

That would cap emissions from a global sector that accounts for roughly 2 percent of carbon emissions, and growing fast, and would set a powerful precedent for international cooperation on climate change.<\/p>\n

Another opening is in the forest sector.<\/p>\n

Tropical forests are not only crucial to stabilizing the climate \u2013 they are critical to sustainable economic development for the communities and nations that rely on them. Carbon markets can play\u00a0<\/span>a key role<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in driving a new model of green growth in the tropics.<\/p>\n

By allowing jurisdictional REDD+ credits (short for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) into their compliance markets, California \u2013 and, perhaps soon, the ICAO \u2013 have the opportunity to create positive economic incentives for forest protection at a landscape scale.<\/p>\n

3. Existing markets are thriving<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 2006, when California\u2019s climate change program was signed into law, the state has received more clean tech venture capital investment than all other states combined. Bloomberg News recently ranked the Golden State the best place in the U.S. to do business, citing the state\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>visionary leadership<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>on climate change as one of the markers of its success.<\/p>\n

A good illustration of how market-based policies can promote greater ambition is the landmark U.S. cap-and-trade program for sulphur dioxide. This program reduced national average concentrations of the pollutant by 76 percent since 1990 \u2013 taking an enormous step toward solving the problem of\u00a0<\/span>acid rain<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>ahead of schedule and well below the estimated cost while creating hundreds of billions of dollars in annual benefits.<\/p>\n

And despite well-publicized ups and downs \u2013 attributable in large part to the worst recession since the 1930s \u2013 the European Union\u2019s emissions trading system is now performing well. It has over-achieved its goals, leading to more reductions at lower cost than expected.<\/p>\n

To COP21 in Paris\u2026and beyond<\/h4>\n

How can we capitalize on this political moment and build on the momentum we are seeing, to keep carbon markets growing around the globe?<\/p>\n

A durable climate regime established by the Paris agreement will be one that harnesses\u00a0<\/span>market forces<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in the hunt for solutions, mobilizes private sector energies, enhances national self-interest and, through rigorous and transparent reporting, allows countries to demonstrate to each other that they are meeting their commitment.<\/p>\n

A United Nations agreement is only one of many tools available to address climate change. It will take continuing strong action by leading emitters and leading carbon market jurisdictions to spur the technological, political and institutional transformations that will support more ambitious action in the years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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