Humberto J. Rocha
Recent Posts
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
CBAM 101: The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism—and its Changes—Explained
The European Union’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will go into its definitive phase on January 1, 2026, requiring EU...
Carbon
Europe’s Carbon Market at a Crossroads: A Tighter System, a Bigger Risk
The EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is undergoing one of its most significant transformations since inception. With supply constraints...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
EU Commission Alters CBAM Compliance Threshold and Certificate Timeline
The European Union has proposed significant alterations to its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), aiming to ease compliance burdens and...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
Navigating Carbon Removals, Biodiversity, and Compliance Markets: Insights from Climate Week NYC 2024
Climate and carbon market experts, as well as OPIS thought leaders, hopped across events and soaked in knowledge at Climate...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
NGOs Push For Free EUAs to Cover Scrap in Steel and Clinker-less Cement Production
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are pushing for operators in the European Union who use scrap metal in steel production and clinker...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
Six Idle EU Cement Plants Received $95 Million in Surplus Free EUAs
Six European Union-based plants operated by five cement industry giants — Holcim Group, CEMEX, Buzzi Unicem, Votorantim Cimentos and Cementos...
Carbon
CreditNature Interview: Nature Markets Require Pioneer Buyers to Grow
Nature markets are still in their infancy, but the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreed by almost 200 nations at COP15...
Carbon
UK Carbon Market Amply Supplied Despite Reform Cutting Allowances
The British government announced amendments to its emissions trading system (UK ETS) on July 3, 2023, that would cut the...
Carbon
Three Idle UK, French Plants Allocated $127 Million in Free Carbon Permits
Three European facilities operated by Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC, U.K. conglomerate INEOS and French oil major TotalEnergies received a...