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EC consultation on commodity derivatives market

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The European Commission has published a targeted consultation document on a review of the functioning of commodity derivatives markets (including for these purposes emissions allowances) and certain aspects relating to spot...more

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CFTC Issues Final Guidance on Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on September 20 issued final guidance aimed at strengthening market integrity, transparency, and liquidity for derivatives with underlying voluntary carbon credits (VCCs). The...more

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CFTC Cracks Down: Escalating Enforcement and Raising the Stakes in the Voluntary Carbon Market

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken a significant step in its oversight of the voluntary carbon markets with a recent enforcement action against defendants who misappropriated funds through a carbon...more

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CFTC to Exercise Its Jurisdictional Hook: Regulating Voluntary Carbon Markets via Futures Exchanges Oversight

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued proposed guidance on December 4 intended to increase the transparency and bolster the integrity of voluntary carbon credits that underlie derivative contracts subject to...more

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JPMorgan Outlines Voluntary Carbon Market Principles

In a recently published white paper, JPMorgan outlined its approach to improving and strengthening voluntary carbon markets to promote scalable decarbonization efforts. JPMorgan focused its analysis on voluntary carbon...more

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Help Wanted: CFTC invites whistleblowers to look for fraud and manipulation in the carbon markets

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Whistleblower Office took the unusual step of inviting market participants to look for and submit tips related to fraud, manipulation, and other forms of misconduct in...more

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CFTC: Calling All Whistleblowers in Carbon Markets

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With an “alert” issued June 20, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is targeting carbon markets by asking whistleblowers to come forward with information about fraudulent or manipulative trading of carbon...more

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CFTC Chair Confirms CFTC's Planned Involvement in Policing the U.S. Carbon Markets

On January 23, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Rostin Behnam, announced in his keynote speech at the Commodity Markets Council’s annual conference that the CFTC “can play a role in voluntary...more

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CFTC Considers Greater Regulation of Carbon Offset Markets

On June 2, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) convened for the first time market participants to discuss the state and the challenges of the U.S. voluntary carbon credit (“VCC”) markets and, at the end of...more

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A Discussion on Environmental Commodities with Bill Flederbach, President and CEO at ClimeCo

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This episode is another in our Energy and Environment Review series, in which Ballard’s energy and environmental lawyers will address the energy evolution driven by climate change, renewable energy innovation,...more

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CME Group to Launch a Global Emissions Offset Futures Contract

CME Group has announced plans to launch a carbon futures contract intended to offer a transparent, standardised and market-based solution to manage global emissions risk. ...more

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Hydrogen Rising: A Sustainable Energy Source on the Brink of Commercial Scale Development

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Sandra Safro and David Wochner kick-off Hydrogen Rising with a discussion about how hydrogen is on the brink of commercial scale development, highlighting governmental incentives and potential challenges facing the industry....more

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