Mercados de carbono
Resumen
Los mercados del carbono se están desarrollando como una palanca económica crucial en el reto de revertir la acumulación de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera de la Tierra, mientras que el CO2 sigue siendo un factor clave en una serie de sectores industriales.
Los gobiernos nacionales están adoptando los mercados del carbono, con una proliferación de políticas de fijación de precios del carbono en todo el mundo. El sector privado está canalizando la financiación de proyectos que generan reducciones y eliminaciones de emisiones de carbono para mitigar sus emisiones difíciles de reducir.
Y las Naciones Unidas están avanzando en la construcción de un mercado global para la reducción de las emisiones de carbono que facilitará los intentos de las naciones de cumplir con sus obligaciones en virtud del Acuerdo de París.
Los sectores industriales siguen siendo una fuente clave de emisiones y consumo de CO2, con la innovación buscando métodos sostenibles de producción y utilización.
Argus prepara el escenario para un período prolongado de crecimiento, evolución e interconexión de los participantes e iniciativas del mercado del carbono.
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UK aims for £6bn in overseas climate finance to 2029
UK aims for £6bn in overseas climate finance to 2029
London, 19 March (Argus) — The UK plans to spend "around £6bn" ($8bn) of its overseas development aid (ODA) budget as international climate finance over the next three years, the government said today. This will cover mitigation and adaptation — referring to cutting emissions and adjusting to the effects of climate change where possible, respectively. The finance will also have "a focus on nature", the government said. The budget covers the 2026-7 to 2028-9 financial years. The UK previously committed to spending £11.6bn in international climate finance between the 2021-2 and 2025-6 financial years. Although today's announcement represents a reduction in climate finance, it has been prioritised in the overall aid budget. But "vulnerable communities on the frontline of the climate change crisis are relying on us", UK member of parliament Toby Perkins said today. Perkins is chair of the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee. "Government support for climate finance enhances business confidence, encourages investment and signals that we are willing to lead in the long term", Perkins said. The government aims to deliver an additional £6.7bn in "UK-backed climate and nature investments" and to mobilise "billions" in private finance, it said today. It will also "support and help reform international institutions to unlock greater finance for development", including from multilateral development banks (MDBs). Countries often call on MDBs to do more to fund actions to address climate change, as the institutions have significant leveraging power. The World Bank's International Development Association "unlocks £4 of additional finance" for each £1 invested, the UK government noted. Several key donors of international development aid — such as Germany, France and Sweden — have scaled back of announced cuts to funding in the last 18 months, which is likely to affect projects tackling climate change in developing nations. Governments and campaigners have shifted their focus to MDBs and the private sector, in lieu of public funding. The government in February 2025 said that it would fund a rise in UK defence spending entirely through cuts to the country's aid budget from 2027. It plans to move ODA to the equivalent of 0.3pc of gross national income by 2027, though it has the "intention to return to 0.7pc when the fiscal circumstances allow", Cooper said today. Developed countries agreed at the UN Cop 29 climate summit in 2024 to deliver "at least" $300bn/yr in climate finance to developing nations by 2035, to support the latter to decarbonise and implement their energy transitions. By Georgia Gratton Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
EU leaders debate energy, ETS reform
EU leaders debate energy, ETS reform
Brussels, 19 March (Argus) — EU leaders debated rising energy prices and the role of the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS) on Thursday, 19 March but remain divided over how exactly to adjust EU climate policy. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez expressed strong support for the ETS. Pointing to Spain's low power prices, he said some governments are using the energy crisis to try to weaken climate policies. Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo similarly called for the bloc to continue decarbonising, also noting Finnish clean energy investments pushing down the country's energy prices. Dutch prime minister Rob Jetten said he supports refining climate policies but will not scrap those crucial to long-term green resilience, highlighting that the ETS has saved "billions and billions" in fossil fuel imports. "The ETS, particularly ETS 1, is a good mechanism because it allows transition while preserving competitiveness," French president Emmanuel Macron said. But Macron is also calling for "flexibility" and "adaptability" in the current situation. The ETS 1 is operational and covers energy-intensive industry, power, maritime and aviation emissions, while the EU ETS 2 covering road transport and buildings is due to launch in 2028. The European Commission has incorporated large parts of proposals worked out with EU leaders in February, German chancellor Friedrich Merz said. Commission president Ursula von der Leyen earlier this week wrote to EU leaders announcing a proposal to increase the "firepower" of the market stability reserve (MSR), which could release ETS allowances to address "excessive" price volatility and "keep prices in check" in the short term. And von der Leyen now promises that the upcoming ETS revision, scheduled for July, will set out a "more realistic" decarbonisation trajectory beyond 2030. Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson said Sweden's low gas dependence shields it from price shocks. Kristersson added that it is "unacceptable" that other countries with transmission problems should now lay claim to Sweden's "large" congestion revenues. "We use these to expand the grid, but also to compensate Swedish electricity consumers," he said. Czech prime minister Andrej Babis said his country is among the "best" in terms of decarbonisation. Babis joined leaders from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia stating in a letter to the commission and European Council that the ETS pathway to 2034 is "too steep and overly ambitious". One of the 10 leaders, Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker, also wants the gas price "excluded" from ETS allowances. "This would also lead to a reduction in costs, and that is something our industry urgently needs," Stocker said. He also called for the merit order system setting power prices to be changed. "We generate around 90pc of our annual consumption from renewables, yet we pay the price for electricity as if it were produced by gas-fired power plants," Stocker said. By Dafydd ab Iago Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Storms, wildfires drove 2025 insured losses: Swiss Re
Storms, wildfires drove 2025 insured losses: Swiss Re
London, 19 March (Argus) — Insured losses in 2025 were driven by severe convective storms and wildfires, while natural catastrophes accounted for the vast majority of overall economic and insured losses, reinsurance firm Swiss Re said today. Natural catastrophes made up 93.6pc of all economic losses, which totalled $235bn in 2025. They accounted for 89.2pc of the $120bn of insured losses, Swiss Re data show. Of the $107bn of insured losses from natural catastrophes last year, 92pc was from "secondary perils", Swiss Re said. Secondary perils include wildfires, severe convective storms and floods, but exclude earthquakes and cyclones. The "absence of a major US hurricane landfall" in 2025 was notable, Swiss Re said. The widespread wildfires in Los Angeles, California in early 2025 generated insured losses of around $40bn, while severe convective storms accounted for $51bn in losses, it found. Economic losses from natural catastrophes in 2025 were lower by 32.7pc and 17.6pc on the year and compared with the previous 10-year average, respectively. Insured losses from natural catastrophes last year were down by 24.1pc and 3.6pc on 2024 figures and the 10-year average, Swiss Re data show. "The below-trend natural catastrophe losses seen in 2025 are the result of favourable variability rather than any easing of underlying risk. If losses return to normal long-term levels, they would total $148bn in 2026. According to our modelled peak-loss scenario, insured losses could even climb to about $320bn in 2026", Swiss Re head of catastrophe perils Balz Grollimund said. Swiss Re noted a long-term increase in global weather-related insured losses. In North America, wildfire insured losses are growing at an annual rate of 14pc, it found. "The lengthening of fire seasons and long-term changes in temperature and precipitation patterns are further compounding the loss threat that fires present", Swiss Re said. Global science and weather agencies found that 2025 was either the second or third-hottest year recorded, according to eight different datasets consolidated by the World Meteorological Organisation. A hotter global atmosphere holds more moisture, of around 7pc more for every 1°C of heating, according to UK weather agency the Met Office. "While no single weather event is caused solely by climate change, the background warming of the atmosphere is loading the dice", the Met Office said. By Georgia Gratton Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Brazil updates climate plan through 2035
Brazil updates climate plan through 2035
Sao Paulo, 18 March (Argus) — Brazil's government released its updated climate plan on Tuesday, 17 March setting targets for specific sectors such as forests and transportation and proposing carbon-neutral technology roadmaps to more than halve its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2035 from 2005 levels. The previous plan was issued in 2008. Brazil has committed to reducing its GHG emissions by 59-67pc from 2005 levels by 2035 and to achieve net-zero by 2050, according to its latest nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement. "There are no environmental policies without scientific evidence," Brazil's science and technology minister Luciana Santos said during an event in federal capital Brasilia to launch the plan. "We are not only reacting to disasters, we are anticipating solutions," she added. The plan draws up measures to attract climate financing in the public and private sectors — with programs such as the Amazon fund and Eco Invest . The government expects to discuss the plan every two years and update it every four years, the environmental ministry said. The climate plan also includes eight policy routes for mitigation and another 16 for climate change adaptation, which were all approved in December, totaling 312 in all. It includes plans for adaptation measures in sectors such as agriculture, cattle raising, mining, energy and transport, among others. Some environmental groups said that the sectorial energy plan for mitigation is not ambitious enough to reach a fossil fuel phase-out. This particular plan foresees to reduce emissions in both crude and natural gas supply chains but does not provide any timeframes, while it also includes expanding the country's nuclear power generation, which would be "unnecessary" and more expensive than other power generation alternatives, climate umbrella group Observatorio do Clima's public policies coordinator Suely Araujo said. The government is working on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, but has not yet presented it . Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for a global roadmap on the topic during a global summit days prior to the UN Cop 30 climate summit held last November in northern Brazil. By João Curi Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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