New Carbon-Based Instruments
The EU will be selling most of its carbon allowances and ICE will resume auctioning them. It’s welcome news. The more carbon registries the better to firm up prices and …
New Futures Contracts for Ag
All eyes are on Australia ravaged by fires due to drought – but other threats abound. Ag can lead the way out of this vortex, by cutting back and storing …
GIC’s Commodity Plus Carbon
As COP 25 opens today, the goal of 1.5 c reduction seems more elusive than ever. GHG levels are worrisomely short of targets but country and private sector commitment high. …
Time for CPC — Commodity Plus Carbon
Despite US formal notification of withdrawal from Paris Agreement and more roll-back executive orders, leading American companies remain wedded to carbon reduction. The Chamber of Commerce supports staying in the …
All’s Well in the World
Paris agreement carbon reduction targets fully met; global food safety compliance in effect———– April Fools!
What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? Commodity Plus Carbon Futures
What Do Farmers Need to Know About Climate Change? Commodity Plus Carbon Futures September 4, 2018 Climate Column Dr. Richard Gilmore, President/CEO of GIC Group Do any of us recall …
A Carbon Tax by Any Other Name Would Smell “Tax”
By Richard Gilmore, President/CEO, GIC Group Special to The Digest A carbon tax is a tax on everything except carbon. Arguments in its favor seem to accept that climate change …