RHT Green Director and Principal Consultant Philip Lim has contributed to an impact policy report on carbon finance that was written at the request of the British High Commission in Singapore in partnership with the UK COP26 Universities Network for the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. In the report, the rationale for carbon credits to be traded across ASEAN was examined and the role of institutional investors and regulators in developing a robust regional voluntary carbon market (VCM) was assessed.
Carbon markets allow companies to buy or sell greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions allowances or to offset their carbon footprint to meet voluntary emissions reduction targets. The further growth and development of VCMs is of particular interest to Singapore which is pursuing plans to become a major regional carbon services and trading hub.
To download the paper, click here.
In the next few weeks, we will be featuring experts’ comments on proceedings of COP26 deliberations on carbon markets (this is with reference to the implications on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement) in the RHT G.R.A.C.E. Institute (RGI) Forum on 26 November 2021. The Forum will feature a session on sustainability and tackle the impact policy report on carbon finance.
To register for the RGI Forum, click here.
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