Published: July 19th, 2021,
Last updated: July 19th, 2021
On Friday, the Chinese emissions trading scheme launched (as China.Table reported). After more than a decade of preparation, the first emission rights were bought and sold. The price at the closure of trading was the equivalent of 6,90 euros per tonne of CO2. In European emissions trading, one tonne of CO2 now costs more than 50 euros.