As Carbon Emissions Continue to Soar, KRBN Fuels Transition – ETF Trends

The economic shutdown surrounding the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 saw emissions falling globally but they have since bounced back to even higher levels than before. In 2021, coal drove 40% of the carbon emissions growth and emissions from coal are currently at 15.3 gigatons, the highest ever on record. This increased contribution […]

A Guide to Global Carbon Inequity and Poverty | ETF Trends

Extreme poverty continues to afflict many countries globally, with the division in wealth only growing greater. The findings highlight the vast carbon inequality occurring worldwide, with the bottom economic half of the global population’s consumption only driving 10% of carbon emissions globally. “Quantifying carbon footprints of people in poverty, which are largely below 1 tCO2, revealed […]

Lessons Learned in the California Carbon Market in 2021 | ETF Trends

Carbon allowance markets are booming, with 2021 seeing a record year of trading within markets; the Intercontinental Exchange saw a 30% increase in carbon allowance trades worldwide last year, a total of 18.3 billion tons of carbon allowances, reports Reuters. Prices for California Carbon Allowances rose at a steady rate for most of 2021. KraneShares views […]

Crypto Industry Makes a Moves Into the Carbon Markets | ETF Trends

More polluting companies can compensate for their higher greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing credits representing reductions in greenhouse gases in the carbon markets. Toucan contended that these carbon emissions-linked digital tokens would create a clear platform for trading and provide real-time pricing data and a public record of trades to more clearly note who gets […]

Nuclear Plant Could Be Emissions Solution for California | ETF Trends

If the plant’s operation was extended further to 2045 and longer, it could provide $21 billion in savings and meet coastal protection requirements while also preventing 90,000 acres of land from being used to produce energy. The plant is facing licensing expirations from utility provider PG&E in 2024 and 2024 amidst concerns of nuclear waste, […]

Canadian Bitcoin Miners Are Finding Homes on US Exchanges

These new listings from international exchanges come about a year after several major Chinese crypto companies were approved for listing on Nasdaq, including crypto miner Ebang International Holdings Inc. According to its June 17th press release, HIVE was the first crypto mining company with a green energy and ESG strategy when it launched in 2017. …Read […]

Tracking Sovereign Adoption of Bitcoin: A Potential Tipping Point?

Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Global Diversified Index, an unmanaged, market-capitalization weighted, total-return index tracking the traded market for U.S.-dollar-denominated Brady bonds, Eurobonds, traded loans, and local market debt instruments issued by sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities. With the Biden administration more explicitly tying its foreign policy to “human rights” than did President Trump, and China’s newfound […]

Dispatch from the Bitcoin Conference: Meet the Other Maximalists

That El Salvador, home of one of the world’s highest crime rates, became the first country to announce it may buy bitcoin, news of which broke during the event to a full standing ovation, just adds to the occasional sense of lawlessness surrounding the asset class. And yet while this seeming un-seriousness might have hindered the institutional adoption curve […]

Gold’s Future is Green

Based on the current trajectory of these plans, emissions intensity of power used in gold production is likely to drop by 35% by 2030, found the report’s authors. Though the industry is well positioned to smoothly transition and hit the climate targets set by the Paris Agreement, there are several unknowns. Additionally, though several high […]