China News Service, Shanghai, August 16 (Zhou Zhuoao) The National Carbon Emissions Trading Market was launched on July 16, and it has been a full moon so far.
As a major institutional innovation for market mechanism to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote green and low-carbon development, carbon emission rights trading continues to attract market attention.
The closing price of carbon emission allowances in the national carbon market on August 16 was 51 yuan (RMB, the same below)/ton, a cumulative increase of 6.25% from the opening price of 48 yuan/ton when the carbon market went online.
As of August 16, the cumulative trading volume of the national carbon market carbon emission allowances (CEA) reached 7,018,800 tons, with a cumulative trading volume of 355 million yuan.
Compared with the trading volume of 4.104 million tons on the first day, the trading volume of the listing agreement has gradually declined, and the trading volume on multiple trading days was only 20,000 tons.
According to many industry insiders, the current carbon market trading situation as a whole is in line with expectations. According to past local pilot operation experience, carbon market trading peaks often occur before the compliance period. Before the compliance period, the national carbon market transactions are expected to be active and the prices will also be active. Has risen.
According to the work arrangement of the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting", the national carbon market will conduct quota approval on September 30 and perform the settlement on December 31.
In an interview with reporters, Lai Xiaoming, chairman of the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, said that there are two reasons for the low trading volume: on the one hand, because carbon market transactions have not been launched soon, many companies are in the process of opening accounts. The current trading account opening rate of companies On the other hand, most of the companies included in the transaction have not participated in the local pilot transactions, and there is still a lack of understanding of the relevant processes and management methods of carbon trading, and the willingness of companies to participate in the transaction needs to be improved.
Lai Xiaoming pointed out that a high-quality carbon market should have clear and stable policies, sound laws and regulations, and stable price fluctuations to avoid market fluctuations. It is not the performance of a healthy and mature market. At the same time, market price signals must be clear and effective, which can help guide enterprises to save energy and reduce emissions, and guide capital and technology to invest in climate change."
At the same time, the current single number of participating entities and trading varieties in the national carbon market has also affected trading activity to a certain extent.
Dong Zhanfeng, deputy director of the Institute of Management and Policy of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, pointed out that the current national carbon market participants are limited to companies that control emissions, and professional carbon asset companies, financial institutions, and individual investors have not received admission tickets to the carbon trading market. , This limits the expansion of capital scale and the increase of market activity to a certain extent.
However, the construction of the national carbon market is also steadily proceeding.
Liu Youbin, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, previously stated that in the next step, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will work with relevant departments to promote the promulgation of the "Interim Regulations on the Management of Carbon Emissions Trading" as soon as possible, establish a sound national carbon market joint supervision mechanism, and strengthen the control of all links in the national carbon market. Supervision, effective prevention of market risks.
On the basis of the good operation of the carbon market in the power generation industry, expand the industry coverage, gradually incorporate more high-emission industries, gradually enrich the types of transactions, trading methods and trading entities, and increase market activity.
Liu Gongrun, deputy dean and researcher of CEIBS Jiazui International Finance Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that China’s carbon market is large, but it is still in its infancy as a whole. Correspondingly, China’s current carbon market finance The degree of transformation also needs to be improved.
"As the world's largest carbon trading market, giving full play to the role of market regulation and resource allocation, and guiding capital investment in low-carbon environmental protection fields, will greatly promote China's green development and sustainable economic growth." Liu Gongrun pointed out that the carbon market price and The value discovery function strengthens China's core voice in international carbon pricing, which will help consolidate China's dominant position in the field of international climate change.
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