Dear Madam or Sir,
In the first six months of this year, emissions from electricity generation in the European Union fell by 17%, due in particular to the further expansion of renewable energies and the lower use of coal at EU level. This corresponds to a decrease of approximately 59 million tons of CO2.
But it is not only the EU that has made a positive presentation here, but also one of the world’s main emitters of greenhouse gases, the USA. Here, carbon emissions from electricity generation also fell by 8.6% in the first half of 2023, which was due to the 27% decline in coal-fired power generation. And in Japan, emissions from fossil fuels in electricity generation also fell by a remarkable 12%, as the energy think tank Ember reported. As a result, Japan emitted 25 million tons of carbon less in the first half of 2023.
Globally, this has meant that carbon emissions from electricity generation have remained almost unchanged and may have reached their peak here.
However, the German federal government is clearly missing its emissions reduction targets in the buildings and transport sectors, even though the federal government has presented a new climate protection program. There remains around 200 million CO2 too much, which makes achieving the climate protection goals a long way off, as does the goal of being net zero by 2045.
The new EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has now spoken out in favour of a target of 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. According to calculations by analysts of the London Stock Exchange, this would mean a price for a ton of carbon emission or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases (CO2e) of more than 400 euros per ton.
Currently, the prices for European Emission Allowances remain under pressure and ended with a loss of 1.21 euros or 1.5% based on the weekly closing price. Last Tuesday, the benchmark future EUA-December-2023 closed below the 80-euro-mark for the first time since the beginning of February, but was able to assert itself above it again from Wednesday, even if Brent oil lost a significant 8.5% on a weekly basis.
What will be interesting next week will be to what extent the Hamas attack on Israel contributes to the uncertainty in the financial, energy and commodity markets regarding a potential expansion.
Last Wednesday, a primary market auction of 1,000,000 EUA for Northern Ireland took place on the European Energy Exchange for the first time this year. Due to the Polish auction next Wednesday, a total of 14,599,500 EUA will be auctioned on all trading days this week.
| (Average Quotes Exchange / OTC) | |||
| Instrument | 29/09/23 | 06/10/23 | Change |
| EUA (December-2023-Future) | 81.67 EUR | 80.46 EUR | -1.21 EUR |
| VER (Natural Carbon Offsets) | 1.82 USD | 1.74 USD | -0.08 USD |
| VER (CORSIA eligible Carbon Offsets) | 0.75 USD | 0.74 USD | -0.01 USD |
| nEZ (German National Carbon Units) | 30.00 EUR | 30.00 EUR | +0.00 EUR |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil (Benchmark Future) | 92.29 USD | 84.45 USD | -7.84 USD |
| EURO (Currency, Forex) | 1.0589 USD | 1.0588 USD | -0.0001 USD |
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