Not surprisingly, there's a gloomy outlook for any expansion in new carbon markets this year, thanks to policy uncertainty, according to respondents to a recent carbon market survey. However, confidence in existing market segments remains solid.
Between January 20 and February 4, Point Carbon, which is a provider of analysis and consulting services for global power, gas and carbon markets, conducted its fifth annual carbon market survey. Yesterday, the organisation released the results of the survey, which garnered 4,767 responses from 118 countries -- the highest number of respondents to date, making it arguably the most comprehensive overview of the international carbon market to date.
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