Ep86 How China is Building a Global Carbon Market with Jeff Huang, AEX Holdings

About this episode

Jeff Huang discusses the complexities of China's carbon market and its implications for global trading.

Comments/ideas: ACFpod@outlook.com China's carbon market is already the world's largest, and it's about to get far more complex. Leading market expert Jeff Huang has a front-row seat to what's coming: absolute emissions caps replacing the old intensity targets, carbon auctioning arriving in steel, cement and aluminium, and Hong Kong quietly positioning itself as the trading hub that connects all of it to global markets. If you're watching how carbon pricing shapes capital flows and CBAM compl...

People in this episode

Host: Joseph Jacobelli

Guest: Jeff Huang

Topics covered

• carbon market
• emissions caps
• carbon auctioning
• steel industry
• cement industry
• aluminium industry
• capital flows

Keywords

• carbon market
• China
• emissions caps
• carbon auctioning
• steel
• cement
• aluminium
• Hong Kong
• global markets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AEX Holdings

Places: China, Hong Kong, global markets

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