Real Carbon Price Index Media Roundtable briefing

Against a backdrop where we are bombarded with price information from a multitude of data sources, media sources and elsewhere, feeding us stock and commodity prices, gold, oil, fx rates and more, there is no widely recognised source of information about – what is perhaps more critical to global survival - carbon pricing.

What is the current carbon price? Who is paying, and who is not? How much global polluting does it apply to?

Over a year ago, MCFS partnered with carbon experts C2Zero and SparkChange and developed the world's first carbon price benchmarking index- the real Carbon Price Index.

Based on mandated carbon prices set by regulators and governments, our Real Carbon Price Index (RCPI) provides a weighted composite measure of the physical price of carbon across all jurisdictions and tracks its evolution over time.  We are hosting a media round table to announce that our Real Carbon Price Index and its indices family are distributed via Bloomberg to more sophisticated and influential users. It can become a valuable tool for measuring the impact of carbon on investment and expenditure. Making it more visible will drive behaviour, raise questions, and accelerate the change process towards sustainability.

Topics discussed include:

• An overview of carbon pricing and carbon markets
• The distinction between voluntary and mandatory carbon markets (highlighting the difference between carbon credits/offsets, emissions allowances and carbon taxes).
• Introduction to the Real Carbon Price Index family
• Understanding of global carbon pricing and why USD75 is important (external speaker)
• Discussion about what the index can explain, and enable and how global policy can lead to a “Paris Accord” outcome
• Analysis of the current price, who pays, who does not and how this translates towards the global adoption of a carbon price
• Future scenarios and developments
• Q+A.