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Chinese CER market in pricing limbo post Cop15

The market for long-term Chinese generated certified emission reductions (CER) units is in a pricing limbo, after China, the world’s largest carbon emissions emitter and one of the largest developers of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, failed to agree on a binding deal at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen (Cop15), say analysts.

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China, the largest supplier of CERs in the world, has issued 47.07% of all CERs, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Analysts say China will make $8 billion by 2012 from the sale of all the CERs it issues.

"Following media reports that the Chinese government sabotaged the climate summit in Copenhagen, it will be interesting to see how political pressure

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