| The Korea Exchange (KRX) will start listing Korean Offset Credits (KOCs) from next May, the bourse operators announced, hoping to boost trading activity in the country’s fledgling carbon market. The exchange made the announcement following pressure from market participants to add the offset type. The KRX currently offers trade in Korean Allowance Units (KAUs) and Korean Carbon Units (KCUs).
When the government issues new offsets, whether from projects under its domestic offset scheme or as replacement for cancelled CERs, they are issued as KOCs, and can only be used for ETS compliance after they are converted to KCUs...............................................Full Article: Source
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