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BRIEFING: New demand, de-risking to scale voluntary carbon market, says industry

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 03:06
New voluntary carbon market (VCM) demand drivers and increasingly mature de-risking measures are poised to scale the VCM but need more traction, according to a panel of industry experts speaking Wednesday.
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Tory duty on Ofwat protects profits over reducing sewage pollution, experts say

The Guardian - Thu, 2024-04-25 02:24

Campaigners fear growth duty will hamper water regulator’s ability to crack down on companies in poor financial state

The Conservatives have pushed through a duty on the water regulator to prioritise growth, which experts have said will incentivise water companies to value their bottom lines over reducing sewage pollution.

Campaigners fear this will weaken Ofwat’s ability to crack down on water companies as it may force the regulator to consider the company’s financial situation and the impact on growth if it is heavily fined for polluting.

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EU lawmakers make final appeal before elections to save the Green Deal

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 02:00
Members of the European Parliament made one last rallying cry to salvage the Green Deal this week, as the bloc’s flagship climate neutrality programme faces an uncertain future with the prospect of a larger far-right presence following upcoming EU elections.
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US rating agency partners with offset platform to launch “highly-rated” carbon credit portfolio

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 01:49
A carbon offset buyer platform will offer a portfolio of credits vetted by a ratings agency to be “highly-rated” as part of a newly formed partnership announced Wednesday.
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EU passes law making carbon tracking obligatory for goods sold in Europe

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 01:31
The European Parliament gave its final green light on Tuesday to new ecodesign rules that will make it mandatory for companies to track and report about the carbon content of products placed on the EU market, alongside a range of other environmental footprint indicators.
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BRIEFING: Sweeping corporate due diligence law, requiring climate transition plans, passes EU Parliament

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 01:23
The European Parliament approved sweeping new rules on Wednesday that will oblige companies to mitigate their negative impacts on human rights and the environment and adopt energy transition plans.
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Soil carbon prices in India need to rise 60% to incentivise conservation agriculture -study

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 01:04
Soil carbon prices in India will need to increase by 60% to encourage wider adoption of conservation agriculture for carbon credit generation in India under Verra's VM0042 methodology, a study published this week in the journal Nature suggests.
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EU Parliament votes for ratification of high seas treaty

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 00:46
The EU Parliament has voted in favour of the EU ratification of the UN’s Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) treaty during a plenary on Wednesday, paving the way for member states to move their national processes along swiftly.
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Bhutan govt, NGO coalition pledge to mobilise $1 bln for tiger preservation

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2024-04-25 00:38
Bhutan's government and a group of conservation NGOs have committed to catalyse $1 billion to protect tigers and their habitats over the next decade.
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INTERVIEW: Durable carbon removals present new challenges, risk profile for insurance

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 23:52
Carbon insurers, previously focused on nature-based solutions (NBS) credits, are entering the arena of durable CO2 removals (CDR) and adapting existing insurance strategies to suit a new risk profile, according to a specialist speaking to Carbon Pulse.
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CreditNature method receives independent accreditation

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 23:35
CreditNature has achieved a “world first” by receiving accreditation from an independent accounting framework for its ecosystem restoration methodology, in a move that could help scale nature markets, it said Wednesday.
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EUA prices set to begin sustained rally as market faces up to annual deficits after 2024 –analyst

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 23:32
European carbon allowance prices are expected to embark on a sustained rally in the near future as the current 100 million-tonne annual surplus in supply dwindles to become an annual deficit of as much as 300 Mt after the end of the REPowerEU programme, according to a veteran analyst.
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Doctors condemn suspension of retired GP over UK climate protests

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-04-24 23:16

British Medical Association says decision to take Dr Sarah Benn off medical register for five months ‘sends worrying message’

Doctors groups are calling for urgent consideration of the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say is the “greatest threat to global health”, after a GP was suspended from the register for non-violent protest.

Dr Sarah Benn, a GP from Birmingham, was taken off the medical register for five months on Tuesday by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), the disciplinary arm of the General Medical Council (GMC), over her climate protests.

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DAC and carbon storage companies team up for removals project in Kenya

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 23:00
A direct air capture developer is teaming up with a carbon storage technology company to create a value chain for extracting CO2 from the atmosphere and permanently storing it underground, helping to streamline the sale of carbon credits, it announced on Wednesday.
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US administration targets protecting three mln ha of wetlands by 2030

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 21:41
President Joe Biden's administration has launched a programme to restore and protect 3 million hectares of wetlands and 160,000 kilometres of rivers in the US by 2030, with over 100 NGOs, Tribes, and local governments joining the initiative as early members.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 21:31
European carbon prices gave up gains of as much as 2.7% on Wednesday morning in sync with a reversal in energy markets and the publication of weekly Commitment of Traders data that showed the biggest reduction in investment funds' bearish bets in a month.
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BRIEFING: Over half of APAC’s economy directly dependent on nature, highly vulnerable to nature-related risks

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 20:54
Countries in the Asia Pacific region are highly vulnerable to nature-related risks, including loss of biodiversity, an increase in pollution, and the non-availability of freshwater, and the failure to address these losses could lead material financial risk for companies and institutional investors, panellists told a webinar Wednesday.
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INTERVIEW: Plastic credits for waste recovery can help plug financing, regulatory gaps

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 20:40
Plastic credits should be used wherever there’s a financing gap to make plastic collection happen and as a bridge to extended producer responsibility regulation, while they should be sufficiently expensive to dissuade plastic makers from producing the waste in the first place, according to a developer of track and trace software for waste recovery.
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BRIEFING: Who are the small industrial emitters covered by the EU’s ETS2?

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 20:30
Small industrial emitters falling under the “other” sectors covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading System for road transport and heating fuels, ETS2, are typically German installations burning fossil gas in plants of less than 20 megawatts, analysts say.
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Australia’s largest resources export state fails again to buck emissions trend

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-04-24 19:59
New emissions data from Australia’s climate change department shows emissions in its largest resources export state rose over the previous year by 9 million tonnes of CO2-e but those in its largest coal mining state have dropped significantly every year for five consecutive years.
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