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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s exit has raised the stakes for Canada’s carbon policy, leaving market experts questioning what’s ahead after the country’s impending election.

An Alberta-based agricultural technology firm is seeking investors to pump up to C$1.5 million (US$1 mln) of capital into scaling its hemp-based carbon credits programme.

Transgrid has selected the supplier of more key components of its massive HumeLink project, the 500kV transmission line being rolled out in New South Wales.

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As Trump pulls the US out of the clean energy race, the Australian government moves to top up its green bank and unlock billions of private investment.

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More than 30.8 million hectares burned in Brazil last year, a 79% increase year-on-year (YoY) and the largest such figure since 2019, with most of this fire damage taking place in the Amazon biome, a monitor group said Wednesday.

Wind and solar have respectively overtaken gas and coal power generation in the EU last year, as total electricity generation from fossil fuels fell to a historic low, according to fresh data published on Thursday by think-tank Ember.

Attorneys General (AGs) from five Republican states were joined by two oil and gas groups in a challenge to the offshore drilling ban imposed by former US President Joe Biden’s office days before it was reversed by the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.

A Singapore-based carbon credit ratings company has introduced a new platform that allows traders to evaluate the registries and crediting programmes within the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

European steel and cement manufacturers have come out in support of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), fending off calls from conservative parties to suspend the law.

A trio of European carbon market experts have left their long-time roles in the past two months, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Gusts of up to 80mph may bring disruption but also a surge in cheap wind power after days of near-zero output

A looming “weather bomb” is expected to snuff out a surge in wholesale energy prices after windfarms produced the lowest levels of electricity since September 2023.

Cloudy and still weather has caused Great Britain’s renewable energy output to fall to near zero this week but is expected to give way to gusts of up to 80mph, alongside heavy rain and snow, on Thursday and Friday.

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Verra has slashed the time taken to review projects after streamlining and improving the process with its new risk-based approach that categorises projects into high, medium, or low bands, the standard body said Wednesday.

Poland’s prime minister has blamed EU regulations for high energy prices and warned against introducing the bloc’s emission trading system for heating and transport (ETS2) in 2027, in a speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday.

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is stuck in a ‘chicken and egg’ situation, with buyers and sellers each waiting for the other to unlock the trade of international carbon credits, according to experts speaking during a webinar on Wednesday.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will create a protected area the size of France to protect its tropical rainforest, the country announced in Davos Wednesday, which will include raising finance via carbon markets.

A unified global carbon market under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is essential for meeting climate goals, but clear governance and regulations are needed to build trust and drive investment, speakers told a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

An Indian non-profit is working to establish the country’s first indigenous registry for the voluntary carbon market, its executives told Carbon Pulse in an interview.

Nature needs to be priced into the economic system so its protection can be prioritised, as change is not happening fast enough, an executive at Deutsche Bank has said.

A major US philanthropic foundation is throwing its support behind the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) with $500,000 in grants, it announced Wednesday.