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The COP29 climate finance text was still a mess midway through the summit, as several delegations described difficulty in engaging with key elements of the current draft, and observers suggesting they do not expect a strong outcome in Baku for the headline objective of the summit.

Sustainable sources of carbon will be necessary in a net-zero economy – chiefly in petrochemicals and steelmaking – paving the way for green sources of CO2 derived from biomass to scale up negative emissions after 2050, the Dutch vice-minister for climate said at the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Water company claims information is not in the public interest despite widespread pollution of UK waters

• ‘It’s a national disgrace’: fury at sewage-filled Windermere over toxic algae and dead fish

One of the UK’s biggest water companies is fighting a legal battle to block public access to data on treated sewage it is discharging into Windermere in the Lake District.

United Utilities initially claimed that data from phosphorus monitors at sewage treatment works at the lake “was not environmental information”. It later claimed the information on phosphorus – which can pollute watercourses when at high levels – was “internal communication” and exempt from disclosure.

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A group of Brazil-based nature-based solutions (NBS) project developers and the nation’s export agency signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Friday to promote the sale of carbon credits abroad.

The SBSTA UN advisory body has laid out final exit protocols for the Kyoto-era Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), predecessor to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), at COP29 in a draft text.

While the election of US President Donald Trump is expected to generally stifle US momentum on climate action, there may exist avenues for increased voluntary carbon market (VCM) enthusiasm under his leadership, market participants told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of COP29.

Captive coal-fired power plants (CFPPs), a large and growing source of emissions in Indonesia, will be covered under the country’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) from next year, according to the head of its Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) secretariat.

Prime minister hails ‘path of change’ in Wales and Westminster at Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno

Keir Starmer said he would defend the budget “all day long” at the Welsh Labour conference, amid protests by farmers outside the venue.

In his first address to the Welsh Labour conference since taking power, the prime minister went on to hail a “path of change” with Labour governments in Wales and Westminster.

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Climate negotiators are struggling to agree on how to move forward with last year’s milestone commitment to transition away from fossil fuels, with emerging economies pushing to keep any reference out of this year’s COP29 agreement. 

Morocco will launch and implement an Article 6 framework in the coming months, culminating in offtake agreements involving millions of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), according to a government advisor speaking to Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of COP29 in Baku.

Volcanic rock, dating back billions of years, has been detected in the first samples collected from the mysterious "dark side".

Bolivia’s about-face on carbon markets continued this week as the government teamed up with a US-based environmental data platform for help measuring carbon stocks and emissions, aiming to unlock the country's domestic offering.

More lobbyists for the controversial technology were present this year, despite debate about its viability

At least 480 lobbyists working on carbon capture and storage (CCS) have been granted access to the UN climate summit, known as Cop29, the Guardian can reveal.

That is five more CCS lobbyists than were present at last year’s climate talks, despite the overall number of participants shrinking significantly from about 85,000 to about 70,000.

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It is Day 6 at COP29 in Baku - Science Day. It's the final day negotiators have with the texts before they're handed over to the presidency and appointed ministers, although not much progress is expected on finance in the next 24 hours. In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (GMT+4).

North Dakota’s Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a permit for a multi-state CO2 pipeline, clearing path for project development in the state amid permitting struggles in other regions.

Australian investment will help deliver off-grid and community-scale renewable energy in remote and rural parts of the Pacific, as well as grid studies.

The post Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Most entities covered under Washington’s cap-and-invest programme fulfilled their annual compliance obligation in 2023 as only one entity fell short, a report from the state’s Department of Ecology (ECY) released Friday showed.

US think tank RMI will be working closely with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) facilities active under Washington state’s cap-and-invest programme, to research viable decarbonisation pathways for various industries.

Financial entities axed their net California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings into the upcoming Q4 auction and with the delay in highly-anticipated regulatory updates that pulled prices lower this week, while producers built their positions across North American carbon markets, according to data released Friday from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Revealed: more than 100 executives given special guest badges as activists challenge role of oil and gas firms at talks

The host country of this year’s UN climate summit, Azerbaijan, has rolled out “red carpet” treatment to fossil fuel bosses and lobbyists, the Guardian can reveal.

At least 132 oil and gas company senior executives and staff were invited to the Cop29 summit, and had special badges denoting they were guests of the presidency.

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