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Euro Markets: EUAs trim early losses as steady buying shrugs off natural gas decline

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 14 min ago
European carbon allowance prices recovered from early sharp losses on Thursday morning but ended the day down, pulled lower both by a sharp drop in natural gas prices as the spread to Asian prices narrowed, and by early technical selling after the weekly positions data showed a small build in investor net length.
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Finnish low-carbon tech company lands Canadian mining partner

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 26 min ago
A Finnish low-carbon technology company is entering the Canadian market for the first time with a new mining partnership.
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France launches corporate carbon credit pledge in bid to advance Article 6 implementation

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 36 min ago
The French government has launched a new 'charter' in a bid to guide and scale corporate carbon credit investment, as the country aims to further the implementation of commitments outlined in the historic Article 6 deal agreed at COP29 last November.
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Large multinational buyer seeks 200-300k “high-quality” CDR credits by 2030

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 49 min ago
A carbon management services provider representing a Fortune 50 multinational buyer has opened a call for proposals for "high-quality" removal projects, prioritising methods like improved forest management, ARR, direct air capture, and BECCS, with a target purchase of 200,000-300,000 tonnes by 2030.
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FEATURE: Horse, cart need to advance together as large investors seek opportunities in Canadian biodiversity

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 54 min ago
Organisations looking to spur rapid investment in biodiversity and nature finance in Canada say it is time for large capital investors to put their money on the table.
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UK, EU push low-carbon power as route to energy stability, while US fights the net zero agenda

Carbon Pulse - 3 hours 59 min ago
Low-carbon power is essential to long-term energy security, UK and EU leaders said at a global summit in London Thursday, while the US rejected the “harmful and dangerous” net zero agenda.
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Carbon removal developer raises $15 mln in Series A extension funding

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 14 min ago
A developer of engineered carbon removal projects has raised $15 million in Series A extension funding, it announced Thursday.
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China needs more ambitious carbon intensity target to meet its climate commitments, report says

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 29 min ago
China should set a more ambitious carbon intensity target in the next five-year economic plan to fulfil the pledges it has made under the Paris Agreement, according to a report published Thursday.
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EU Commission proposes integrating High Seas Treaty into law

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 48 min ago
The European Commission proposed on Thursday to integrate the so-called High Seas Treaty, which seeks to curb biodiversity loss in international waters, into EU law.
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FEATURE: UN, Brazil pressure countries to strengthen climate plans and fulfil promises

Carbon Pulse - 4 hours 58 min ago
The UN and Brazil are upping the pressure on countries around the world to submit strengthened climate action plans for the decade ahead, with seven months to go before a COP summit that will make clear whether countries are acting on pledges to transition away from fossil fuels and ramp up renewables. 
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EU Commission explores how nature credits can mobilise investment

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 23:39
The European Commission this week convened agricultural groups and banks in an effort to explore how nature credits can encourage private investment in conservation.
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Linking UK, EU emissions trading systems not too legally complex, says law firm

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 23:27
Analysis from an international law firm has concluded that linking the UK and EU emissions trading schemes (ETS) is feasible outside the framework of the Brexit process and not too legally problematic.
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Lawmakers vote 83% mandatory annual filling target for EU gas storage

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 23:13
A draft law to amend the bloc's gas storage regulation cleared the first hurdle in the European Parliament, with members of the industry committee agreeing on Thursday to extend by two years the storage targets introduced in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while lowering the mandatory annual filling target from 90% to 83%.
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Gold Standard tweaks rules to align with Paris Agreement, introduces new requirements for cookstoves

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 23:09
​Gold Standard has introduced new rules aimed at aligning more closely with the Paris Agreement and updating biomass accounting practices concerning cookstoves projects, it said Thursday.
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Eni scores financial close with UK govt on CCS project

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 23:03
Eni has reached financial close with the UK government on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in northwest England, where the Italian oil major will operate the CO2 transport and storage infrastructure.
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EU Parliament committee votes in favour of CBAM simplification

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 23:02
The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE) gave the green light on Thursday to changes proposed by the European Commission to simplify the EU's carbon border tariff.
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Trade war could shift climate investment to Latin America, Southeast Asia, say analysts

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 22:49
US President Donald Trump’s tariff war could see rapidly expanding climate funds turn their attention to Latin America and Southeast Asia, analysts have predicted.
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Belgian agritech firm adds biodiversity, soil, water metrics to carbon-focused farm assessment

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 22:10
A Belgian agritech firm has launched a farm assessment framework that adds biodiversity, soil, water, climate, and socio-economic metrics to its existing carbon-focused approach, the company announced Thursday.
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EU warned against Japanese model of LNG infrastructure investment

Carbon Pulse - Thu, 2025-04-24 22:08
Asian civil society groups have warned Europe against the Japanese model of financing liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure abroad, saying this would conflict with EU climate goals and lock the bloc’s dependence on fossil fuel infrastructure for the long term.
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Norfolk bird surveyors find Britain’s oldest known oystercatchers

The Guardian - Thu, 2025-04-24 22:04

Birds in their 40s wintering on mudflats of the Wash received leg rings in early 1980s

If your ears are assaulted by the shrill piping calls of an excitable bird on the east coast of England, fear not: it’s probably an oystercatcher experiencing a midlife crisis.

Two of the handsome black and white birds with bright red-orange bills have been found to be the oldest known oystercatchers ever recorded in Britain, clocking up at least 41 and 43 years on the mudflats of the Wash.

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