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EU climate policy, particularly the Emissions Trading System (ETS), has not yet triggered significant relocations of energy-intensive production abroad by German firms, according to a new report by the country’s monetary authority.

Ecuador’s National Assembly voted 117-20 on Tuesday to legalise carbon markets, some 16 years after constitutional reforms had widely been interpreted as a total ban, sending the legislation to the president for final approval.

One of Latin America’s largest alternative asset managers is launching its first reforestation fund with the aim of raising $100 million to restore degraded land in Brazil through native forest planting and sustainable agriculture.

California regulator ARB will release a second 15-day notice regarding proposed changes to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), an agency official confirmed at a conference Tuesday.

A Japanese oil and gas firm has invested in a North Carolina-based to support its direct air capture (DAC) technology and help it move from pilot to commercial development.

The CEO of an Ohio-based steel producer said his company is considering whether to advance a low-carbon steel project that involves a $500 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE), although the firm has since reiterated its commitment to the project.

Decisions over the cookstove and REDD+ methodologies that will be eligible for the high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) label will be made at the start of November, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) confirmed on Tuesday.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's choice of portfolios for the EU's new executive team in Brussels makes one thing abundantly clear: climate policy will be everybody's business in the next five years.

A London-headquartered insurance firm has launched a new product, first rolled out with a bank, that will cover commercial loans to voluntary carbon projects, it announced Tuesday.

The priority of UN biodiversity conference COP16 should be delivering on the pledges made at the last event in Montreal while tracking progress, a World Resources Institute (WRI) executive said on Tuesday.

Renewable energy can fully meet global energy demands, but urgent upgrades to grid infrastructure and integrated planning will be essential, according to a report on Tuesday.

US states that have implemented clean fuel standards (CFS) must follow California’s footsteps and increase ambition to address the ongoing credit oversupply across these markets, panellists at a conference said Monday.

A US tech company has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop two new interactive tools to forecast future access to electricity across jurisdictions and to model clean energy equity.

A major direct air capture (DAC) technology developer has partnered with a non-profit dedicated to supporting the carbon removals industry to harness philanthropic capital, creating a new avenue for individuals and organisations to contribute to removal efforts while receiving tax benefits.

The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Polish state aid scheme, under the bloc's recently relaxed subsidy rules, to support investments in sectors producing the equipment needed to transition to net zero emissions, it announced on Tuesday.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy vows to put climate change at the heart of the UK's foreign policy.

Ukraine's war-torn economy stands to bear some of the greatest strain from the full arrival of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), imposing a new carbon fee on goods that account for one-fifth of Kyiv's exports to the bloc - and billions in revenue.

Two veteran carbon traders have departed from a Europe-based commodities trading house this summer, Carbon Pulse has learned.

A Nairobi-headquartered company has sold Africa's first enhanced rock weathering (ERW) carbon credits, according to Bloomberg.

Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission

Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said.

Of the 2.8m private cars registered in the Nordic country, 754,303 are all-electric, against 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian road federation (OFV) said in a statement.

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