Carbon Pulse
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VCM Report: Liquidity ticking higher, but voluntary carbon prices remain in the doldrums
Optimism continued to creep back into the voluntary sector last week, although most avoidance prices remained depressed as the market polarised between the cheap and the good quality.
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Researchers put forward blueprint for equitable benefit-sharing from carbon projects
Research published Monday outlined how carbon projects can ensure transparent compensation for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and local communities (LCs) in a bid to move past recent criticism of the voluntary sector.
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ADB grants $500 mln loan to Indonesia for energy transition
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to help Indonesia accelerate its energy transition and achieve its net zero targets.
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Frontier inks fresh deal worth millions for river-based carbon removal
Carbon removal buyers club Frontier has agreed a deal worth over $25 million for credits linked to river de-acidification from a Canadian firm.
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Carbon project developer to deploy MRV solution across 12 ARR projects in the Americas and the Pacific
A project developer for Indigenous-led conservation projects will partner with an atmospheric-based digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (aMRV) solution provider to map 1 million acres across 12 Afforestation, Reforestation, and Restoration (ARR) projects.
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Denmark challenges EU Commission on export of banned pesticides
The Danish government has stepped forward to ask the European Commission to alter a law that allows EU companies to export pesticides banned in the bloc.
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Pertamina moves to expand role in emerging CCS market
Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina on Monday announced two of its subsidiaries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that over time will see the company enter the market for transport of liquid CO2 (LCO2).
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Euro Markets: Midday Update
European carbon prices strengthened on Monday as they built on Friday's recovery, taking cues once again from a stronger TTF gas market, though analysts continued to point to technical indicators that could see prices break to the downside.
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California-based VC firm closes $10-mln fund to support climate-tech startups
A California-based venture capital firm focusing on climate technology has announced the closure of a $10-million decarbonisation fund that supports startups.
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Temporary ‘off-ramps’ could assist countries on decarbonisation journey -academics
Temporary mitigation “off-ramps" could help countries manage the significant challenges associated with the rapid decarbonisation experts say is needed to meet global net zero emissions targets.
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Waste giant says emissions cuts on track for 1.5C-aligned climate target
One of Australia’s largest waste and landfill gas producers is on track to meet climate targets that it says fully align with a Paris 1.5C scenario.
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Nature SDGs urgently need addressing, report says
International efforts to meet the UN’s nature-focused Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on life below water and on land are falling far short of their 2030 targets, according to a report released on Monday.
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Swiss voters reject plan to boost biodiversity conservation
Voters in Switzerland rejected on Sunday a proposal to enhance nature protection in the country, with opponents claiming the reform would be too costly and jeopardise business development.
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New French minister pledges to continue fight for energy sovereignty
Antoine Armand, the new French economy and finance minister, pledged to continue fighting for the country’s energy sovereignty, saying “the major challenge of our century is the climate emergency”, as EU acquaintance Agnes Pannier-Runacher makes a comeback as the country’s climate and energy minister.
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Taiwan sports good blue carbon potential, but more local datasets required, study says
Marine-based carbon sinks have a great potential to contribute to Taiwan's climate targets, though more action is needed to establish carbon removal datasets, a study has found.
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LATAM Roundup: Ecuador, Bolivia open to carbon markets as business grows in Brazil
Ecuador voted overwhelmingly to legalise carbon markets, Bolivia’s president prepared to accept – and centralise – carbon trading, and Brazil welcomed a slew of high-profile investments in the week ending Sep. 22.
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Safeguard Mechanism baselines likely to tighten in upcoming review, bank predicts
The legislated review for Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism will likely see the scheme’s baselines tighten to meet more ambitious emissions reduction targets, which would ultimately be bullish for carbon credit prices, according to a bank’s analysis.
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Chubb review in the spotlight as lead scientist calls CER’s interference “entirely inappropriate”
The lead scientist in the government’s independent review of Australia's carbon market has described Clean Energy Regulator (CER) executives contacting scientists submitting feedback as “interference” and “entirely inappropriate”.
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Big economies lag behind COP28 commitment in renewable energy rollout -report
Many of the big economies need to accelerate wind and solar rollout to meet their COP28 commitments and avoid derailing the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5 C, according to analysis released this week.
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Food sector faces slow progress on climate action despite improved emissions disclosure -report
Despite growing regulatory pressures and improved emissions disclosure in the food sector, companies are struggling to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly those from their supply chains, according to a new report.
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