Carbon Pulse

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the IFRS Foundation have announced a formal commitment to deepening their work towards enabling nature-related disclosures.

The US is threatening "reciprocal measures" against states that agree to impose a carbon tax on shipping emissions, throwing into disarray crucial UN talks underway in London this week.

The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) on Wednesday issued a call for expressions of interest (EoI) from project developers in Cote d’Ivoire and Nepal to build a pipeline of mitigation activities that could generate carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Decades of efforts in ecosystem restoration have significantly improved China's capacity to absorb CO2 through soil, according to a recent paper.

Carbon project proponents have broadly welcomed Papua New Guinea’s move to begin lifting the suspension of its moratorium on new voluntary REDD+ projects, though it is still unclear exactly when it will happen.

High-rated voluntary carbon credits commanded a record-high price premium in March, averaging 62% higher than the lowest scored units, according to a data update from a rating agency.

A UK oil and gas company has completed the country's first test of injecting CO2 into a carbon capture and storage site under the North Sea, it announced on Wednesday.

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is likely to see a substantial rise in prices in the early 2030s as excess supply clears, before embarking on a steep upward growth curve to 2040, according to analysts that have identified untapped demand potential among industrials and emerging economies.

New Zealand is increasingly turning to wood pellets to reduce emissions and shift away from coal, driven by regulations and company climate commitments, according to experts and industry.

The New Zealand commissioner for the environment has called for forestry to be removed from the emissions trading scheme, reiterating previous concerns about the potential wave of exotic afforestation current settings could create.

A group of companies have agreed to fast-track the development of a new, clean steel furnace that will be fired with green hydrogen and fed by high-grade iron ore from one of the world’s newest and largest mines.

California Carbon Allowances (CCA) and RGGI Allowances (RGAs) plummeted almost 25% and 13% in after-hours trade as US President Donald Trump's latest executive orders (EO) signed on Tuesday directed the Attorney General (AG) to take action against state climate policies along with plans to reignite the domestic coal industry.

The world’s two largest emitters and former allies in climate policy could diverge in emissions reductions ambition, experts warn, as China grows its fossil energy profile and US President Donald Trump reverses core foundations of the country's environmental policy while imposing global tariffs.

A pair of Republican senators have introduced updated legislation establishing a US carbon border tariff fee on imports from countries with perceived dirtier production practices, targeting China in particular.

An omnibus energy policy package passed by Maryland lawmakers Monday would require new natural gas-fired power generators to transition to lower-emitting energy sources and mandate electric companies to procure zero-emission credits.

Scaling up carbon removal (CDR) credits via enhanced rock weathering (ERW) projects on smallholder farms in the Global South requires a careful public engagement process involving years of trust-building, an ERW project developer said on Tuesday.

A US-based carbon removal (CDR) project developer announced Tuesday a 25-year offtake agreement with an ammonia producer aiming to sequester 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 per year.

A few high-ranking officials in the Iraqi government are accelerating Article 6 and voluntary carbon market (VCM) engagement after years of dormancy, with efforts centred on a new state-owned carbon markets enterprise.

US lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a tax credit for RNG used as transportation fuel in the country until 2035.

RGGI states will offer 1% fewer permits at their Q2 sale compared to the prior quarter, with the notable absence of cost containment allowances that were all scooped up at the first auction of the year, according to a Tuesday announcement.