Carbon Pulse

Finland and Sweden – the two EU countries with the biggest forest carbon sinks – came up with the most elaborate positions on carbon capture and storage (CCS) as well as negative emission technologies during a ministerial debate on Monday about the EU’s future 2040 climate policy.

The UK's offshore oil and gas regulator is asking developers to boost electrification and cut down on flaring and venting or face potential closure, in an effort to reduce emissions from fossil fuels production while keeping supply secure.

Registries should address key inhibitors to voluntary carbon market growth, including insufficient price transparency, standardisation, and interoperability, according to stakeholders surveyed by two financial analytics firms.

Three high street budget fashion giants have pledged they will change the way they display, describe, and promote their green credentials in the UK amid a clamp down by the competition regulator on greenwashing that will impact the use of carbon offsets across the sector.

EU firms and governments are promoting green hydrogen infrastructure in Mauritania, in a push that could account for most of the bloc’s 2030 target for green hydrogen imports and capitalise on the country's proximity, cheaper production costs, favourable regulatory environment, and vast solar and wind energy potential.

EU carbon prices were little changed at midday along with natural gas, after weekly commitment of traders data showed a fourth consecutive reduction in net short positions held by investment funds.

An online tool to help small developers comply with biodiversity net gain (BNG) laws has launched, ahead of the legislation coming into force for them on Apr. 2.

Australia on Wednesday released its second public consultation on Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), saying they might be approved for biodiversity crediting under the nation’s Nature Repair Market (NRM).

The Brazilian and French presidents have announced a €1 billion investment plan to address climate change and deforestation in the Amazon, as Brazil strives to boost international funding for environmental protection under its G20 Presidency.

Conserving natural areas and promoting biodiversity are "efficient methods" to prevent future pandemics, a study has shown.

Seoul has become the first local government in South Korea to secure certified carbon emissions credits through its public bike-sharing programme. 

An Australian coal miner got its Scope 1 emissions assessment under the Safeguard Mechanism wrong, according to a conservation group that lobbied for documents filed to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, but this is just the beginning of coal mining's emissions issues, the group said.

Japan's voluntary domestic carbon market has recently added almost 200 new participants, further expanding the share of national emissions covered, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced on Wednesday.

International research has found that a warming climate will turn Australia’s soil into a net emitter of carbon dioxide.

One of Australia’s most noted retired statesmen and politicians has co-signed a letter asking the environment minister to reject Woodside Energy’s plan to extend the life of a 40-plus year old LNG export plant to 2070, a move seen to result in several billion tonnes of CO2e emissions.

An assessment of marine protected areas (MPAs) in 34 countries has revealed that ocean conservation can generate significant economic benefits to the fishing and tourism industries, with some profits in the billions.

The Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market faced a downturn Wednesday in the wake of a fresh study damning the integrity of human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects.

The Australian Labor government on Wednesday introduced legislation to set up the Net Zero Economic Authority (NZEA), which will oversee the country’s transition to net zero emissions, and has committed A$189 million ($123 mln) to its establishment.

A developer of biochar-based carbon removals in Bolivia has signed a deal with a German marketplace startup to supply 81,600 of tonnes to the platform, the companies announced on Wednesday, among the largest deals done so far in the sector.

A report released Wednesday has called on the Australian government to strengthen the Safeguard Mechanism by expanding its coverage to the electricity sector, as well as to bar Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) from being used for compliances purposes.