Carbon Pulse

The EU needs to create a business case for accelerating the rollout of green technologies including renewables, grids, electrification, and carbon capture, according to a report released Monday on how to enhance the bloc’s “crumbling” competitiveness. 

The EU's 27 foreign affairs ministers rubber-stamped two bills on Monday to protect energy markets from manipulation and ensure strategic autonomy to access critical raw materials.

Over-the-counter trade seems to have slowed in the voluntary carbon market and retirement levels have fallen ahead of the much-anticipated announcement at the end of the month of the first methodologies that will qualify for the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) stamp of high integrity.

An environmental commodities trading firm has appointed a new CEO and a non-executive board member.

A UK research and innovation programme has allocated £3 million to launch a network aimed at hastening the integration of biodiversity into the financial system.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in the EU ETS futures market are reducing their holdings of EUAs for a third consecutive year in 2024, as investors continue to shun carbon amid a price decline that has now endured for more than 12 months.

More than 100 experts have agreed to identify biodiversity and ecosystem protection as the top priority for systemic change in a report published by French non-for-profit ChangeNow and realised in partnership with consultancy KPMG.

European carbon allowances started the week strongly, rising as much as 5% as energy prices advanced on the back of interruptions in gas production, forecasts for cooler temperatures, and an unplanned outage at French nuclear unit.

The average CO2 emissions from new cars and vans registered in Europe in 2022 fell by over a quarter compared to 2019, thanks to stricter targets and the uptake of electric vehicles, according data published on Monday.

Gold Standard has issued a guide to help firms with the development of 'beyond value chain mitigation' (BVCM) strategies that include voluntary carbon credit use.

The Malaysian government is conducting a study on its national carbon market policy which aims to support both compliance and voluntary carbon markets in the country, the natural resources and environment minister said Monday.

A UK-based startup has received a fresh injection of cash to expand its carbon-sucking direct air capture (DAC) technology solution, the company announced on Monday.

The New South Wales state government has committed A$100 million ($65 mln) to a conservation plan designed to protect koalas while at the same time deliver housing in southwestern Sydney.

A South Korean exchange has announced that it will soon launch a carbon credit trading platform in Sri Lanka as part of the activities of a recently founded climate finance venture.

Holders of J-Credits from five projects registered under the scheme have been asked to not carry out any trades until faulty information in the scheme’s registry regarding their projects have been corrected.

The Australian government is likely to delay the Integrated Farm Land Management method, according to market sources, with potential alternatives to be considered as several outstanding issues remaining.

The NZU market has seen a ramp up in activity over the last week in anticipation of Wednesday’s ETS auction, as participants expect it to clear.  

Stakeholders of California regulator ARB’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) presented concerns surrounding biofuels during a meeting Friday, while ARB staff maintained that changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) will take effect by early 2025 at the latest.

Livestock grazing is a ‘double-edged sword’ when it comes to climate change, a new study has found, with intensity optimisation the key to determining whether pastures are carbon sources or sinks.

A US federal court on Friday halted the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new climate disclosure rules amid mounting legal challenges.