Carbon Pulse

A UK-based land restoration company is counting on capital from an investment fund to help scale its model of buying up land for natural capital purposes.

EUA prices are set to fall further to three-year lows as the impact of declining natural gas prices filters through to the rest of the energy complex and demand from compliance buyers remains low, making 2024 “the year to build strategic long positions”, according to a European bank analyst.

An Indian agri-tech firm will soon receive the first issuance of Verra certified carbon credits under its carbon farming programme, the company told Carbon Pulse Monday.

A group of scientific and conservation organisations have called for the Northern Territory (NT) to legislate biodiversity protection for the first time in an open letter to the chief minister, even as the federal government is in the process of reforming the national environmental law.

South Korea has decided to expand funding support for overseas emissions reduction projects this year, as the East Asian country plans to use international carbon credits to fulfil more than 10% of its 2030 CO2 reduction target.

A voluntary carbon standard has announced it will exclusively focus on nature-based solutions and discontinue the eligibility of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) methodologies under its banner.

The Shanghai municipal government is set to hand out more carbon permits under its emissions trading scheme this year as some emitters have been added to the market.

The head of an Australian energy gentailer is unsure whether a newly-opened gas-fired power station will be able to meet its target to partially run off green hydrogen by 2025 due to a lack of supply.

The profits of the big five Western oil majors have reached nearly $300 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, according to analysis from an NGO.

Ukraine has become the 29th country to sign up to Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), in the hope of generating carbon credits aligned with the Paris Agreement.

An unprecedented US Supreme Court hearing on Feb. 21 could open the door for challengers of federal environmental policies to effectively halt the implementation of regulations while those policies are being litigated, legal experts warn.

European carmakers are failing to deliver affordable models for electric vehicles, data show, contrary to popular belief that low consumer demand is behind a "backpedalling" on production plans.

Fourteen new migratory species will be protected under the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) as delegates at the UN summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan committed to raising transboundary efforts on wildlife conservation.

A carbon offset ratings agency has found that an ACR-approved improved forest management (IFM) project registered with California state regulator ARB has been over-credited by more than double, largely for allegedly failing to exclude heavily sloped areas unlikely to be harvested.

The British Columbia government sees less stringent emissions benchmarks for large industry under its Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) set to take effect this spring, although certain aspects remain more stringent than other Canadian jurisdictions, documents published Friday showed.

US power plants cut their CO2 emissions by 7% year-on-year in 2023, as a shift from coal-fired generation to gas helped move the country closer to its clean electricity targets.

Regulated entities reduced length in California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) and Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs), but added to RGGI Allowance (RGA) net holdings, while speculators continued to take profits across North American carbon markets, data published by the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Friday showed.

Governor of Maryland on Friday unveiled a $90 mln initiative to support the state's climate targets by expanding EV charging infrastructure, increasing electric school buses, and electrifying communal infrastructure.

Canada’s environment ministry has watered down its proposed performance standard that is intended to mobilise the country’s electricity grid to hit net zero by 2035 following months of critical feedback.

IUCN has launched a C$30 million initiative focused on protecting marine ecosystems while supporting women, in collaboration with the government of Madagascar.