Carbon Pulse

The public prosecutor's office of Amazonas recommended Thursday the suspension of all activities related to REDD+ projects in the Brazilian state that affect Indigenous and traditional communities, ordering involved parties to submit project information to the agency.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Friday up to $52.5 million in funds for direct air capture (DAC) technology projects demonstrating commercial readiness.

Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hire contractors to develop, register, market, and sell forest-based carbon offset projects on state land, according to a request for proposals (RFP) published Friday.

An Indigenous Mexican community of communal landholders, which has historically resisted solar PV expansion, is conducting workshops on political rights and carbon credits as large-scale solar projects file new requests for permits.

The Zimbabwean government is in the final stages of public consultations on a bill to regulate carbon credits and mandate substantial benefit-sharing with local communities, according to local media.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must improve its information system to prevent fraud in its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and comply with mandates to study the programme's impact on air quality, according to a report with a list of recommendations from the agency's watchdog.

The UK trade body for electrical equipment manufacturers is calling on the government to conduct an electricity price review, in order to rebalance electricity prices relative to gas to create a stronger incentive for consumers to switch to low-carbon products.

The UK's cap on emission allowances in the market will need to decline over the longer term to make room for new greenhouse gas removals allowances while keeping the country on track for net zero by 2050, according to the ETS Authority.

A UK-France led international panel said a survey on the supply of biodiversity credit projects found a need for access for finance at all stages, technical capacity, and tenure rights to help scale the market, in results published on Friday.

Aircraft operators, including a number of private jet companies, have been fined around £700,000 in civil penalties for failing to surrender UK ETS allowances for the first year it was established, according to data published by the UK government.

A US-based carbon removals company has filed a permit application to develop what it claims could become the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) facility.

A carbon capture technology provider has announced the initial closing of its Series A funding.

A carbon project developer is rebranding and shifting its focus to climate finance in Latin America, and away from Africa and project development consulting services.

Spain's socialist ecological transition minister, Teresa Ribera, a long-time political standout on climate action, may be set to surge to a top job in Brussels overseeing EU climate policies over a period that could largely determine the bloc's ability to fulfil its promises without damaging its economy.

More appropriate indicators are needed to measure progress towards the species target of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) beyond the Red List, an academic paper said on Thursday.

European carbon prices traded rangebound on Friday morning, initially following TTF gas higher amid supply concerns due to geopolitical uncertainty, before easing back, as they moved on course for a thin 1% weekly gain.

CO2 allowance prices in China’s carbon market remained rangebound over the past week amid improved liquidity, though participants expect a pick-up in trading activity as the compliance deadline is approaching.

China's national emissions market will likely see tight supply-demand dynamics around the end of this decade, given a downward trend in the cumulative balance, according to analysis released this week.

The government of Para discussed this week ways to include family farming in the development of jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) systems in the Brazilian state, according to Agencia Para, the state’s official news agency.

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