Carbon Pulse

A group of not-for-profits on Wednesday launched a free platform that gives financials access to comparable data on deforestation in the portfolios of more than 2,000 major companies worldwide.

Sustainable finance researchers have estimated huge financial returns for businesses across Europe if they align with the upcoming Nature Restoration Law and called for them to take action to capitalise on opportunities.

Indonesia has left the retirement of its captive coal-fired power stations off its energy transition plans and said Wednesday it would need more time to develop a strategy to shut them down and replace them with clean sources under its $20 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

The Shanghai government sold 1 million carbon allowances under its emissions trading scheme at this week's auction, with the auction clearing a shade above current secondary market levels but well above the sale's price floor amid robust demand.

The EU has confirmed that two North African ports will be excluded from calculating emissions obligations for ships under the bloc’s ETS, part of detailed rules adopted this week for including maritime in the bloc’s carbon market from next year.

Pakistan along with international partners has launched the Supporting Preparedness for Article 6 Cooperation (SPAR6C) programme to help build the country’s carbon market and facilitate access to international carbon finance.

A major trading company in Japan has teamed up with a Singapore-based project developer to secure carbon credits from mangrove plantations in Indonesia, as part of a broader plan to expand its global carbon portfolio.

A company linked to the royal family in Dubai has entered into a strategic partnership to promote a Brazilian startup that issues environmental tokens to landowners encompassing soil, water, biodiversity, and carbon.

The Australian government’s voluntary climate certification scheme has frozen applications from businesses wanting to use credits from the controversial Kariba REDD project to offset their emissions.

Carbon prices worldwide are not adequate to tackle climate change and need to rise swiftly and be integrated into a multi-faceted strategy in order make a significant impact in curbing emissions, a new study warns.

Brazil's path to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 could be jeopardised unless the country significantly ramps up its nature-based solutions (NBS), particularly ending deforestation and restoring native vegetation, a new study warns.

The European Commission has set the 2024 emissions cap for aviation under the EU ETS.

The Project Manager will be part of a small team focused on finding and developing new project opportunities to participate in ‘Koala Friendly Carbon’.

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are currently not explicitly regulated in any direct way, according to a legal opinion released Tuesday backed by environmental law experts, as conservation groups express concern over government reforms attempting to tackle the issue.

Verra has opened a public consultation on a proposed minor revision to one of its methodologies to broaden its scope to include wood waste.

The Microsoft Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) team is charged with procuring high-quality carbon removal that enables Microsoft to meet its ambitious goal of becoming carbon negative by 2030. To this end, the CDR team seeks a curiosity-driven individual to join our team as a Carbon Removal Buyer. This position will join one of our existing deal teams charged with originating high-quality, innovative carbon removal projects—and negotiating the transactions that will get those projects built.

A new study has shed new light on the intricate relationships between tree growth, mortality, and reproduction in global forests and how these factors interact to affect carbon absorption.

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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) saw their third-highest quarterly net credit build during the April-June period, as volumes of renewable natural gas continued to push past decline in ethanol credits, growing the surplus bank to a new all-time high, according to state data published Tuesday.

A bio-agricultural company announced the global launch of its Verra-certified carbon credits programme that utilises mycorrhizal fungi for carbon dioxide removal, the first of its kind.