Carbon Pulse

A weekly summary of our biodiversity news plus bite-sized updates from around the world. All articles in this edition are free to read (no subscription required).

Small water bodies with crucial benefits for biodiversity have been overlooked due to their size, a German research centre has said.

A major oil and natural gas explorer in Japan has teamed up with a local government to back a forest project registered under the J-Credit scheme as part of its sustainability strategy to secure forest offsets at home and abroad, it announced Thursday.

Amid recent calls for the introduction of a European carbon central bank to help regulate the EU ETS beyond 2030 as well as integrate removals into the mechanism, stakeholders have raised concerns both on the feasibility as well the necessity of introducing such a centralised regulatory body.

South Korea is planning to provide financial support for the private sector to embark on international emissions reduction projects, laying the foundation for the implementation of such projects to scale up the supply of international credits.

A state government in India announced this week it will be working with partners to establish a network of smallholders farmers that will be able to earn carbon credits for agricultural innovation.

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Mitsubishi’s industrial arm could be producing circular carbon methanol (CCM) at commercial scale by 2030 via carbon capture and utilisation.

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A vote on legislation which includes Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva's draft emissions trading system proposal that was scheduled to take place in the Senate Environmental Committee on Wednesday has been postponed.

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US states can now draw on $350 million in grants from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to monitor and reduce methane emissions from their oil and gas operations.

A coalition led by a California-based research centre and an incubator for engineered carbon removal have both received Department of Energy funding to advance direct air capture in the US. 

In an attempt to allay market confusion from contrasting conclusions reached by REDD+ stakeholders and academics last week, an offset ratings firm released an analysis on Wednesday explaining key shortcomings of one of the studies.

Forest fires are getting worse, burning almost twice the tree cover in the last 20 years compared to the previous two decades, according to new analysis.

Gabon has become the latest African country to be shaken by unrest after senior military officers staged a coup on Wednesday, days before Kenya and the African Union Commission host a summit that intends to drive carbon investment into the continent.

A bipartisan pair of US Congresspersons have introduced a bill to provide up to $150 billion to help family and small-scale forest owners overcome barriers to developing carbon projects.

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The leader of highly-forested Guyana has touted huge aspirations for carbon markets at a recent meeting with a former UK prime minister and separately rebuffed questions on carbon credit integrity.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced plans on Tuesday to partner with a developer of carbon removal facilities to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the east of the US state.