Carbon Pulse

Threadbare liquidity and a long bear market have sent shivers through many heavyweight players in the voluntary sector, but two stalwarts of the market believe they have picked the opportune time to launch their new advisory and execution service.

The Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has agreed to work with a global partnership of vulnerable countries to broaden access to climate finance through the carbon markets.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group has launched a natural capital and biodiversity action plan, planning to embed natural capital more deeply into its operations while scaling biodiversity finance mechanisms.

UBS has partnered with a nature-focused non-profit to better understand how to limit impacts to nature in clean energy investments, with the findings released on Thursday.

Rising demand for synthetic fuels in aviation and shipping to meet EU decarbonisation targets is driving plans to install carbon capture facilities at pulp and paper mills in the Nordics, with potential to capture about 12 million tonnes of biogenic CO2 annually.

Malaysia’s carbon trading legislation will be presented before Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament, by the end of this year, according to the country’s deputy prime minister.

The Australian government on Thursday released a draft methodology for environmental plantings (EP) for consultation, outlining proposed changes to the existing method, which is set to expire in September.

South Korea and Kazakhstan have decided to work together on setting up projects for carbon credit generation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Golden CCOs (G-CCOs) with direct-environmental-benefits to the state (DEBs) have been selling at a premium to California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) due to the recent price rout in the joint California-Quebec carbon market, while regulator ARB's compliance-grade offset issuance increased in June compared to the prior two-week period.

A third of the world's 20 largest fossil fuel-producing countries made no mention of oil, gas, or coal in their last round of Paris Agreement pledges, while those that do mention it talk, explicitly or implicitly, about a continuation or increase in production, according to analysis published on Thursday.

A longstanding UK consumer support scheme for low-income or fuel-poor households that requires energy providers to make payments toward household decarbonisation will expire in 2026, with no substitute in sight and political support unclear ahead of the general election. 

A surge in "conflict carbon" from Russia's invasion of Ukraine – from burning forests, blown up oil and gas structures, infrastructure built to fortify the front lines, and more – could cost Russia billions of dollars in additional reparations, according to research published on Thursday and backed by the Ukrainian environment ministry.

Negotiators in Bonn have left all the remaining major topics on Article 6 still open for November's COP29 in Baku, with a heavily bracketed text on international trade rules leaving some sceptical that any progress was made at the inter-sessional event.

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of oil major Occidental (Oxy), and fusion energy developer TAE Technologies announced Tuesday they will partner on the development of technology to provide emissions-free power and heat to direct air capture (DAC) facilities.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on Wednesday unanimously voted to standardise how US companies account for environmental credits including carbon offsets.

Companies' desire to be “quick and flexible” in meeting net zero targets may opt out of the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), following recent internal controversy regarding the eligibility of voluntary carbon credits in offset of Scope 3 emissions under SBTi targets, conference attendees heard Wednesday.

Carbon taxes are widely regarded as essential tools in the fight against climate change, but new research highlights significant differences in how they impact households across Europe, challenging the notion that they are uniformly regressive.

Washington's Q2 current vintage auction settled almost $6 above the scheme’s floor price, against most market expectations, with limited speculative participation amid uncertainty surrounding the future of the state’s carbon market.

Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfire across the US, a new study shows, with extreme conditions once considered rare now occurring with disturbing frequency.

Leaders of the G7 group of developed economies are gathering on Thursday (June 13) for their annual meeting, with a host of global crises on the agenda to keep them busy.