Carbon Pulse

Australia can expect to see a voluntary biodiversity market emerge in the not-too-distant future whether the government is successful at passing its nature repair market legislation or not, experts told a conference this week.

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An Ohio-based climate-tech firm that reduces building energy leaks has secured $67 million in a Series B fundraise.

Expectations ahead of next week’s WCI cap-and-trade public rulemaking workshop have continued to fuel California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices higher, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) picked up at the end of another week of light transaction activity.

A Canadian carbon credit streaming company announced an 8.3 million hectare avoided deforestation project in Bolivia as part of a partnership with a private equity firm on Thursday, using a methodology the company claims will better meet the Core Carbon Principles than REDD+.

European cities could harness nature-based solutions (NBS) to cut urban carbon emissions by up to 25%, a new study has found.

Xpansiv will host a new carbon standard that specialises in the certification of small-scale forestry and nature restoration projects, it announced in a release Thursday.

Fears about a rise in 'greenhushing' are unfounded with the downturn in carbon credits retirements  largely pinned on just two airlines dropping out of the voluntary market to meet their climate targets, a webinar heard on Thursday.

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The UK government should establish an independent, economy-wide regulator to oversee carbon policy developments and ensure consistency between ETS reforms, carbon leakage, and emissions accounting across sectors, according to a net zero research centre, speaking to Carbon Pulse.

The European Commission green-lighted two state measures in France and in Germany to help decarbonise steel production from two major producers, the bloc’s executive announced on Thursday.

European carbon prices rose above €90 for the first time in almost four weeks on Thursday morning as buying pressure steadily boosted the market ahead of the annual August cut in auction volumes, while energy prices reversed early losses to post gains for a third successive day.

EU climate chief Frans Timmermans will leave the European Commission in mid-August to pursue a leadership bid of a new Greens-Socialist democrats party alliance in the Netherlands, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported on Thursday morning.

A start-up carbon credit rating agency has secured $3.75 million in seed funding after a year of operating amid growing investor appetite in this fast growing sector of the voluntary market.

While MRV digitalisation is considered to help enhance visibility into the supply chain of carbon credits, the community aspect should not be ignored given the complexity of existing methods and natural ecosystems, a conference heard Thursday.

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Swedish utility Vattenfall posted a year-on-year drop in EU ETS-covered fossil generation in its H1 2023 results published Thursday, and halted plans to build a new offshore wind farm in British waters.

Unilever’s skincare brand Dove has teamed up with the Singapore-based Rimba Collective to protect rainforests across Southeast Asia over the next five years.

A Japanese climate startup will work with a social business development company to create carbon credits through the promotion of a rice farming practice in Bangladesh, eyeing the huge potential of the South Asian country's agricultural sector, it announced Thursday.

An Australian carbon project aggregator and developer has announced a pilot e-cookstove carbon project to help improve health and environmental issues in Laos, expecting to generate 6 million carbon credits over the next decade.