Carbon Pulse

As the MRV Manager, you will be responsible for accelerating, coordinating, and leading the path towards third-party verification and certification of our Carbon Dioxide Removal Credits. An expert on the CDR ecosystem as it currently exists, your due diligence and analysis will refine our understanding of our customers’ needs and define how to effectively deliver solutions to them.

The Business Development Manager is integral to the growth and success of our team. The CDR market is new and rapidly evolving with fundamentals that are not yet fully developed. The key functions for this role are to enhance the market understanding and to analyze information, identify opportunities for growth and seize those opportunities - whether cultivating relationships with new clients and partners or expanding operations in existing fields.

California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) declined heading into Wednesday's Q3 auction as entities geared up to buy volume, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) lifted this week following the publication of results from the sold-out reserve sale.

A UK-based company on Thursday announced it has partnered with US stock exchange Nasdaq to provide carbon accounting services to firms ahead of the anticipated launch of the Biden administration’s final climate disclosure rules.

Canada’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations (CER) largely hold jurisdiction to regulate the CO2 emissions of provincial electricity generation, legal experts told Carbon Pulse, despite claims from the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan that the forthcoming climate policy is unconstitutional. 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday announced new open-source software to allow countries to manage national data and trade in carbon credits, bucking the existing trend of monolithic and siloed systems.

The European Commission adopted on Thursday the reporting rules for the bloc's upcoming carbon carbon adjustment mechanism (CBAM), starting its transitional phase in October.

The market for nature-based carbon solutions is likely to grow to as much as $250 billion a year in the next decade, with an increasing focus on combining natural carbon sinks with technology-based removals expected to help drive the voluntary market to as much as $1.5 trillion by 2050, according to a new report.

Investor TPG Rise Climate on Thursday announced it has acquired a majority stake in UK-headquartered refrigerant capture company A-Gas, allowing it to gain a stronger footing in the US carbon offset market.

A carbon credit ratings agency has partnered with research institutions on a European Space Agency project to assess impact of wildfires on the carbon cycle, the company announced on Thursday.

The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) signalled a significant increase in validated corporate climate targets in its 2022 annual report, but flagged a lack of full coverage with progress reporting.

Progress is being made to advance the fledgling market for blue carbon through dedicated methodologies and capacity building efforts, yet more could be done to enable project developers to access the carbon markets more effectively and to scale projects faster, say industry experts.

Financial institutions are failing to account for nature-related dependencies and risks in their decision-making, according to a report published Thursday.

European carbon prices rose for the fifth time in the last six sessions on Thursday, climbing to their highest in 13 days and shrugging off the weakest auction in seven weeks as buying activity picked up slightly, while energy markets continued to consolidate amid uncertainty over LNG supply in the coming weeks.

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A UK-based charity has purchased land in Alentejo, Portugal with a vision to transform it into a rewilding project and sanctuary for former circus elephants.

Japan’s environment ministry has identified four projects under the bilateral Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) that it will subsidise in order to secure carbon credits to realise the country's Paris Agreement target, it announced Thursday.

Finding governing models and funding mechanisms to effectively address the ongoing nature crisis will be the main focus when the Global Environment Facility (GEF) next week holds its four-yearly assembly in Vancouver, Canada.

A European climate tech investment marketplace for the agriculture industry is to generate 250,000 carbon credits in Europe next year from sustainable farming carbon projects, it said Thursday.

Oil and gas exploration is not going anywhere, however capital discipline and environmental, social, and governance concerns will see greater focus by companies and a ceiling for spend, analysts have found.