Carbon Pulse

The Argentine government has launched software designed to document forested areas at a national level and aid reforestation efforts, a government agency announced on Tuesday.

A conservation NGO, which estimates 3 billion tonnes of CO2 is being stored across the parks and protected areas it manages in Africa, has turned to developing REDD avoided deforestation projects to bolster finances.

Policymakers should support progress towards a European market for the transport of carbon dioxide by ship by creating the right conditions and identifying barriers, according to a report published Tuesday.

Subsidies under the UK’s post-Brexit sustainable farming scheme will be bolstered from this year, while premium payments will also be available for certain high priority action areas, in a bid to encourage more farmers to access the scheme.

The Kenyan government is proposing to take 15-25% of the income from carbon credits generated in the country to help meet its climate targets, according to draft carbon markets legislation.

Senior Program Manager is responsible for centrally supporting the initiatives and coordination of the Markets Program with a particular focus on program and project management for the team’s three primary pillars: REDD+ and carbon finance; sustainable commodities; and biodiversity mitigation hierarchy.

A UK-based nature start-up launched this week with plans to carry out ecological restoration projects and develop its own voluntary biodiversity credit standard to drive private investment.

Global temperatures in 2023 reached the highest levels ever recorded, with carbon emissions from raging global wildfires among the main drivers of the exceptional heat, data from the European Union’s space programme showed on Tuesday.

European carbon recovered from a sharp sell-off at the opening on Tuesday as it tracked movements in natural gas on an otherwise quiet morning, with traders awaiting the resumption of auctions next week as well as Wednesday's publication of the weekly Commitment of Traders data.

One of Australia’s early carbon project developers has received an all-cash, off market takeover offer from Avatar Industries, a private entity controlled by an Australian businessman who already owns a significant chunk of the company.

The overall role of the Carbon Project Manager is to plan, coordinate and execute varied Baseline & Monitoring Surveys, Stakeholder Consultations, and other specified activities pursuant to the development and implementation of BURN’s carbon-financed Improved Cook Stove (“ICS”) Projects on time, on scope and on budget.

The overall role of the Carbon Project Manager is to plan, coordinate and execute varied Baseline and monitoring Surveys, Stakeholder Consultations, and other specified activities pursuant to the development and implementation of BURN’s carbon-financed Improved Cook Stove (“ICS”) Projects on time, on scope and on budget.

An India-based project developer has planned to rehabilitate red panda habitats in Nepal, with funding to come through the sale of biodiversity credits generated by the project.

EDF wants to inject an additional £1.3 billion into its existing UK nuclear fleet as the company aims to uphold current output levels and ensure energy security until at least 2026, it said Tuesday.

A major Japanese gas firm is lining up yet more offshore carbon capture and storage work in the Asia Pacific, announcing a study in the Gulf of Thailand with national oil company PTTEP.

One of Japan's largest power companies has teamed up with a carbon software provider to help popularise the use of carbon credits in the country, it announced Tuesday.

The New Zealand ETS has started 2024 trading relatively sideways, with much of the gains made in the run-up to last month’s auction sold off.

This role will oversee and actively contribute to project implementation, ensuring adherence to carbon methodologies and standards, and applying carbon calculation and modelling techniques to estimate sequestered carbon (trees and soil), to support project deliver their objectives and ensure regulatory compliances

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The WCI compliance instrument surplus bank increased in the fourth quarter as California emitters retired allowances and offsets for 2022 interm obligations in the linked-cap-and-trade system, according to data published Friday.