Carbon Pulse

The loss of plant biodiversity in global grasslands can cause terrestrial carbon stocks to wane, with the reasoning behind the phenomenon going against researchers’ original hypothesis, according to a study published Thursday.

A climate tech startup has launched Friday an artificial intelligence (AI) product that aims to speed up and pare down the cost of carbon project development documentation, by using downloaded data from thousands of previous examples in the market.

Talks to set up a UN facility to compensate for climate-related loss and damage ran deep into overtime on Friday as developing nations united in opposition to a US idea to have the World Bank host the vehicle.

The managing director of advisory firm Carbon Financial Services (CFS) and former head of global carbon at exchange platform CBL, both owned by Xpansiv, has announced he is leaving the market infrastructure company after nine years.

The shipping sector’s decarbonisation hinges on the availability of low-carbon fuels, the secretary general of one of the largest global shipping organisations told Carbon Pulse, while also advocating a 'carbon contribution factor' to be promoted at upcoming high-level climate talks.

Germany is at risk of seeing a potentially dramatic spike in fuel prices in 2027 should the country’s domestic carbon pricing system transition to the EU ETS2, a think-tank has warned.

As observers hope for clarity about crediting carbon projects under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at the fast-approaching COP28 climate talks, key players in voluntary carbon are weighing up how the embattled market may fit alongside the UN mechanism.

A growing number of multinational food companies are looking to reduce climate change risk in their value chains through greater engagement with their suppliers, aiming for a 'win-win' partnership where they encourage low-emissions practices that can both reduce their Scope 3 emissions and increase the resilience of their business to climate change.

China on Friday evening announced a State Administration-level regulatory body had approved a set of administrative measures that will underpin the relaunch of its national carbon offset programme, bringing the long-suspended voluntary market one step closer to returning to life.

Representatives from 196 countries this week approved an overall approach for monitoring efforts to meet the world's biodiversity targets, though a lack of detail means more work needs to be done.

Exchange-traded funds focused on carbon allowances have cut their holdings to the lowest in two years,  as flatlining EUA prices and a darkening economic outlook have encouraged investors to look to other asset classes for better returns.

European carbon prices stabilised after four successive daily declines in relatively light trading on Friday morning, reflecting a lack of direction and shrugging off a slight boost in energy markets as the European weather outlook turned slightly colder.

Blue hydrogen could be a fuel of the future and remains cheaper than its zero emission green counterpart, according to a report from a gas industry lobby this week, which argued many of the same talking points it has been making for years with a low-carbon twist in 2023.

The spot price in China’s national emissions trading scheme (ETS) climbed to a new high over the past week with a surge in trading volume, with heightened market expectations that the government is working to expand the programme to additional sectors.

The Clean Energy Regulator has issued guidance for those wishing to apply for multi-year monitoring periods (MYMP) under the reformed Safeguard Mechanism.

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A lack of specific accounting standards for carbon credit trading has led a major financial industry trade association to publish a whitepaper offering guidance for the treatment of such units.

Australia is looking to overhaul its Climate Active voluntary certification scheme to bring it in line with public, investor, and consumer expectations, as its requirements were viewed by many as woefully out of date.

Half of the world's economies are already well into a period of fossil power decline due to strong renewable growth and efficiency gains, even as demand has increased in many cases, according to analysis from a think-tank published Friday.

Applying a social cost of carbon (SCC) to fossil fuels in the US could drastically reduce CO2 emissions while simultaneously improving water quality in the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone", new research has found.