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Major Chinese papermaker eyes voluntary carbon deals in Gabon
A Chinese forestry and paper company has teamed up with a local partner in Gabon to explore carbon project opportunities in a rare instance of a China-based firm looking outside its own borders for emissions reduction ventures.
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Australia Market Roundup: NSW extends the life of country’s biggest coal-fired power station, ACCU issuance slumps
The New South Wales state government has struck a deal with Origin Energy to push the closure date of the Eraring coal-fired power station back by two years due to grid reliability and security concerns.
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ARB offset issuance retreats from YtD highs, DEBs-tagged units pick up
California regulator ARB issued compliance-grade offsets tagged with direct environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state after a two-period hiatus, but the overall distribution fell from the highs reached two weeks earlier.
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FEATURE: World governments split on how to regulate voluntary carbon credits
Governments are classifying voluntary carbon credits (VCCs) in diverse ways, often disagreeing on whether they are financial products, fragmenting voluntary carbon market (VCM) regulation.
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Tech giants pledge to contract 20 mln nature-based voluntary carbon credits
Four of the world's largest technology companies have joined forced under a new coalition to contract up to 20 million tonnes of nature-based voluntary carbon credits, they announced Wednesday.
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Microsoft to buy 36k carbon removals from biochar producer, adds another 1 Mt to Danish BECCS deal
Microsoft has signed an agreement to buy 36,000 tonnes of biochar from a Canadian producer, the firms announced on Wednesday, while the tech giant also increased by 1 million tonnes the purchase volume of an existing deal for Danish bioenergy removals.
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BRIEFING: EUA price must hit €150/t to push ship owners to adopt greener fuel
EUAs need to be trading at least €150 per tonne to start incentivising ship owners to switch to biofuels in a subsidised environment, while the price would need to be markedly higher than that to ensure a shift to more expensive green fuels like ammonia or methanol, a freight manager told a conference Wednesday.
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First sea trials of slow steaming software for shipping industry sharply cut CO2 emissions
Two sea trials of a new slow steaming solution for the shipping industry have sharply cut CO2 emission levels, confirming earlier pilot programs, a shipping consortium announced this week.
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Over 50% of the world’s mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050, IUCN says
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released Wednesday its first-ever assessment of the world's mangrove ecosystems, showing that more than half of them are at risk of collapse by 2050.
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Rhino bond has lessons for biodiversity credits, expert says
The nascent biodiversity credits market can learn from the work of the World Bank’s rhino bond, according to an expert whose organisation worked on the issuance.
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EU ministers face six tests for strengthening green competitiveness, says think tank
A series of tests awaits the European Union, as the bloc still debates how to respect climate commitments and remain economically ambitious at the same time, with the 27 nations' ministers set to gather in Brussels at the Competition Council on Friday.
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Failing to modernise grid will massively set back EU on climate targets -industry
Failure to modernise the power grid could lead the EU to miss its climate targets by over 30% and jeopardise energy security, the European electricity industry association has warned.
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FEATURE: Fish farming marine destruction claims highlight challenge in meeting GBF targets
Environmentalists are increasingly sounding the alarm over what they claim are destructive impacts of the global fish farming industry, but government hesitance in imposing stricter regulations is seen as an illustration of the challenge ahead in meeting biodiversity targets.
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Euro Markets: Midday Update
EU carbon allowance prices were modestly firmer at midday on Wednesday as the market tested technical resistance levels after the weekly Commitment of Traders data showed investment funds increased their bearish bets for the first time in six weeks.
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First five corporate nature positive strategies approved by campaign group
Campaign group Business for Nature has accepted its first batch of strategies targeting a nature positive economy by 2030 from corporations based in the UK, France, and Taiwan, six months after launch .
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Australian conference holds record buy side, emitter attendee numbers
Carbon credit buyers have been few and far between at conferences in recent years, but the Carbon Farming Industry Forum in Cairns this week hosted a record number, and percentage, of attendees on the buy side, demonstrating confidence in the Australian market, attendees told Carbon Pulse.
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Carbon tech startup launches free voluntary credit insight platform
A Berlin-based carbon tech startup has launched a free voluntary carbon credit insight platform on Thursday, with the aim of making purchases more accessible to all.
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Investor group teams up to finance nature-based carbon removal project in Panama
A group of investors has partnered to finance a reforestation project in Panama aiming to restore 10,000 hectares of degraded tropical forests and generate over 3 million carbon removal credits.
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South Korea should consider additional carbon trading scheme for regions, researchers say
South Korea should consider more policy arrangements for domestic cities to utilise carbon market mechanisms, such as the creation of a regional carbon trading framework, to drive down emissions from the urban sector, researchers have suggested.
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Green policies take back seat in EU leadership debate
A debate on Tuesday among lead contenders for the post of European Commission President made little room for green considerations, with discussions focusing mostly on defence spending and the need to protect Europe’s interests in the face of China's aggressive economic policies.
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