Carbon Pulse

A carbon credit rating agency is taking a more active role in the design of projects to help the activities achieve a good ratings grade in a pilot scheme with a new registry. 

A commodities broker and digital marketplace have announced a new collaboration on carbon credits that will see the use of the emerging 'two-way bridge' form of transacting units between parties via the blockchain.

The Saudi-based company established to drive growth in voluntary carbon credits in the MENA region will auction 2 million units mainly derived from African projects in a sale to be held in Nairobi next month, as other African sellers are seen turning to auctions to help boost transparency.

European carbon prices endured a volatile morning Wednesday, as an early drop to a new four-month low was followed by a spike after data showed investment funds had built their largest-ever net short position last week.

Hong Kong could see emerging opportunities from the expected relaunch of China's national voluntary carbon programme, though regulatory ambiguity and lack of demand remain challenges for the city's fledgling emissions market, experts have said.

A startup carbon project and data tech developer is back making a profit after scaling back activity and furloughing or laying off large swathes of staff, Carbon Pulse has learned, however the process reflects issues about how companies in the voluntary carbon market are funded and promote themselves to the broader community.

A climate disclosure non-profit has added several large financial institutions to its campaign to request over 1,600 high-impact corporates to begin disclosing their emissions output and footprint on the environment.

Analysis from an Indonesian think-tank has found that nine of the country’s proposed coal-fired power stations could be cancelled with minimal repercussions for supply or grid stability and affordability, while avoiding nearly 300 MtCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions.

A Japanese shipping giant has announced the establishment of a new subsidiary in the US to expand its investment in venture capital funds and startups developing decarbonising technologies in the energy sector.

A Swedish bank has acquired a batch of biodiversity credits generated through a domestic forestry project, the first time such units have been created and transacted in Europe.

One of Australia’s largest carbon project developers says nature repair certificates should initially be barred from being used as offsets, as part of a wide-ranging list of recommendations and concerns it raised on the government’s nature repair market bill.

An Australian blue economy industry-academia partnership has been permitted to deploy marine infrastructure to further research into growing commercial-scale offshore kelp to achieve positive environmental outcomes.

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A pair of California-based law firms filed a putative class-action case on Tuesday against major US-based Delta Air Lines for misrepresenting the total environmental impact of its business operations through advertisements of its pioneering carbon-neutrality claims.

Turkey has launched a project tender to source help in designing a national carbon market.

Japan’s Sumitomo on Tuesday announced an investment in a US-based direct air capture (DAC) firm, partnering to develop a new global business focussed on CCUS.

A Brazilian financial services firm is is auctioning off rural properties across six states and is accepting carbon credits as payment for the land as part of a promotional exercise to encourage the use of offsets, the company announced Monday.