Carbon Pulse

The financial regulatory sector must act swiftly to address the rapid decline of nature, by taking actions including mandating targets, WWF said in a report.

Investing in biodiversity is being held back by a lack of financial materiality and policy impetus, though steps forward on an international carbon market could unlock funding for biodiversity, said analysts at a sustainability ratings agency.

The European Union should develop policies in support of “nature-inclusive” solar parks with biodiversity net gain, urged a report commissioned by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) that was published on Tuesday.

A large-scale provincial Argentine jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) initiative is expected to issue around 10 million credits as early as this year, though some legal and socioeconomic questions remain.

Burning household rubbish in giant incinerators is now the dirtiest way the UK generates electricity after the closure of the last coal-fired power plant in the country, analysis published Tuesday has found.

A French biotech startup has raised €3.3 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of its carbon-negative natural rubber.

A Finnish waste management and circular solutions company has become the world’s first to produce biodegradable plastic from CO2 emissions using carbon capture and utilisation (CCU), the firm announced on Tuesday.

Verra has released two new tools to assess the additionality of project activities, replacing and updating CDM versions, in a move that will further align the standard body with the ICVCM’s Core Carbon Principle stamp of high integrity approval.

European carbon prices strengthened their correlation to natural gas on Tuesday, falling in line with TTF after the two markets had disconnected early in the month, as the energy complex weakened on easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

Over 300,000 animals are killed or displaced annually in Tasmania, Australia due to logging-related activities, a paper published this week estimated.

A US energy software and service company is launching a digital marketplace in which energy traders and investors can exchange clean energy commodities with improved transparency measures, according to a Tuesday announcement.

Global South countries are expanding renewable energy at a faster rate than wealthy nations, but an investment gap still threatens clean energy goals agreed at COP28, according to research published Tuesday.

The UK is seeking views on potential changes to its capacity markets scheme aimed at keeping flexible power capacity online while strengthening the security of supply and helping to push out unabated gas-fired power, the government announced on Tuesday.

Fertiliser production in Europe is struggling to compete on global markets due to the continent’s dependence on gas imports, the EU’s trade association has said, while warning against Russia's attempt to systematically undercut the bloc's producers to “kill the European fertiliser industry and create a dependency for our farmers”.

There are now 50 carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities operating across the world and another 628 in various stages of development, according to a report released Tuesday, with the inclusion of the technology in national UN climate strategies likely to drive further expansion.

Japan is planning to add a new carbon offset methodology for sewage treatment projects that introduce N2O decomposition equipment to its national J-Credit programme.

A scientist tasked with scrutinising Australian human-induced regeneration (HIR) projects on behalf of the Clean Energy Regulator has hit back against accusations about his practices and findings that the projects are over-credited.

Setting EU regulation to reduce emissions in agriculture too soon could erode the incentive for farmers to participate in private markets such as those involving carbon finance, according to a Danish agtech company.

An absence of knowledge and policy on durable carbon removals (CDR) at the government level, along with a lack of investor interest in funding such projects, is keeping India from realising its vast CDR potential, according to experts.

A New Zealand-based brokerage announced Tuesday it will launch a new version of its carbon trading platform next week.