Carbon Pulse

IFM Investors, one of the world’s biggest infrastructure investor firms, has set an interim 2030 emissions reduction target of 40% for its infrastructure asset class, the company announced Tuesday.

South Korea on Tuesday released an administrative notice that will give financial institutions limited access to trading CO2 allowances, perhaps as early as next month.

Oil and gas firm Woodside has agreed with project developer Greening Australia to more than triple the land area on which they plant trees to generate carbon offsets.

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The EU has missed a crucial opportunity to include coal mine methane under its proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Leading shipping associations have proposed creating a global levy on emissions from ships, seeking a level playing field as the EU advances its plans to regulate the sector’s climate impact.

CORSIA-eligible credit prices have exceeded their nature-based counterparts as prices hit fresh records in the past week, as the investors seen fuelling the rises judge the units to be a safer bet.

EU lawmakers are jostling to gain control of the European Parliament’s scrutiny of the mammoth ‘Fit for 55’ climate package, with the centre-right EPP political group set to steer the main EU ETS reform elements.

EUA prices surged to yet another record early on Monday while gas and power also reached new all-time highs, as speculation over gas flows from Russia continued to dominate the European energy complex.

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Construction heir Jo Bamford has joined forces with asset management firm Vedra Partners to launch a hydrogen investment fund aiming to raise as much as £1 billion, it was announced Monday.

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The number of carbon credits generated under Australia’s Carbon Farming Initiative has surpassed 100 million, the Clean Energy Regulator announced Monday, though voluntary cancellations of the domestic offsets have slowed down somewhat after a strong start to the year.

A Beijing construction company has bought the city’s first batch of green transportation carbon offsets, units generated by individuals in Beijing using low-carbon options such as public transport, walking, and biking.

Carbon emissions regulated by South Korea’s cap-and-trade scheme is on track to rebound by over 6% this year, but the market will likely still see a surplus of almost 30 million allowances, analysts said Monday.

Holcim, the world’s largest cement maker, has outlined a number of targets and strategies that it says will make it “nature-positive” by 2030.