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Cookstove project developer C-Quest Capital has secured funding from two Singapore-based organisations to enable a large-scale expansion of its offset project portfolio across four Southeast Asian nations.

The UK could reduce its projected gas burn by 25 TWh this year and slash its Russian gas imports by 80% if it swiftly rolled out nine energy efficiency measures, a climate think-tank proposed on Wednesday, moves that would also significantly cut UK carbon allowance (UKA) demand.

EUAs tracked the energy complex lower in relatively thin trade on Wednesday morning, as markets relaxed on reports that ceasefire talks with Russia and Ukraine may be edging towards a compromise settlement.

The private-sector-led Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM) firmed up its timelines on Wednesday for the long-awaited release of its new standards that it hopes will set a benchmark for carbon offset quality.

Singapore-based Climate Impact X (CIX) has launched a digital platform for businesses and carbon project suppliers to list, discover, compare, buy, and retire quality carbon credits, the exchange announced on Wednesday.

South Korea sold just over a quarter of the allowances on offer at Wednesday’s monthly carbon sale, as auction and spot KAU prices both fell to their lowest levels in over seven months.

An Australian hydrogen technology outfit has developed a more efficient way of producing renewable-based hydrogen with electrolysis that could see the green fuel produced competitively at commercial scale, the company, Hysata, claimed on Wednesday.

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New Zealand’s first carbon allowance auction of the year cleared at NZ$70 ($47.37), with almost 80% of the 2022 cost containment reserve (CCR) released at the first sale.

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A global securities watchdog group has announced a probe into voluntary carbon markets.

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault launched consultations to develop a Clean Electricity Standard (CES) on Tuesday, reiterating the goal to achieve a net zero electricity grid by 2035 and noting the potential to use carbon offsets within policy design.

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A tremendous build-out of clean energy and massive shift to low-carbon technologies underpin California’s climate pathways, including over 100 million tonnes of Direct Air Capture (DAC), according to initial modelling results released Tuesday as part of the 2022 Scoping Plan that provides a roadmap for future policy development.

A carbon price at €100/tonne would incentivise a switch from fossil-based to renewable hydrogen in the EU, although priority must be on rolling out the technology to decarbonise industries that need green molecules the most, such as aviation, shipping, heavy industry, a conference heard on Tuesday.

California regulator ARB this week calculated a lower level for the WCI carbon market allowance glut than an advisory committee, as the agency reiterated it will await the results of the 2022 Scoping Plan update to explore changes to the programme.

Germany-based RWE, the EU’s top corporate emitter, faces large risks in the event of an escalation of the war in Ukraine and believes that German industry would be hit very hard by cuts in Russian energy imports, the firm said in its full-year results on Tuesday.

EU finance ministers on Tuesday forged a unified position on a proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), defusing fears that bloc's Fit for 55 climate package might be delayed or watered down due to the European energy crisis or Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The New York State Senate on Monday approved a budget resolution that includes language to implement a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), though some environmental groups are still sternly opposed to the market-based programme.