Carbon Pulse

Researchers have identified previously-unmapped high marine biodiversity areas off the coast of Mozambique, paving the way for expanding the national network of marine protected areas (MPAs) and key biodiversity areas (KBAs).

Nature markets took centre stage on Tuesday at the European Parliament's environment (ENVI) committee meeting, with an EU biodiversity negotiator sharing concerns raised by some MEPs about the role of biodiversity credits in plugging the nature finance gap.

European carbon prices extended their recent lows on Thursday morning in choppy trading but were little changed at midday as traders nervously waited for directional signals, while energy prices were also flat.

BusinessEurope, an umbrella group representing national employer’s organisations, has called on policymakers to “reconsider” the planned phase out of free allowances under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), saying Europe should “be prepared” in case its new carbon border tariff scheme fails to deliver.

Nature is a significant topic for stakeholders in government-related investments, with its risks often overlooked by bond markets, consultants AXA Climate said in a report this week.

Europe’s industry needs greater electrification to compete with the likes of China and the US, according to research published on Thursday.

A UK-based startup has developed a method to break down waste plastics at the atomic level, which it said could support global efforts in advancing chemical recycling.

A major trading house in Japan has launched a system that can standardise and digitalise the work needed for creating domestically issued carbon offsets from forestry projects. 

Heavily forested Laos has issued a decree to "define principles" around cooperation in multilateral carbon market projects, a state-run newspaper said Thursday.

Australian energy gentailer Origin announced on Thursday it would shelve a hydrogen development project due to a lack of certainty, while Woodside Energy continues to register new carbon credit projects.

New Zealand government officials have recommended exotic forestry be defined within the country’s National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (NES-CF), in order to better regulate the sector that drives carbon credit supply in the country, according to a report published Thursday.

A European carbon trader that spent the past 20+ years in various roles at energy companies has joined a Dutch bank.

US regulators have charged Ken Newcombe, the former CEO of project developer CQC Impact Investors LLC (CQC), and the company's ex-COO with fraud, accusing them of submitting false, misleading, or inaccurate reports relating to the generation of voluntary carbon credits.

The Climate Action Reserve (CAR) adopted Wednesday its Argentina Livestock Protocol Version 1.0, which intends to provide guidance to account for and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions via the capture and destruction of methane from livestock farms.

A large-scale CO2 well in Illinois has paused injection for two weeks as operators diagnose an underground leak that resulted in a permit violation notice from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August, according to documents shared with Carbon Pulse.

An Irish company specialising in carbon removal (CDR) via industrial hemp has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA) national business incubation programme, it announced Wednesday.

Two shipping companies from Asia Pacific announced on Tuesday a collaboration to further marine transport of CO2 for long distances and large cargo volumes.

A global mining company is partnering with a European hydrogen outfit to develop a green hydrogen production facility in Brazil to be used in the manufacturing of European green steel, the companies announced Tuesday.

Carbon credit price dynamics in the voluntary market are currently "misleading", with a few big tech buyers paying a lot for small volumes, while everything else is going for low prices, a senior figure at BP said on Wednesday.