Carbon Pulse

The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) programme on Tuesday announced it has approved a listing from Colombia to generate carbon credits, with the proposed area for the subnational endeavour already containing several private-sector led deforestation reduction projects.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new rules Tuesday that would help cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, hours before the US-EU-led Global Methane Pledge was formally unveiled at COP26.

Verra is seeking a Senior Program Officer, Methodologies to support the development of innovative and high-impact VCS methodologies, with a focus on technological and industrial climate solutions. In the context of this position, technological and industrial climate solutions encompasses all sectors other than Natural Climate Solutions.

Verra is seeking a Senior Program Officer, Methodologies, to support the development of innovative and high-impact VCS methodologies, with a focus on Nature Climate Solutions (NCS).

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. (“RGGI, Inc.”) seeks to hire a Program Manager to be based in New York City.

The EU's proposed carbon border adjustment measure (CBAM) risks straining the bloc's alliance with the world's poorest nations as COP26 UN talks kicked off in Glasgow this week, with lawmakers considering ways of appeasing their partners while keeping the flagship climate measure.

Heads of state are still delivering national statements at Day 2 of COP26 in Glasgow, while a full programme of side-events  is now underway and technical negotiations on agenda items go on behind the scenes.

EUA prices recovered some of Monday's losses in early trading on Tuesday, amid a broad rally in energy markets after a yesterday's sell-off.

A Hong Kong-listed investment holding company is launching a global carbon fund, planning investments in voluntary offsets as well as units in various compliance markets.

A Melbourne-based carbon fund took only five days to add A$75 million ($56 mln) to its funds amid growing investor interest in high-quality voluntary carbon credits.

A Beijing-based environmental consultancy has been caught falsifying ETS emissions data for a coal-fired power plant in Henan province, just months after a similar incident in Inner Mongolia.

Investors have put millions of dollars on hold after it emerged over the weekend that Australia could impose restrictions on how much land farmers can dedicate to carbon offset projects.

Fiji has become Australia’s first official partner under its planned regional carbon offset market, which will allow Australian companies access to emissions credits generated in the Pacific Island nation.

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Over 100 forest-rich nations have committed to “halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation” by the end of the decade, with the action set to be funded by almost £14 billion in public and private sources, the UK is set to announce at the COP26 summit in Glasgow on Tuesday.

The ACR Administrator is a critical administrative support role within the American Carbon Registry (ACR), contributing to all aspects of the unit’s operations.

The Industrial Associate is a technical role within the American Carbon Registry (ACR), contributing to all aspects of ACR services, including, but not limited to ensuring the highest level of quality for all ACR-registered industrial projects and related offset credits issued by ACR.

The Forestry Analyst is an important technical role within the American Carbon Registry (ACR), providing support to the Director of Forestry, and other members of ACR staff on all aspects of registry management.

The Portfolio Manager is an important role within ART providing support to the ART Managing Director, and other ART staff on all aspects of implementation of this program. This will include significant technical support to jurisdictions and stakeholders, technical inputs and analyses, development of outreach materials, document review, report writing and registry management.

The Policy Manager is an important role within ART contributing to the strategic positioning of the ART program as well as serving as a liaison to external stakeholders. This individual will help ensure ART continues to represent the highest environmental and social integrity by facilitating appropriate accreditations and recognitions and representing ART within appropriate voluntary carbon market initiatives.