Japanese agricultural lender to promote seaweed feed additives, cut methane emissions
A major agricultural lender in Japan has teamed up with two domestic partners to promote the commercialisation of cow feed additives using red seaweed, aiming to reduce methane emissions from cow burps and restoring marine ecosystems.
Read MoreEU carbon pricing policies could transform, bifurcate global LNG trade -consultancy
The global LNG market is at risk of major transformation and possible bifurcation if the EU extends its carbon pricing policies to include imports of the fuel, according to a major global consultancy.
Read MoreJapan updates carbon offset guidelines to align with international standards, selects latest JCM projects
Japan has updated its guidelines to provide more clarity on the quality of offsets, as the country seeks to align its domestic framework with international efforts to improve the integrity of the voluntary carbon market.
Read MoreAsian steelmakers seek to weaken EU’s CBAM, lobbying study finds
Japanese and Korean steel industries appear to be actively lobbying the EU and other institutions to weaken the carbon border adjustment mechanism’s ambition, according to analysis by a think-tank.
Read MoreAutomakers can set 1.5C-aligned targets for cars on the road, with new SBTi guidance
Automakers can now align voluntary emissions reductions from their largest source of pollution — people driving their vehicles — with a pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5C, based on revised guidance released Wednesday by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Read MoreGlobal trading house, Japanese gas supplier team up for Asian nature-based projects
The carbon arm of an international commodities trader has partnered with one of Japan’s largest gas suppliers to grow their offset portfolios, eyeing nature-based solutions in Asia.
Read MoreTwo groups sign on for low carbon, synthetic fuel collaborations
There has been another step towards low-carbon fuels this week, as two groups signed agreements to develop e-fuels, or synthetic replicas of traditional fossil fuels made with captured CO2 and renewable energy.
Read MoreUS, Japanese gas giants join for CCS study
Chevron and JX Nippon Gas have signed a non-binding agreement to look at capturing CO2 in Japan and sending it to Australia and other nearby nations for permanent sequestration.
Read MoreVCM Report: Low price trade dominates voluntary carbon market as liquidity thins ahead of CCPs arrival
Over-the-counter trade seems to have slowed in the voluntary carbon market and retirement levels have fallen ahead of the much-anticipated announcement at the end of the month of the first methodologies that will qualify for the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) stamp of high integrity.
Read MoreJ-Credit holders asked to suspend trading while regulator sorts out registry data mix-ups
Holders of J-Credits from five projects registered under the scheme have been asked to not carry out any trades until faulty information in the scheme’s registry regarding their projects have been corrected.
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