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- Tue 21:32Carbon projects, pricing, and trading appeared in a new place on Tuesday: among the proposals to align public and private finance flows with low-emission development, as discussed in a first dialogue on the Paris Agreement goal.
- Tue 21:05Mexican carbon project developers are increasingly preparing for a future in which domestic climate goals and the country’s emissions trading system (ETS) take precedence over international carbon credit exports, following fresh signals from the government that authorisations for overseas use may not be a near-term priority.
- Tue 17:07Italian industry is calling for a fundamental overhaul of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), along with a softening of the whole carbon market structure, warning that the market risks accelerating deindustrialisation unless major reforms are adopted.
- Tue 17:06The European Commission has published a technical study recommending new approaches to account for electricity-related emissions in imported goods under the bloc's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), potentially paving the way for broader carbon charges on imports from third countries.
- Tue 17:02The European Union is preparing a proposal to expand its carbon pricing system to cover international flights, according to an internal Commission document seen by Bloomberg, a move aimed at strengthening climate action but likely to trigger opposition from international airlines and governments.
- Tue 16:20European Aluminium has called on EU finance ministers and ambassadors to address what it describes as critical shortcomings in the bloc's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), warning that the current proposal could fail to prevent carbon leakage in the aluminium sector.
- Tue 15:38Google will target emissions from employee business travel with a new agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) certificates (SAFc), touted as the largest publicly announced SAFc deal between an airline and a single corporate customer to date.
- Tue 14:46An air traffic controller has agreed to buy £500,000 of durable removal credits from a diverse range of projects, as part of a UK Sustainable Aviation coalition that has pledged £2 million to stimulate the carbon removal (CDR) market.
- Tue 14:39Singapore and Tanzania have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on carbon credits collaboration, as they aim to strengthen bilateral climate cooperation.
- Tue 13:32The incoming presidency of COP31 has proposed a global target to increase the share of energy demand met by electricity to 35% by 2035, positioning electrification as a cornerstone of efforts to reduce emissions and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
- Tue 12:43Negotiators at the SB64 climate summit in Bonn are transitioning the Kyoto-era Adaptation Fund (AF) to Paris, with UN carbon markets historically contributing large sums to the fund – but financing from the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) is still on standby.
- Tue 12:42Forestry-based carbon projects that are government-led and factored into national accounting systems can achieve landscape-scale change, with credit prices trading at a premium, say experts.
- Tue 11:58A European aviation alliance has warned the European Commission against expanding the EU ETS beyond flights within the European Economic Area (EEA), arguing that such a move could hurt European carriers and airports without delivering clear climate gains.
- Tue 11:33The UN’s Technical Expert Reviews (TERs) of Article 6.2 initial reports are fully within bounds, and are not erroneously applying Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) norms, a senior member of the UNFCCC has said.
- Tue 10:17A United Nations technical review has identified significant weaknesses in Malawi’s reporting and governance arrangements for participation in international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, raising concerns about transparency, accounting practices, and environmental integrity.
- Carbon credit issuances and retirements bounced up in May year-on-year across the voluntary carbon market while benchmark CORSIA prices fell 22% to end the month around $10/tonne, their lowest level since June 2024.
- Tue 08:12The Brazilian COP30 presidency’s deforestation roadmap, presented in an early form on Monday, has been well received by a coalition of the willing, while the endeavour to draft a fossil fuel transition plan has sparked some backlash, Carbon Pulse heard in Bonn.
- Tue 06:40A Seoul-listed investment holding company has partnered with a developer to drive down emissions from Vietnam's agriculture sector, eyeing the creation of carbon credits under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).
- Tue 06:09Kenya has set a 10-million credit budget capping the volume of Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) that can leave the country under Article 6 through to 2030, a senior official told a carbon markets side event at the SB64 UN climate talks.
