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- Wed 23:01The EU should avoid ad hoc interventions in its Emissions Trading System (ETS), strengthen price-stability tools, and direct carbon market revenues into industrial decarbonisation as it prepares for the post-2030 period, the European power sector association said on Thursday.
- Wed 21:03The first meeting of a new Brazil-spearheaded “floating” forum on climate-related trade issues saw surprisingly positive engagement amid the backdrop of wider tensions around unilateral trade measures, a diplomat from the country told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of annual mid-year UN climate talks.
- Wed 18:59The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), a UN-regulated carbon market grounded in Article 6.4 rules, is guiding national frameworks, voluntary market (VCM) standards, and even other UN schemes, experts and country delegates said on the sidelines of climate talks in Bonn.
- Wed 18:20A major international financial markets lobby group has urged the European Commission to ensure that carbon prices paid in third countries under the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) encompass all recognised compliance instruments, including domestic and international credits, warning that proposed restrictions could undermine the bloc's objective of preventing double carbon pricing.
- Wed 17:20A new legal interpretation of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C temperature goal could give climate litigants a fresh basis to challenge weak domestic climate policies and high-emitting projects, by treating states as having a due diligence obligation not to defeat the treaty’s object and purpose, a legal scholar told Carbon Pulse.
- Wed 17:11Supply and demand hangs in the air for Phase 1 Corsia with the unknown of credit quantity rubbing against regulatory uncertainty, a webinar heard Wednesday.
- Wed 16:46Proposed US carbon border mechanisms for aluminium expose a trade-off between rapid protection from high-carbon imports and a slower, more stable route to industrial decarbonisation, according to a new analysis.
- Wed 16:09NGOs and European industry associations are pushing back against the European Commission’s plan to allow international carbon credits to be deducted from importers’ Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees, in a statement released on Wednesday.
- Wed 14:18Cameroon is positioning carbon markets as a key pillar of its climate strategy, with an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) that boosts its emissions reduction ambitions, citing the economic value of its vast forests and clean energy potential as possible Article 6 revenue streams.
- Wed 13:48An environmental commodities broker and an energy trader have launched a second carbon auction, offering 100,000 Article 6- and CORSIA-labelled credits.
- Wed 13:44Several countries sent reduced delegations to the SB64 UN climate talks in Bonn due to the effects of US- and Israel-led war in the Middle East, or were completely absent, according to parties and observers.
- Wed 13:23Chemicals and construction companies are the biggest winners from the latest changes to benchmarks used to determine the number of free EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances handed to industries, according to an analyst from a carbon investment consultancy.
- Wed 13:03A UN technical review has flagged inconsistencies and lacking transparency in Zimbabwe's carbon market infrastructure, including its national carbon registry, rules for collecting revenues, and the country's first Article 6 project – although the government did clarify many of the issues.
- Malaysia and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on biogas development and carbon market initiatives, including potential Article 6 projects under the Paris Agreement, they announced this week.
- Wed 11:06Engaging India's sub-national governments is crucial for navigating the practical realities of Article 6.2 partnerships in the country, a conference heard Wednesday.
- Wed 08:02New Zealand’s climate minister has promoted the government's efforts to build capacity and cooperation on carbon markets in the Asia Pacific, but said nothing regarding its likely need to purchase millions of overseas credits to meet its 2030 international climate target.
- Wed 06:29EU officials on Wednesday soothed nerves about growing compliance costs and regulatory hurdles for Asian countries from its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) by highlighting plans to explore international credit purchase to meet its 2040 climate targets.
- Wed 05:00Project-based carbon credit markets are moving towards a more regulated, state-led model as voluntary standards remain unable to address weak oversight, fragmented rules, and uncertainty around credit use, a report published Wednesday said.
