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LCAW26 roundup: Hope floats for climate action while London drips in heat
Scorching heat dominated this year’s London Climate Action Week – even amid talk of new challenges and ideas, ranging from the hopes and fears posed by AI, to the need and opportunity to quickly stem ultra-potent superpollutants.
DAILY NEWS TICKER
CP Daily News Ticker: 26-28 June 2026
The CP Daily News Ticker is a running list of all our news updated in real-time throughout the day. This is also the home to our ‘Bite-sized updates from around the world’, which previously featured in our CP Daily newsletter.
EMEA
FEATURE: Tight schedule raises stakes for upcoming EU ETS reform
The coming overhaul of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is shaping up as one of the toughest political tests for the bloc’s climate policy, with a tight timetable that looks almost as daunting as the substance of the reform itself.
17 EU countries call for three-year postponement of EU methane regulation
A group of 17 EU member states has asked that the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR) be postponed by three years, citing ongoing oil and gas supply constraints linked to the war in the Middle East.
Euro Markets: EUAs post marginal daily and weekly loss as traders eye looming reform package
European carbon permits posted marginal daily and weekly declines on Friday as allowance prices moved in their narrowest range for more than two weeks, with traders anticipating the end of the financial half-year and the approaching ETS reform package, while energy commodities were mixed after headlines sparked afternoon rallies.
EU ministers back grids and permitting push to fast‑track electrification
EU27 energy ministers on Friday approved a grids and permitting package aimed at accelerating the expansion of infrastructure seen as essential for electrification and the bloc’s decarbonisation goals.
Nature branded “strategic infrastructure” as EU countries back credits push
EU environment ministers meeting on Thursday said protecting and restoring nature is now a competitiveness issue as much as an environmental one, with several countries branding nature-based solutions “strategic infrastructure” and backing new market tools such as nature credits.
INTERVIEW: French real estate pioneer shapes EU push to certify CO2 stored in buildings
France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Dutch NbS developer launches Congo cassava pilot after feasibility study
A nature-based (NbS) project developer in the Netherlands has completed a feasibility study for a proposed land restoration initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it said Friday.
AMERICAS
Canada allocates over C$19 mln to clean energy and industrial decarbonisation in mining
An announcement of 12 new projects to advance Canada’s mining infrastructure includes five new decarbonisation schemes.
Canada-Alberta carbon pricing deal would still increase costs for fossil fuel-fired energy producers -study
Canada’s reduced industrial carbon price would still increase energy production costs in Alberta, making the province less competitive than neighbouring producers that don’t put a price on carbon pollution, according to a conservative think tank.
CFTC: Producers, managed money reduce CCA net length
Producers and financial players have both reduced their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net length, according to the latest US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data.
US finalises regenerative feedstock rule capitalising on biofuel markets
The Trump administration announced a final Regenerative Feedstock Rule to build on federal support for domestic biofuels and the agriculture sector.
ASIA PACIFIC
CN Markets: CEAs touch five-week high, trading volumes remain robust
Prices in China’s national emissions market over the past week climbed to a five-week high amid fresh climate policy updates, while the voluntary market continued to see a narrowing offset premium.
Australian carbon, water credit companies collaborate on method stacking trial
Two Australian carbon and water project developers have formalised a partnership and are launching a pilot programme involving stacking credits from their respective activities on top of each other, they announced Friday.
BRIEFING: Australia still wary of international units, as questions linger over what they should be used for
The Australian government remains cautious about the use of international carbon credits for domestic purposes, as some argue they could help provide high integrity flexibility for polluters, while others have urged caution about their impacts on encouraging onsite abatement.
China outlines 2030 targets for energy system transformation
China has outlined its roadmap for energy system transformation by 2030, balancing a rapid scaling of renewables with a strategic reliance on coal.
India carbon market coalition launches platform for Article 6 projects
India’s carbon market coalition on Friday launched the Article 6 Carbon Bazaar, a new industry platform to support participation in international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement.
Indonesia forestry group, climate startup join hands for carbon push
A climate technology startup and the Indonesian Forestry Business Association (APHI) have signed an agreement to strengthen the capacity of forestry companies preparing to enter the carbon market.
VOLUNTARY
INTERVIEW: New startup bets on preserving DAC industrial know-how as sector consolidates
A new startup is working to preserve stranded direct air capture (DAC) patents, data, and engineering know-how before funding pressures and sector consolidation cause useful technology to be permanently lost, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.
Jurisdictional REDD+ standard updates, offers lifeline for World Bank forest programme participants
The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) has released version 3.0 of its jurisdictional REDD+ standard, adding a pathway for World Bank forest carbon programme participants to transition into the standard, it announced Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL
Global seagrass sediment stores 650 mln tCO2, according to satellite map
An American research team has found that roughly 650 million tonnes of carbon were stored in the top layers of seagrass sediment between 2019-20 as part of the construction of a global blue carbon map.
AVIATION/SHIPPING
SAF industry must move beyond competing technologies to scaling production, experts say
Scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, rather than competing over technologies, is now the industry’s biggest challenge, experts said on Thursday.
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