Singapore expands emissions registry ahead of mandatory supply-chain carbon reporting
Singapore has expanded its national emissions database with dozens of new data points, raising scrutiny of businesses’ supply-chain emissions under its climate disclosure rules.
Read MoreNature damaging finance dwarfs protection spending 30-fold, says UNEP
The world is spending more than 30 times on activities and subsidies that destroy nature than it is on protecting it, a new UN report has found.
Read MorePoor land planning could undermine Australia’s carbon market, think tank says
Australia risks distorting land investment and undermining biodiversity unless it integrates better planning into the design of its carbon market, according to a climate policy think tank.
Read MoreVietnam issues decree to operationalise domestic carbon exchange
Vietnam has issued a decree laying out the legal and operational framework for a domestic carbon trading exchange, nearly 10 months after an initial draft was released, clarifying governance roles while leaving key aspects of trading mechanics to future regulations.
Read MoreSBTi should prioritise carbon credit integrity over type, says investment firm
Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) proposal to use only removals, and not high-integrity reductions, for corporate climate action is “misaligned with the Paris Agreement” and risks slowing decarbonisation efforts, according to a note from an investment platform.
Read MoreTaiwan launches satellite-based monitoring system for biodiversity carbon credits
Taiwan’s space agency, in collaboration with leading universities, launched a satellite-based monitoring system for biodiversity-linked carbon credit projects, it said in a statement Monday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Malaysia targets late-2026 listing for forest finance scheme under Article 6.8
Malaysia aims to list a national forest conservation financing framework on the UN’s non-market approaches platform by late 2026, potentially announcing it around the COP31 climate summit, a senior official told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreIndia notifies final emissions targets for key industries under carbon trading scheme
India has formally notified greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for key industrial facilities under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), according to a government notification published on Friday.
Read MoreIndonesian bank, project developer launch financing facility for forestry carbon credits
An Indonesian lender has teamed up with a carbon project developer to roll out what the Jakarta-based partners said is the country’s first dedicated financing facility for forestry-based carbon credits, on Thursday.
Read MoreIndia could integrate carbon costs into power market without new laws, think tank says
India could bring its electricity sector into the country’s new compliance carbon market with far less friction than expected, as existing regulations already provide a legal pathway to pass down carbon costs, according to a report released this week.
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