Merchant shipping carrier installs suction sails for reduced CO2 emissions and fuel use

Published 11:15 on December 19, 2023  /  Last updated at 11:16 on December 19, 2023  / /  Asia Pacific, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Shipping

A global crop trader is retrofitting one of its chartered vessels with four wind-powered ‘suction sails’ in a move to reduce fuel consumption and curb CO2 emissions, following a suite of other cargo operators also benefitting from emissions-slashing sails.

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INTERVIEW: Wildfire detection network could lower buffer obligation in forest carbon projects, boosting credit sales

Published 18:56 on December 18, 2023  /  Last updated at 18:56 on December 18, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A wildfire detection network operator believes it can assume an important role in forestry carbon by enabling a reduction in the credit buffer pool set aside for wildfires, thereby enabling a project to sell more carbon credits.

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INTERVIEW: EU emissions intensity target for shipping a key driver for clean fuels, says green methanol producer

Published 17:20 on December 15, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:20 on December 15, 2023  / /  Americas, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Shipping, Voluntary

A green methanol producer looking to rapidly scale up fuel supply in the US and Europe says that both regulatory and retail factors are driving shipping companies to purchase green fuel, including the EU’s ETS and FuelEU maritime policy, under which overachieving shippers can receive credits to sell onto others.

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Fossil-free iron demonstration plant in Sweden receives grant in key step towards green steel

Published 17:36 on December 14, 2023  /  Last updated at 17:36 on December 14, 2023  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS, International

A first demonstration plant in Sweden for the production of fossil-free sponge iron, a precursor to steel, has received government grant support in an example of a public-private endeavour to clean up the steel industry.

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Launch of collaborative project to ship and store captured CO2 from south to north UK

Published 12:24 on December 14, 2023  /  Last updated at 12:33 on December 14, 2023  / /  EMEA, UK ETS

Several companies have announced a partnership to ship captured CO2 from an UK ETS-covered gas power plant in southeast England up to northeast Scotland to then pipe onto permanent storage below the North Sea using re-purposed gas pipelines.

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COP28: Project makes milestone progress towards storing CO2 from world’s largest single-source emitter

Published 10:35 on December 12, 2023  /  Last updated at 10:35 on December 12, 2023  / /  Africa, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, International

Pioneering efforts to store carbon from an industrial emitter base in South Africa, including from the world’s largest single-source CO2 emitter, are set to progress to pilot construction stage following completion of the geological assessment of the local area.

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COP28: Article 6 must remove ‘fear of entry’ to channel carbon finance for transformational change, market urges

Published 15:28 on December 11, 2023  /  Last updated at 13:53 on December 19, 2023  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Switzerland, US

Market actors urged for clarity on Article 6 as COP28 draws to a close, citing the potential to improve trust in carbon markets by removing the ‘fear of entry’ for buyers currently hesitant to engage in credit-buying due to the risk of reputational damage linked to greenwashing.

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COP28: FEATURE – Forest-owners seek to capture added value for timberland by selling carbon credits

Published 14:15 on December 10, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:19 on February 1, 2024  / /  Americas, Climate Talks, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Owners of timberland, from public companies to family businesses, are looking to sell credits on the voluntary carbon market as a complementary activity to their existing timberland practices.

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COP28: INTERVIEW – Carbon storage company eyes opportunity in mining waste to sell credits

Published 08:48 on December 10, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:02 on December 10, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes, Climate Talks, International, US, Voluntary

A carbon storage company plans to partner with biogenic emitters in order to help valorise their CO2 streams by burying emissions in nearby mine pits and generate revenues from the resulting carbon credits sales.

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COP28: Country group launches food and land use alliance, with public sector support

Published 08:06 on December 10, 2023  /  Last updated at 08:06 on December 10, 2023  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

An initiative aiming to transform food and land use systems to be more climate resilient through mechanisms such as climate-smart agriculture, production intensification, and smallholder support was launched Sunday, with country commitments set to be included in national climate plans.

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