CN Markets: CEAs continue slow decline, but CCERs find support above 90 yuan

Published 12:22 on April 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:22 on April 3, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Prices in China’s national emissions market continued to decline over the past week as recent policy updates have failed to stir enthusiasm among traders, while the country’s voluntary market saw relatively robust trading activity amid improving demand.

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Japanese energy giant agrees to invest in credit-generating green methanol project

Published 12:13 on April 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 03:17 on April 3, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Japan, US, Voluntary

A major energy company in Japan will invest in a US-based renewable energy project to grow its global green methanol portfolio while creating carbon removal credits.

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Japanese startup to develop reforestation monitoring scheme in Brazil

Published 11:10 on April 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:10 on April 2, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Japan, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A Tokyo-based carbon credit due diligence provider has teamed with a non-profit to develop a monitoring scheme for reforestation projects in Brazil, it announced Wednesday.

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South Korea urged to raise ambition levels in next NDC

Published 05:29 on April 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:29 on April 2, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, South Korea

An NGO has called for South Korea to cut GHG emissions by two-thirds by 2035 or reach its carbon neutrality target at least five years earlier to meet its carbon budget.

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Japan sets up centralised agency for JCM projects, registry

Published 12:31 on April 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:31 on April 1, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Japan, Paris Article 6

Japan has established an agency to operate the bilateral Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), as the country aims to streamline the process for the creation of Paris-aligned carbon credits.

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Japanese trading house, French startup launch investment platform for nature-based projects

Published 10:02 on April 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:02 on April 1, 2025  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Japan, Nature-based, Voluntary

One of Japan’s major trading houses has partnered with a French startup to expand their presence in the international voluntary carbon market, with plans to operate an investment platform for nature-based solutions and develop removal projects in Africa.

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Korean agency, securities firm partner to support international carbon projects

Published 08:49 on March 31, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:49 on March 31, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Paris Article 6, South Korea

State-funded Korean Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has teamed up with a domestic securities firm to encourage the advancement of international greenhouse gas reduction projects.

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CN Markets: CEAs extend recent losses, ETS expansion plan expected to drag down demand

Published 10:48 on March 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:48 on March 28, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Permit prices in China’s national CO2 emissions market continued to drop over the past week, with analysts expecting what they see as the unambitious plan for the country’s ETS expansion to weigh on market prices.

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China seeks voluntary carbon methodology proposals under CCER programme

Published 07:33 on March 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:33 on March 28, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China has issued a call for proposals to add new carbon methodologies to the country’s national voluntary programme.

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BRIEFING: Philippines to provide clarity on forest carbon investment by mid-year

Published 10:01 on March 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:01 on March 27, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Philippines is aiming to provide more clarity by mid-year on how investors can utilise the country’s forest lands to create carbon credits, a webinar heard Thursday.

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