Carbon crediting platform updates rock weathering methodology
A carbon removal registry has issued a “minor update” to its Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) methodology to add more detail and clarity around monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) requirements, the platform announced on Thursday.
Read MoreSwiss carbon removal firm partners with US investment bank to remove 40,000 tonnes of CO2
A Zurich-headquartered direct air capture (DAC) company has partnered with an American financial services institution to permanently remove 40,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, the company announced on Thursday.
Read More‘Big Three’ dominate fossil fuel emissions in the Commonwealth -report
The UK, Australia, and Canada dominated fossil fuel extraction and its associated carbon emissions across the 56 Commonwealth countries in 2023, despite accounting for just 6% of the population in the group, according to a new report released on Wednesday as Commonwealth leaders meet for a summit.
Read MoreAI materials company secures funding to boost R&D in carbon removals, SAF, solar cells
A London-based firm that leverages AI to manufacture new materials has raised an undisclosed sum to accelerate research and development (R&D) of climate technologies, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), solar cells, and carbon removal, the company announced Tuesday.
Read MoreUK-based firm raises €23.7 mln to scale point-source carbon capture technology
A UK-headquartered carbon capture company has raised €23.7 million in a Series A2 funding round, the firm announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreOff-grid solar provider selected for World Bank-backed project in Kenya
A San Francisco-headquartered off-grid solar provider has been chosen to participate in a World Bank-funded government programme in Kenya that aims to boost the adoption of off-grid solar home system and clean cookstoves in rural counties, the company announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreGermany launches consultation on strategy for negative emissions -media
The German government has opened its first online consultation to assess CO2 removal and storage methods as part of the country’s planned long-term negative emissions strategy, according to media sources.
Read MoreUK CCUS ambitions potentially ‘misleading’, ‘waste of money’ -report
The UK government’s recent £21.7 billion funding announcement for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects “is low on details and high on rhetoric”, and will likely result in “the waste of public money”, according to new analysis.
Read MoreRussian carbon registry conducts first int’l sale
The Russian Carbon Units Registry has conducted its first international sale of carbon credits from a forest project in Krasnoyarsk to an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates, local media reported last week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: How to achieve zero-emission buildings – an explanatory guide
Only deep, sector-wide emissions cuts in the buildings sector can keep global warming within safe limits, a webinar hosted by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) heard on Thursday.
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