Brazil’s Para to launch $44 mln forest restoration concession -official
The environmental secretary of Brazil’s Para said the state will launch at COP29 a R$250 million ($44 mln) concession for the restoration of 10,000 hectares of forest with the intention of generating carbon credits.
Read MoreUPDATE – Brazil’s Senate postpones vote on updated national ETS legislation
Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday postponed voting on a new compromise version of long-awaited national cap-and-trade legislation until next week.
Read MoreBrazilian REDD+ frameworks must address planned deforestation risk – developers’ group
A group of Brazil-based nature-based solutions carbon credit project developers said in a technical note last week that the development of jurisdictional REDD+ approaches (J-REDD+) in the country must better address the risk of planned deforestation.
Read MoreUS ELECTIONS PREVIEW – PART 4: CO2 pipelines dominate US Heartland environmental policy discourse ahead of elections
In the US Heartland CO2 pipeline controversy has brought glimmers of environmental policy to the region otherwise dominated by Republican trifectas, none of which are expected to shift at the upcoming November elections.
Read MoreUS ELECTIONS PREVIEW – PART 2: Close US Senate races in ex-RGGI states could shift balance of power in Congress
US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic RGGI member states that are Democrat strongholds are mostly expected to retain their trifecta status at the upcoming elections, presumably allowing for continued design and passage of carbon market programmes in 2025.
Read MoreUS ELECTIONS PREVIEW – PART 3: Southern Republicans to continue pursuit of CCS, IRA investments after US elections
Southern US Republican lawmakers are expected to retain a grip on state legislatures in the region after the November elections, while continuing to avail of clean technology investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and promoting carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the region.
Read MoreUS ELECTIONS PREVIEW – PART 1: Policy implementation hurdles constrain WCI market schemes across US West as elections near
US West Coast states envisioned additional emissions reduction policies in the past legislative year, but implementation challenges have placed Washington’s carbon market on the ballot, with close elections in Arizona and Nevada that could dictate the future of environmental policy at a state and federal level.
Read MoreRGGI emissions drop over 3% YoY in Q3, reversing year-to-date trend
Covered emissions under the RGGI regional power sector ETS fell over 3% year-on-year (YoY) in Q3, programme data showed Friday, following two prior quarters of precipitous growth.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Experts from vulnerable countries call for higher quality, wider range of climate financing
A consortium of think tanks focused on developing countries vulnerable to climate disasters called for enhanced quality and an expanded scope of funding sources in global climate finance ahead of COP29 in a webinar Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Transition carbon credits considered promising solution, but challenges remain
Experts outlined during a Wednesday webinar the potential for so-called “transition” carbon credits to facilitate the energy transition, but noted that challenges remain in the ongoing development of the nascent asset class.
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