FEATURE: Efforts ramp up globally to include Indigenous Peoples in carbon, clean energy projects Â
Indigenous Peoples globally are increasingly acting to have an active stake in carbon and clean energy projects on their lands, however ongoing structural barriers persist that need to be addressed if they are to reap the full benefit, according to experts and local leaders.Â
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Foreign plaintiffs could use a long-standing US human rights statute to bring claims against companies involved in harmful carbon offset projects, despite recent court rulings narrowing its scope, a recently-published legal analysis argued.
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Allowing some forms of “double claiming” in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) could help channel corporate finance to underfunded municipal climate projects, a newly published paper argued.
Read MoreMandatory sustainability disclosure could strengthen Canadian markets despite upfront cost burden -think tank
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Read MoreUS EPA breached its own rules in denying refinery biofuel exemptions, court finds
The US EPA violated its own regulations by denying biofuel blending exemptions to two oil refineries in Louisiana and Wyoming, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, vacating the agency’s decisions and sending them back for reconsideration.
Read MoreClimate finance flows fall short on ‘additionality’, skew towards mitigation -study
International climate finance commitments risk displacing development aid and continue to favour mitigation over adaptation, raising concerns about the effectiveness of a new global funding goal, according to a recently-published study.
Read MoreClimate Litigation Roundup: Liability claims face setbacks, but one Peruvian case could open future pathways
The past month in climate litigation saw courts across multiple jurisdictions weigh greenwashing allegations and reject liability claims against major emitters, though one legal researcher said a landmark ruling in a decade-old case against a German utility has cracked the door open for more to come.
Read MoreUS EPA permit advances offshore carbon storage trial in Gulf
The US EPA has approved a marine research permit allowing an offshore carbon removal (CDR) field trial in the Gulf of Mexico, marking a rare authorisation for ocean-based biomass storage experiments.
Read MoreApple ‘carbon neutral’ claims lawsuit heads to appeals court after consumer challenge
A consumer class action alleging misleading “carbon neutral” claims tied to Apple products is before a US appeals court after a district court dismissed the complaint without prejudice.
Read MoreCanadian low-carbon cement project secures $10 mln asset-backed financing
A Calgary-based startup secured up to $10 million in asset-backed financing to advance its first commercial cement project and support scale-up of low-carbon materials, according to its Thursday announcement.
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