Super pollutant credits offer a buyer entry point, but integrity gaps remain unresolved -panellists
Super pollutant credits could help bring more companies into carbon markets by offering a simpler near-term case for climate action than some carbon removal (CDR) pathways, stakeholders said on Tuesday, though cautioned that the approach still faces credibility and data gaps.
Read MoreVCM needs stronger financial infrastructure to attract capital, not another reset -panellists
The voluntary carbon market (VCM) should shift from debating whether trust exists to building the financial infrastructure needed to attract capital and scale carbon removal (CDR), stakeholders said on Tuesday.
Read MoreGlobal South CDR developers warn Article 6 progress too slow to drive investment at scale
The Paris Agreement’s Article 6 mechanism could help channel more investment into carbon removal (CDR) projects in the Global South, but slow domestic implementation and uneven demand signals are still limiting its impact, developers said Tuesday.
Read MoreFirst bank-backed regenerative agriculture programme launched for South African farmers
South African commercial farmers could earn supplementary income from regenerative agriculture practices under a new bank-backed carbon credit programme.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Investors need clearer rules on what counts as climate solutions, experts say
Investors risk misallocating climate finance unless companies and banks use clearer definitions and reporting to show whether capital is flowing to credible low-carbon activities, finance experts said on Thursday.
Read MoreCalifornia bill to protect carbon neutral claims tied to carbon credits fails to advance
A proposal to make it harder to sue companies over some “carbon neutral” claims based on voluntary carbon credits was effectively blocked in the California Assembly on Thursday.
Read MoreCarbon accounting should track warming impacts over time to support emissions claims, industry researchers say
Companies using super pollutant abatement and carbon removal (CDR) to compensate for emissions should account for their warming impact over time, rather than rely on a single global warming potential horizon, according to a new preprint from researchers in the tech and CDR sectors.
Read MoreOil majors ask SCOTUS to reject state-law climate claims against fossil fuel producers
State-law claims seeking damages from fossil fuel producers over local climate harms would allow courts across the US to set conflicting national climate policy, oil companies argued in a Thursday brief to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS).
Read MoreWastewater CDR startup raises $25 mln to scale utility deployments
A wastewater treatment technology company has raised $25 million to expand deployments of a process that it says can lower utility costs while delivering verified carbon removal (CDR), it announced Thursday.
Read MoreUS House advances year-round E15 bill despite environmental opposition
The US House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday to allow nationwide year-round sales of E15 gasoline, advancing a long-sought priority for ethanol producers and corn-state lawmakers despite opposition from environmental groups and parts of the biofuels sector.
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