Japanese developer plans credits from Thai rubber

Published 13:15 on December 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:15 on December 13, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

A Japanese project developer has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thailand’s Rubber Authority on developing carbon credits from biochar, which it hopes will help the world’s rubber industry decarbonise.

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Coal mine SMCs could put brake on ACCU price, but few will make it onto the secondary market, report says

Published 22:17 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:17 on December 12, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Supply of Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs) from coal mines might prove an obstacle for the expected price hike in Australia’s main carbon units, analysts said Thursday.

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Life extension for Australian plant paves way for “carbon bomb” gas field

Published 15:08 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:08 on December 12, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s largest oil and gas company has been granted approval by state government to extend the life of one of its gas plants by 50 years, paving the way for the development of a vast gas field described by activists as a “carbon bomb”.

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New Zealand’s Fonterra to switch out coal for 9% emissions drop

Published 07:46 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:46 on December 12, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand

Dairy giant Fonterra has announced a new decarbonisation project to convert two coal-fired boilers to using low-carbon wood pellets at its South Island operations in South Canterbury, New Zealand expected to make a significant dent in its emissions.

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Korean researchers find copper-zinc metal mix can put captured carbon to use

Published 12:36 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:36 on December 11, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Other APAC

Researchers have found a potential new way of using CO2 to create valuable products such as fuel, a Korean university announced on Wednesday.

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Asia Pacific shipping sector faces 100 Mt/year CCS challenge, report finds

Published 11:30 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:30 on December 11, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International, Japan, Other APAC, Shipping, South Korea, Voluntary

Ships may have to transport some 100 million tonnes of CO2 annually between jurisdictions by mid-century, which will require huge advance efforts in terms of funding and other preparations, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Australian steel company invests in low-carbon mill

Published 12:11 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:18 on December 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia is set to get a new, low-carbon steel mill in Queensland built by one of the nation’s largest steel suppliers, who buys from local and international sources.

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Australia’s green iron opportunity could cut its entire emissions footprint -report

Published 13:14 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:14 on December 9, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

One of Australia’s biggest resource powerhouses could export billions of dollars worth of green iron by the beginning of the next decade and A$170 bln ($109 bln) by 2050 while saving emissions bigger than the entirety of Australia’s annual carbon output, a report said Monday.

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Vietnam, GGGI extend partnership on climate, carbon pricing

Published 08:22 on December 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:22 on December 9, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

Vietnam and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have extended for five years a cooperative framework on climate action and carbon pricing designed to put the Southeast Asian country on track to meet its ambitions under the Paris Agreement.

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G20 nations’ fossil production could blow global carbon budget, study says

Published 12:41 on December 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:41 on December 6, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

The world may not keep warming to less than 2C over pre-industrial levels based on the petroleum reserves of members of the G20, a report cautioned Friday.

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