Nine Vietnamese projects approved for JCM

Published 09:38 on November 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:38 on November 4, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Other APAC, Paris Article 6

Nine Vietnamese carbon credit projects have been approved for Japan’s Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) after the latest meeting of the Joint Committee for the Implementation of the JCM in Hanoi last week, the first new approvals under the scheme in the Southeast Asian country for five years.

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Korean PM unveils Hydrogen City plan, promises to become leader in liquid hydrogen shipping

Published 09:52 on November 1, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:52 on November 1, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

South Korea has demarcated three areas for hydrogen development to support the clean fuel’s development as part of its Hydrogen Cities 2.0, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo confirmed Friday.

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PNG closer to carbon market, confirms COP29 boycott

Published 10:24 on October 31, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:24 on October 31, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Papua New Guinea is closer to a carbon market but is waiting on a few key steps, a senior official said this week, as news comes the nation has confirmed it will boycott this year’s COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Australian junior discovers rare element used in fusion energy

Published 13:38 on October 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:49 on October 30, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A tiny exploration company betting on finding native hydrogen deep in the South Australia desert has found an even more valuable co-located gas rarely found on Earth that is essential to nuclear fusion.

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Manufacturing, supply chains crucial to net zero, IEA report says

Published 07:50 on October 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:50 on October 30, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International

Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, and meeting the commitment made at COP28 last year to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, needs commitments from governments, money from the private sector, but more than anything manufacturing and supply chains to develop further, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Wednesday.

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BRIEFING: Vietnam looks at Korea, EU examples for international carbon offsets

Published 12:57 on October 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:14 on October 29, 2024  / and /  Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, Other APAC, Voluntary

Vietnam is finalising the details of a decree outlining how emitters will be allowed to meet 10% of their greenhouse gas reduction obligation with foreign offsets and is looking to South Korea and the EU as examples, officials said Tuesday.

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Australia’s clean finance arm details first spend on forest project, plans to earn ACCUs

Published 10:37 on October 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:37 on October 29, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Clean Energy Financing Corporation (CEFC) has for the first time invested A$75 million ($49.2 mln) in the forestry sector, according to the group’s annual report published this week, which details tens of billions of dollars of clean investments.

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Australian tech company launches carbon credit platform at Melbourne conference

Published 23:00 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:05 on October 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Voluntary

A new platform to add transparency to carbon credit purchases in Australia was launched Tuesday at the Climate Market Institute’s (CMI) Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit in Melbourne.

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Conservatives come to power in Australia’s Queensland, promising to keep coal power plants open

Published 09:58 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:58 on October 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Queensland has elected its first Liberal-National government in almost a decade after state elections on Saturday, promising to repeal the state’s renewable energy target of 80% by 2035 and to keep coal-fired plants open.

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Singapore company launches carbon neutral LNG product

Published 06:37 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 06:37 on October 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Voluntary

Singapore’s H2G Green Limited launched two LNG projects aiming to decarbonise the emissions-heavy commodity.

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