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PNG progresses first carbon project since moratorium lifted

Published 01:24 on March 31, 2026 / Last updated at 01:24 on March 31, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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The Papua New Guinea government has approved the first carbon project in the country aligned with its new market system, it said.

Australia should champion ‘decarbonisation deals’ platform as COP31 initiative, says climate authority

Published 09:57 on March 26, 2026 / Last updated at 09:57 on March 26, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), International (Aviation/CORSIA, Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification)

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Australia should use its role as president of the COP31 negotiations to advance a decarbonisation deals platform to bridge the gap between Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) ambitions and economic implementation, the country’s Climate Change Authority (CCA) has proposed.

Climate advisory awarded grant to scale agroforestry in Timor-Leste, generating 20 MtCO2 of removals

Published 04:00 on March 26, 2026 / Last updated at 04:00 on March 26, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A global climate investment and advisory firm has been awarded up to $25 million to develop a blended finance platform to scale a Timor-Leste community agroforestry programme with the potential to generate up to 20 mln verified carbon credits over its lifetime.

CF Asia: ANALYSIS – CORSIA wholesale acceptance of PACM credits seen as unlikely, say market participants

Published 11:11 on March 25, 2026 / Last updated at 11:11 on March 25, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Analysis), International (Aviation/CORSIA, Paris Article 6/PACM)

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The aviation sector’s international offsetting programme, CORSIA, is unlikely to accept all credits issued under one of the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 mechanisms, market participants told Carbon Pulse on Wednesday.

CF Asia: Compliance markets risk sidelining high-cost carbon projects, developers say

Published 09:29 on March 25, 2026 / Last updated at 01:23 on March 27, 2026 / Arshreet Singh, Mark Tilly and Katie Kouchakji / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe, Middle East), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Compliance markets potentially risk sidelining higher-tech and more expensive mitigation activities, developers warned, arguing that lower-cost supply could divert investment from complex, capital-intensive projects.

CF Asia: INTERVIEW – NZU prices won’t recover until uncapped forestry dealt with, former minister says

Published 10:17 on March 24, 2026 / Last updated at 10:17 on March 24, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Pacific), Insights (Interviews), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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Prices in New Zealand’s ETS will continue to come under pressure from forestry-issued units absent any changes, the country’s former climate minister told Carbon Pulse on Tuesday – despite legislative tweaks to restrict farm-to-forest conversions last year.

CF Asia: Removals essential infrastructure amid data centre-driven power demand boom

Published 08:50 on March 24, 2026 / Last updated at 08:50 on March 24, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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With a surge in power demand from data centres extending the life of fossil fuel-fired generation, carbon removals are even more important than before, a high profile investor said Tuesday.

Renewable fuels company launches SAF pilot in China

Published 11:49 on March 23, 2026 / Last updated at 11:49 on March 23, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Asia), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Net Zero Transition (Transport & Heating Fuels)

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A sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) pilot programme in China saw the first blend used last week to refuel several commercial flights in the country, one of the partners in the trial said on Monday.

Dairy giant Fonterra hints at emissions increase

Published 05:24 on March 23, 2026 / Last updated at 06:34 on March 23, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Pacific), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure)

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Emissions at New Zealand-headquartered Fonterra are set to increase in the 2026 financial year, it suggested on Monday, amid an increase in production.

BRIEFING: Judge questions ‘fundamentally flawed’ NZ govt climate plan consultation as landmark litigation has its day in court

Published 05:56 on March 19, 2026 / Last updated at 05:56 on March 19, 2026 / Katie Kouchakji / Asia Pacific (Pacific), Insights (Briefings), Net Zero Transition (Litigation)

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A justice described the New Zealand government’s consultation-after-the-fact on its climate plan as “fundamentally flawed” in Wellington High Court this week during a three-day hearing into a legal challenge to the plan.