AU Market: First ACCU trades see ‘active start’ for 2025, as climate reporting debate heats up

Published 09:31 on January 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:31 on January 7, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

This week saw the first spot trades of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) for the new year, all at relatively flat prices, as experts weigh in on the country’s climate reporting laws.

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Woodside submits Browse CCS plans with Australian federal department

Published 00:13 on January 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:13 on January 6, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Woodside Energy has submitted plans for its offshore carbon capture and storage project (CCS) at its proposed Browse gas field development in Western Australia, as a way to limit its reliance on offsets under the Safeguard Mechanism.

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NZ Market: NZU price reaches one-month high in first session of the year

Published 05:44 on January 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:44 on January 3, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

New Zealand Unit (NZU) prices inched up in the market’s first trading session of 2025, when the new auction settings and price controls officially take effect.

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Japan, Indonesia adopt CCS/CCUS regulations, approve new methods at Joint Crediting Mechanism meeting

Published 07:16 on January 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:16 on January 2, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Other APAC

Indonesia and Japan at a recent meeting adopted guidelines for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCS/CCUS) projects under the latter’s Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), as well as approving seven new eligible crediting methodologies.

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Bloomberg acquires data and analytics from climate tech company

Published 22:58 on January 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:11 on January 2, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Bavardage, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Bloomberg has taken ownership of carbon market data and analytics from an AI-powered climate tech company.

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Thailand sees fresh biochar carbon removal project registered on ICROA-backed registry

Published 08:39 on December 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:37 on January 7, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Thailand registered another carbon dioxide removal (CDR) project on a Switzerland-based registry earlier this week.

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AU Market: ACCU prices trend lower as market enters summer doldrums

Published 07:05 on December 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:05 on December 23, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australian carbon prices have softened in recent days as the market enters into its Christmas lull.

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Leadership reshuffle at Australia’s largest soil carbon project developer

Published 00:43 on December 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:43 on December 23, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Bavardage

The managing director of Australia’s largest soil carbon project developer has become chair, with the company’s general manager stepping into fill his place.

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Second Trump presidency forces Australia to push back 2035 NDC advice -Climate Change Authority

Published 00:06 on December 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:06 on December 23, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International

The election of US President Donald Trump means Australia’s Climate Change Authority (CCA) will delay its advice on the country’s 2035 climate target in order to conduct further analysis, according to local media.

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New Zealand appeals court dismisses climate change inaction case against govt

Published 05:31 on December 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:31 on December 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

New Zealand’s Court of Appeals has struck out a long-running case against the government over its failure to act on climate change, but left the door open for rights-based climate cases in the country.

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