ID Market: Int’l trading fades away as domestic buying dominates

Published 05:57 on March 17, 2025  /  Last updated at 06:43 on March 17, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

Indonesia’s carbon market saw a large uptick in traded volumes in February, data published by its National Carbon Exchange (IDX Carbon) showed, however this was largely only domestic players, with international trading almost absent.

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PREVIEW: NZ ETS auction tipped to fail as spot price well below auction floor

Published 05:33 on March 17, 2025  /  Last updated at 04:32 on March 18, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

New Zealand’s upcoming emissions trading scheme (ETS) auction is all but guaranteed to decline as secondary market prices sit some NZ$8 below the auction price floor, according to market participants.

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Trading house gets out of Australian cattle station investment due to long wait for new ACCU methods

Published 00:12 on March 17, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:12 on March 17, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A carbon and commodities trading house has bailed on its investment in an Australian cattle station where it hoped to develop an Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) project, fed up with waiting on new methods to be finalised.

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Indonesia poised to lift issuance moratorium next month, source says

Published 07:43 on March 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:43 on March 14, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Indonesia is looking to lift its moratorium on international credit issuances next month, according to a source familiar with the matter, a move that could breathe life back to the bruised voluntary carbon market (VCM).

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Majority of New Zealanders support mix of domestic, intl cooperation to met NDCs, govt polling suggests

Published 01:47 on March 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:47 on March 14, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, International, New Zealand, Paris Article 6

Research conducted by the New Zealand government showed the large majority of respondents are supportive of a combination of both domestic action and offshore mitigation to meet the country’s Paris climate goals.

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AU Market: ACCU market in a holding pattern, Feb. cancellations doubles

Published 03:36 on March 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 06:17 on March 13, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

The Australian carbon market has trended downward as participants remain on tenterhooks ahead of the upcoming election, and lack of compliance demand keeps trading activity at middling to subdued levels.

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Australian regulator extends carbon abatement contract delivery deadline

Published 07:41 on March 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:41 on March 12, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has agreed to reschedule the delivery deadline for carbon abatement contracts (CACs) to the end of the calendar year, as it waits on the government to decide future exit window arrangements.

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Biochar startup launches SaaS, offtake agreement platform

Published 01:18 on March 11, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:18 on March 11, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Voluntary

A carbon credit platform start up is launching new solutions to help biochar project developers gain access to funding, certification, and revenue, it announced Monday.

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Gold Standard, Tokyo government to launch new carbon credit trading platform

Published 23:38 on March 10, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:38 on March 10, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Nature-based, Voluntary

Gold Standard and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have announced plans to create a trading platform to enable local companies to access carbon credits issued by the standard without language accessibility barriers.

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Australia’s Productivity Commission seeks opportunities for biochar beyond ACCUs

Published 08:01 on March 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:12 on March 7, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Productivity Commission (PC) is seeking views on whether government efforts could help boost biochar production in the country without relying on them being eligible to generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), it said in a report this week.

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