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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Australian business groups call for bipartisanship on climate policy, Safeguard Mechanism 

Published 09:32 on March 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:32 on March 6, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A group of 12 Australian industry and business groups published a joint statement Thursday urging bipartisan support for the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and ongoing support for climate policies, such as the reformed Safeguard Mechanism.

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CARBON FORWARD ASIA: Singapore working on sustainable claims guidance as APAC companies take wait-and-see approach

Published 10:12 on March 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:12 on March 5, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

A Singapore industry group is working with stakeholders to develop a sustainable claims guidance for the carbon industry that it hopes can be applied to the broader Asia-Pacific region.

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New Zealand publishes draft land-use classification framework

Published 05:52 on March 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:52 on March 5, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

The New Zealand government has developed a draft land-use classification (LUC) framework for the country, which delineates carbon forestry from indigenous and exotic plantations.

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CARBON FORWARD ASIA: ANALYSIS – ASEAN players seek to balance regional market harmony with domestic requirements

Published 10:17 on March 4, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:17 on March 4, 2025  / and /  Asia Pacific, International, Other APAC, Voluntary

Southeast Asian market associations are striving to ensure regional carbon market developments can align and harmonise with each other in order to build scale and ease of access, as governments are rapidly constructing infrastructure to meet their own domestic requirements.

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Australian fintech firms team up to simplify emissions reporting

Published 04:13 on March 4, 2025  /  Last updated at 04:13 on March 4, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Two Australian fintech companies are teaming up to streamline and strengthen digital emissions reporting and certification efforts, they announced Tuesday.

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