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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 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

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

AU Market: ACCU price rebounds following regulator-prompted sell-off, but uncertainty persists

Published 09:15 on March 3, 2025 / Last updated at 09:15 on March 3, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) prices rebounded Monday following Friday’s sell-off in response to the issuance and trade of Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs).

NZ experts warn govt over commitment to 2030 Paris target

Published 04:42 on March 3, 2025 / Last updated at 04:42 on March 3, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, International, New Zealand, Paris Article 6

Experts and advocacy groups have cautioned New Zealand’s climate change minister over comments he made implying the country has no legal obligation to meet its 2030 Nationally Determined Obligation under the Paris Agreement.

Australian market oversight body launches review into soil carbon method

Published 07:19 on February 28, 2025 / Last updated at 07:19 on February 28, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Emission Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) is seeking feedback on the market’s 2021 soil organic carbon method, as it looks to ensure it meets the scheme’s offset integrity standards (OIS).

Clean Energy Regulator expects big rise in excess Safeguard Mechanism emissions

Published 06:12 on February 28, 2025 / Last updated at 21:54 on February 28, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator (CER) expects facilities covered by the Safeguard Mechanism to have emitted more than 9 million tonnes of CO2e above their baselines in 2023-24, it said Friday, while data on SMCs showed issuance levels so far don’t quite meet expectations.

Australian SMCs trade on secondary market for the first time

Published 06:53 on February 27, 2025 / Last updated at 06:53 on February 27, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs) have traded on the Australian spot market for the first time, a trading platform announced Thursday.

Australia publishes first ecosystem services accounts, placing value at A$85 bln

Published 05:28 on February 27, 2025 / Last updated at 05:28 on February 27, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

Australia’s ecosystem services provided at least A$85 billion ($53 bln) worth of support for its economic wellbeing, despite its declining health, according to the country’s first experimental National Ecosystem Accounts released Thursday.

Australia Market Roundup: Agriprove’s monumental CAC challenge, number of new ACCU projects dips

Published 07:39 on February 26, 2025 / Last updated at 07:39 on February 26, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

The lower-than-expected delivery of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) to the government via carbon abatement contracts (CACs) has put the spotlight on soil carbon projects that are slated to deliver millions of credits, many of which have yet to be issued a single ACCU.

Woodside doubles volume of carbon credits retired in 2024

Published 04:27 on February 25, 2025 / Last updated at 05:35 on February 25, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, Australia

Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy roughly doubled the volume of carbon credits it retired in 2024 compared to the year before, according to its annual report released Tuesday, as critics accuse it of ignoring shareholder concerns about its climate strategy.

Fiji looks to launch national registry this year

Published 00:10 on February 25, 2025 / Last updated at 00:10 on February 25, 2025 / Mark Tilly / Asia Pacific, International, Other APAC, Paris Article 6

Fiji is aiming to launch a public registry for its carbon projects by late 2025 in order to record free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) processes in a transparent way, according to industry groups working in the Pacific island nation.