DATA DIVE: Retirements in voluntary carbon market hold up in H1 2024 offering tentative signs of resilience
Carbon credit retirement volumes across the four main registries broadly held up in the first six months of 2024, compared to the same period last year, despite fresh scandals hitting the sector.
Read MoreVCM Report: Summer starts early in the voluntary carbon market with liquidity thin, prices flat
The usual slowdown of the summer holiday season has already arrived in the voluntary carbon market with few major shifts in price, aside from a jump in nature-based spot contracts, and generally weak trading activity this week.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: We want to have a real impact on the climate, says founder of first carbon credit-backed currency
The founder of a startup claiming to be the first digital currency backed by carbon credits believes their firm’s solution can set the tone for large-scale growth of the innovative climate finance tool.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New wave of forest conservation credits can move past scandals and set tone for high integrity
Credits in forest conservation can become “trailblazers” for high integrity, despite being the focus of multiple scandals over the past few years, an expert in nature-based solutions has told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: The impact on climate of 14 years of Conservative rule in Britain
The UK is facing its first general election in nearly five years on Thursday, with polls positioning opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer as the clear frontrunner to become the next Prime Minister of the country, which would see the right-leaning Conservative government leave power for the first time since 2010.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: How the UK Conservatives slipped on net zero
A Labour win in Thursday’s general election is likely to be good news for the UK’s chances of meeting its legally-binding target of net zero emissions by 2050, with the governing Conservative Party pledging a range of policies that risk being regressive for the climate.
Read MoreDevelopers struggling to meet carbon project requirements in developing countries, experts say
Companies are struggling to meet regulatory requirements for carbon projects in developing countries, according to experts speaking on an online panel at London Climate Week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Article 6 deals could help to close the climate finance gap, expert says
The voluntary market is inherently limited in its ability to deliver large-scale carbon reductions, so policies should focus on the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, as well as compliance markets, to drive market growth, a prominent academic said at an event in London.
Read MoreEU Chips Act could see sector rival steel, chemicals for emissions, says report
EU plans to boost semiconductor manufacturing could see the sector rival those of chemicals and steel as a source of emissions, according to a study published on Monday.
Read MoreNew policy drivers required to close 10 bln-tonne carbon removal gap by 2050, says report
New policy drivers are needed if the world is to develop the required carbon removal (CDR) capacity to abate residual emissions by mid-century, especially the integration of credits within compliance carbon markets and leakage mechanisms, according to a new report.
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