Blockchain carbon trading firm to acquire marketplace specialising in large-scale CDR projects

Published 13:41 on July 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:41 on July 10, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

A carbon trading tech startup will acquire another firm specialising in large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects, the two companies have announced.

Read More

BRIEFING: Green is the colour of growth for new Labour government, says expert panel

Published 19:16 on July 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:16 on July 9, 2024  / /  EMEA, UK ETS

The UK’s new Labour government looks set to pursue a more climate-friendly agenda with a commitment to green growth opportunities, according to an expert panel gathered in the wake of last week’s general election.

Read More

DATA DIVE: Retirements in voluntary carbon market hold up in H1 2024 offering tentative signs of resilience

Published 17:57 on July 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:57 on July 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Data Dive, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

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 More

VCM Report: Summer starts early in the voluntary carbon market with liquidity thin, prices flat

Published 20:45 on July 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:45 on July 8, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

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 More

INTERVIEW: We want to have a real impact on the climate, says founder of first carbon credit-backed currency

Published 16:22 on July 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:22 on July 5, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

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 More

INTERVIEW: New wave of forest conservation credits can move past scandals and set tone for high integrity

Published 09:26 on July 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:26 on July 5, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

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 More

DATA DIVE: The impact on climate of 14 years of Conservative rule in Britain

Published 19:03 on July 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:34 on July 3, 2024  / /  Data Dive, EMEA, UK ETS

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 More

DATA DIVE: How the UK Conservatives slipped on net zero

Published 18:01 on July 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:01 on July 2, 2024  / /  Data Dive, EMEA

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 More

Developers struggling to meet carbon project requirements in developing countries, experts say

Published 18:06 on June 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:06 on June 26, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

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 More

BRIEFING: Article 6 deals could help to close the climate finance gap, expert says

Published 12:57 on June 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:57 on June 26, 2024  / /  Africa, Carbon Taxes, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

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 More