INTERVIEW: Carbon taxes ‘work well in the power sector’, but not elsewhere

Published 14:40 on September 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:40 on September 26, 2024  / /  Carbon Taxes, EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

Outside of the power sector, carbon taxes are largely ineffective at driving decarbonisation when implemented on their own, according to an academic interviewed by Carbon Pulse.

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Three-quarters of voluntary carbon supply is ‘low quality and low price’ – report

Published 17:38 on September 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:38 on September 24, 2024  / /  International, Voluntary

Three-quarters of carbon projects in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) are ‘low quality and low price’, according to new research published on Tuesday.

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INTERVIEW: Lobby group sees more EU-UK collaboration on CCS under new Labour government

Published 09:36 on September 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:36 on September 24, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

There is significantly more willingness for EU-UK collaboration on carbon capture and storage (CCS) since the Labour party was elected to office in July, an executive at a European CCS lobby group told Carbon Pulse, saying they expected joint announcements on cooperation in the coming months.

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BRIEFING: Experts confident of voluntary carbon market recovery, but not in 2024

Published 17:51 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:51 on September 19, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Experts have said that they are confident the necessary factors for the voluntary carbon market (VCM) to recover are in place – but that this may not take place for some time.

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Boosting demand for low-carbon products key for green heavy industry to take off -report

Published 05:01 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:06 on September 18, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International

Boosting demand for low-carbon products is key if large-scale green industrial projects are to take off, according to a report published on Thursday.

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Over 650 UK farms have their soil carbon audited in ‘largest’ assessment yet

Published 15:18 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:18 on September 18, 2024  / /  EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Over 650 UK farms have been assessed in the “largest and most thorough” baseline of environmental farm performance in the UK, in an effort to standardise a confusing landscape of processes for collecting the data, according to a report published on Wednesday.

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New UK FCA rules for oil, gas, and mining companies putting investors at risk, say experts

Published 12:15 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:15 on September 18, 2024  / /  EMEA

New UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules for oil, gas, and mining companies are inadequate on climate and are putting investors at risk, experts said during a webinar on Wednesday.

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Corporate emissions-measuring stagnating, target-setting backsliding, shows survey

Published 00:01 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:59 on September 17, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

The number of corporates measuring their emissions is stagnating globally, while those setting comprehensive emissions targets is backsliding, shows a survey published on Wednesday.

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Cookstove and REDD+ voluntary carbon methodology decisions expected early November, says ICVCM

Published 18:33 on September 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:33 on September 17, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Decisions over the cookstove and REDD+ methodologies that will be eligible for the high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) label will be made at the start of November, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) confirmed on Tuesday.

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US tech firm partners with UN on new AI models for clean energy access

Published 15:00 on September 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:24 on September 16, 2024  / /  Americas, International, US

A US tech company has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop two new interactive tools to forecast future access to electricity across jurisdictions and to model clean energy equity.

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