Pakistan secures new funding deal with IMF, likely to impose carbon levy from July

Published 08:51 on March 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:51 on March 27, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, International, Other APAC

Pakistan has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), with the South Asian nation agreeing to introduce a carbon levy from July.

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UK carbon developer to distribute 250k improved cookstoves in Sierra Leone

Published 09:49 on March 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:49 on March 26, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, Voluntary

A UK-based carbon project developer is preparing the expansion of a cookstove project in Sierra Leone, with fuel-efficient equipment to be distributed to a further quarter of a million households, it announced this week.

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Dubai business group partners with Indian firm to drive global industrial decarbonisation

Published 08:08 on March 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:08 on March 26, 2025  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Middle East, Other APAC, Voluntary

A clean technology business group based in the UAE has partnered with an Indian renewable energy company to integrate carbon markets, power transmission, and sustainable energy solutions into the clean economy in Africa and across global markets.

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Ethiopia to adopt carbon market law, issue 15 mln credits in 2025 -official

Published 13:12 on March 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:12 on March 25, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The Ethiopian government is planning to put in place its national carbon markets legislation in the first half of 2025 and issue more than 15 million emissions reduction and removal credits in the second half of the year, an official told a World Bank seminar Tuesday.

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Agri-tech firm secures $10-mln investment to expand operations across India

Published 11:15 on March 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:15 on March 25, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

An Indian agriculture technology startup has raised INR 830 million ($10 mln) from a UK investor to expand its carbon farming operations across the South Asian nation, it announced Tuesday.

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Funding facility issues call for blended climate finance projects in developing nations

Published 09:01 on March 25, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:01 on March 25, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Other APAC, South & Central

The Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) on Tuesday issued a tender looking for high-impact, scalable, and market-ready blended climate finance solutions in developing economies.

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Climate tech firm, local university team up to generate carbon removal credits in Nigeria

Published 12:48 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:48 on March 24, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Nigerian climate tech firm has partnered with an agriculture university to generate high-quality carbon removal credits by planting indigenous African trees on the university’s land.

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Hurdles in applying corresponding adjustments to carbon credits may undermine CORSIA -report

Published 09:41 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:41 on March 24, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The effectiveness of the CORSIA international aviation offsetting scheme could be limited by implementation challenges such as the structural barriers in applying corresponding adjustments under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, according to a report released over the weekend.

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BRIEFING: Industry groups eye pilot for common ASEAN carbon market by late 2025

Published 15:03 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:03 on March 21, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The signatories of the ASEAN Common Carbon Framework (ACCF) met this week to discuss the modalities of a common carbon market for the region, expecting to launch a pilot by Q4 2025.

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Aramco launches first DAC pilot unit in Saudi Arabia

Published 07:48 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:48 on March 21, 2025  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

Saudi oil major Aramco has launched Saudi Arabia’s first CO2 direct air capture (DAC) test unit, with a capacity to remove 12 tonnes of CO2 per year, it has announced.

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