Qatari organisation selects first Article 6 project for ITMO auction

Published 13:55 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:55 on October 10, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A Qatar-based organisation has selected a first Article 6 project for inclusion in an Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) auction on a blockchain platform, it announced Thursday.

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Exchange sets out to create ASEAN regional carbon market framework

Published 11:00 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:00 on October 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange, is pushing for a common carbon framework for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, it announced Thursday.

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Global tax on aviation, shipping could raise $200 bln annually by 2035 -IMF

Published 15:07 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:07 on October 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, International, Shipping

International transportation, especially aviation and shipping, must be “urgently taxed” as that would raise up to $200 billion a year in revenues by 2035, potentially tripling current global climate finance, a paper released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found.

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INTERVIEW: India can be massive carbon removals supplier, but lacks local demand

Published 11:04 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:04 on October 9, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

India has great potential to be a leader in the global supply of carbon removals credits, but the country is also facing a total lack of domestic demand for such credits, a carbon removals accelerator told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of a carbon summit this week.

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European accelerator marks entry into Indian carbon removals market, selects first cohort of local startups

Published 14:50 on October 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:50 on October 8, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

An Amsterdam-based carbon removal accelerator has selected its first cohort of Indian climate startups to scale carbon removal solutions across the country, marking its entry into the Asian market, it announced at an event in Mumbai on Tuesday.

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Indian state partners with country’s biggest development bank to implement carbon credit framework

Published 13:12 on October 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:29 on October 7, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

An India state has partnered with the biggest development bank in the country to generate additional carbon credit revenue for smallholder farmers by reducing GHG emissions, the state government has announced.

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Indonesia’s decision to reopen sea sand export will lead to blue carbon crisis, destroy marine ecosystems -think tank

Published 16:09 on October 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:09 on October 3, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Indonesian government’s decision to reopen sea sand export is likely to plunge the Southeast Asian nation into a blue carbon crisis, and harm its marine biodiversity, a report released this week has warned.

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Singapore, Ghana issue first call for Article 6 projects

Published 15:36 on September 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:36 on September 30, 2024  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Singapore and Ghana on Monday issued their first call for projects under their Article 6 partnership, having set out the procedures for the authorisation of carbon offset projects meant to channel financing towards emissions reduction or removals in the African country.

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Malaysia releases updated national climate change policy

Published 12:53 on September 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:53 on September 30, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The Malaysian Ministry of National Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) on Monday announced an updated climate change policy, which includes a new framework for the country’s transition towards a low-carbon economy.

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INTERVIEW: Undeterred by policy inadequacy, Pakistani non-profit hopes to turn the tide for country’s voluntary carbon market

Published 08:07 on September 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:07 on September 27, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A non-profit in Pakistan is endeavouring to get the much-needed carbon finance into the country heavily impacted by climate change, despite the lack of clear pathways for offset projects to scale.

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