Growth in SAF production ‘disappointingly slow’ -IATA

Published 11:28 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:28 on December 11, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International

The production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is growing in volume, but at a very slow rate, industry association International Air Transport Organisation (IATA) said this week.

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Malaysian carbon exchange expands offerings to include Gold Standard-certified credits

Published 09:16 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:16 on December 11, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia, has initiated trading of Gold Standard-certified voluntary carbon credits, it announced Wednesday.

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Heavy reliance on coal for steelmaking may endanger India’s climate goals -report

Published 15:26 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:26 on December 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC

India’s continued reliance on coal to increase the country’s steel-making capacity will put its target of reaching net zero emissions by 2070 at risk, a report released Tuesday found.

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EKI Energy director resigns, citing ‘unavoidable circumstances’

Published 13:43 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:43 on December 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Bavardage, Other APAC, Voluntary

A director at India’s largest carbon offset developer has tendered his resignation amid what he called “unavoidable circumstances” in a company filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

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Japanese climate tech company acquires software firm to improve emissions data accuracy

Published 08:46 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:46 on December 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Voluntary

A Tokyo-based climate tech company has acquired a software firm to streamline emissions data collection and improve the accuracy of primary data, it announced Tuesday.

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Shell signs SAF offtake agreement with ADB-funded project in Pakistan

Published 12:45 on December 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:45 on December 6, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, International, Other APAC, Voluntary

British oil major Shell has signed a contract with Pakistan-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer for long-term offtake of SAF, once the proposed plant funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gets completed.

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Carbon pricing, technology ASEAN’s best answer to CBAM -report

Published 14:20 on December 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:20 on December 5, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, International, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries must actively implement carbon pricing mechanisms and increase investment to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors in order to effectively respond to EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a report has found.

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ANALYSIS: Article 6 breakthrough raises integrity concerns for some, but ‘proof in pudding’, experts say

Published 13:04 on December 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:04 on December 5, 2024  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The historic consensus on Article 6, achieved in November at COP29, may have been broadly welcomed, but some remain cautious that gaps in final decision texts could lead to a lack of integrity in the newly developed, UN-approved international carbon markets, if implementation over the coming years is not sufficiently robust.

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Canadian tech company partners with Saudi firms to produce low-carbon concrete

Published 11:08 on December 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:08 on December 5, 2024  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

A Canadian tech company has collaborated with a concrete producer and a gas distributor in Saudi Arabia to produce low-carbon materials by incorporating captured CO2, the companies announced this week.

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ASEAN can unlock $3 trillion revenue from carbon markets, analysis finds

Published 02:00 on December 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:48 on December 4, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has the potential to unlock up to $3 trillion in revenue through the reduction or removal of 1.1 billion tonnes of CO2e per year by 2050 if member states develop regulations to support domestic carbon markets, a report released Thursday has found.

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