Vattenfall pauses CCS plans in Sweden -media

Published 17:06 on December 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:06 on December 3, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

Swedish utility Vattenfall has paused plans for carbon, capture, and storage (CCS) plants in Sweden, citing the market as too “immature”, according to media reports.

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First industrial cement CCS plant ready to test CO2 storage under North Sea

Published 15:08 on December 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:08 on December 3, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

A German building company is on track to complete the first industrial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant for the cement industry, with the system now ready for testing.

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VCM Report: Verra carbon credit retirements breach 7 mln as market shows signs of life

Published 16:53 on December 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:53 on December 2, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Retirements in the Verra voluntary carbon registry surged to just over 7 million last week, as the market started to show some life after having failed to ignite after the COP climate talks last month.

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ICVCM to delay cookstoves carbon credit decision until 2025 amid “complex” discussions

Published 14:00 on November 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:00 on November 28, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

The decision over which cookstove methodologies will be eligible for the Core Carbon Principle (CCP) high-integrity badge is set to be delayed until next year amid ongoing “complex discussions involving many stakeholders”, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) told Carbon Pulse.

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Carbon removal key for new UK climate targets, govt agency says

Published 19:25 on November 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:25 on November 27, 2024  / /  EMEA

Carbon removal technologies will need to start rolling out soon, government advisors told a parliamentary committee Wednesday, as they discussed UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer’s recently-announced national climate target of cutting emissions 81% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels.

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Row erupts after Verra posts anonymous allegations of human rights abuses during consultation on REDD carbon projects

Published 16:33 on November 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:38 on November 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Verra has allowed anonymous allegations of human right abuses at two REDD carbon projects in Cambodia to be posted during a public consultation, sparking a furious response and rebuttal from the developer, who says the claims are groundless.

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VCM Report: Voluntary sector drifts despite landmark carbon markets decision at COP29

Published 17:21 on November 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:21 on November 25, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

COP29 may have given a shot in the arm to future international carbon trade, after countries finally clinched a deal on Article 6, but the voluntary market continued to drift aimlessly over the past week.

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Leading project developers urge SBTi to listen to Global South and allow credits for Scope 3 mitigation

Published 13:44 on November 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:44 on November 21, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

Project developers are urging the SBTi to listen to the Global South and allow credits to be used for Scope 3 emission targets to strengthen the voluntary market.

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Verra launches special category of ‘discovery projects’ to pilot Scope 3 standard programme

Published 12:06 on November 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:06 on November 21, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Verra has launched a special category of pilot carbon projects, known as “discovery pilots”, to feed into its new Scope 3 Standard (S3S) programme and to adapt an additional three VCS methodologies, the organisation announced Thursday.

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Power-hungry data centres to exceed extra electricity demand from EVs, in boon to removals market

Published 15:37 on November 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:37 on November 20, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Voluntary

Power-hungry data centres in Europe will need more electricity to feed their expanding memory banks and artificial intelligence functions over the rest of the decade than the growing fleet of electric vehicles, according to new analysis.

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