Hyundai to design “world’s largest” LCO2 carrier as Asia-Pacific eyes greater role for CCS

Published 11:31 on June 9, 2022  /  Last updated at 11:31 on June 9, 2022  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Japan, Other APAC, Shipping, South Korea, Voluntary

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will develop a “next generation” liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier, it has announced, reflecting a further step being taken by Asian industrial players to bring CO2 transport options to commercial scale.

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Cement industry to rely heavily on CCS to reach its 2050 net zero ambition -report

Published 14:06 on June 8, 2022  /  Last updated at 14:06 on June 8, 2022  / /  Carbon Taxes, International

Efforts to decarbonise cement by 2050 will rely heavily on deployment of carbon capture technologies, but it will only be until after 2030 that these will become commercially viable for an industry grappling for solutions to meet its net zero emissions goal, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Singapore players to launch sale for sustainable aviation fuel credits

Published 10:21 on June 8, 2022  /  Last updated at 10:21 on June 8, 2022  / /  Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Other APAC, Voluntary

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has teamed up with government investment company Temasek and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to launch a sale of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) credits in July, they announced Wednesday.

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Japanese corporates strike deal seeking to source hydrogen from the UAE

Published 10:52 on June 7, 2022  /  Last updated at 10:52 on June 7, 2022  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, Japan, Middle East, Other APAC, South Korea

Japanese industrial players Eneos and Mitsui have agreed with the UAE’s oil company ADNOC to study developing a clean hydrogen supply chain between their two countries, they announced Tuesday.

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Temasek to invest S$5 bln through new outfit to boost low carbon tech, nature-based projects

Published 09:55 on June 6, 2022  /  Last updated at 07:12 on June 9, 2022  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Singapore’s Temasek has launched an investment platform company that will invest an initial $5 billion to accelerate the low carbon transition, the state-owned financial giant announced on Monday.

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BP signs deal with C-Quest Capital to boost India cookstove, LED projects

Published 05:03 on June 3, 2022  /  Last updated at 17:53 on June 3, 2022  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

US-based offset developer C-Quest Capital (CQC) has reached an agreement with BP whereby the oil major will make a sizable investment in CQC’s operations in India, it has been announced.

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Renewables players, automaker sign up to net zero steel initiative

Published 12:05 on June 2, 2022  /  Last updated at 12:05 on June 2, 2022  / /  EMEA, International

A group of key industrial players have joined SteelZero, adding momentum to the initiative as it has just published a set of policy guidelines to help speed up the transition towards the use of low carbon steel.

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Lower Safeguard Mechanism emissions baselines would drive hydrogen use in Australia, Asia set to dominate global demand -regulator

Published 13:05 on June 1, 2022  /  Last updated at 13:05 on June 1, 2022  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International, Other APAC

Any move to lower the emissions baseline for major emitters participating in Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism will drive investment in hydrogen and other low carbon technologies, the chair of the country’s Clean Energy Regulator said at a conference on Wednesday.

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Paris-aligned climate actions could see cost of carbon credits rise to $150 by 2035, report says

Published 11:46 on June 1, 2022  /  Last updated at 11:46 on June 1, 2022  / /  International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Carbon credit trade is set to increase 30-40-fold by 2035, in turn driving their price as high as $150/tonne by the middle of the next decade, according to a report released Wednesday modelling global market scenarios consistent with meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Global asset managers up alignment with net zero goals to $16 trillion

Published 10:46 on May 31, 2022  /  Last updated at 10:46 on May 31, 2022  / /  Climate Talks, International

The number of global asset managers that have now set climate targets has reached over 80, with nearly 40% of their assets aligned with a net zero emissions by 2050 goal, an update from the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAM) reported on Tuesday.

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