Launch of global coalition focused on hitting 2030 climate goals

Published 15:50 on July 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:50 on July 26, 2024  / /  Climate Talks, International

A global climate coalition focused on the urgent delivery of the world’s 2030 climate goals, endorsed by top climate figures, officially launched on Friday.

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FEATURE: Commission likely to be cautious about adding more REPowerEU volumes to auction schedule -analysts

Published 16:52 on July 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:54 on July 26, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

The European Commission will likely be cautious about adding further EU allowance volumes to its forthcoming auctioning schedule aimed at raising money for the bloc’s REPowerEU programme to exit Russian fossil fuels, as this could lead prices to fall further, analysts told Carbon Pulse.

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Steel demand remains sluggish in Europe as recovery fails to pick up

Published 14:47 on July 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:47 on July 25, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

Swedish steelmaker SSAB highlighted weak demand in Q2 and predicted pronounced low demand in Q3 in results published this week, amid a persistent worsening outlook for the European steel sector as a whole.

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Science-based targets overly simplistic and can lead to unequal distribution of responsibility -paper

Published 16:57 on July 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:57 on July 24, 2024  / /  International, Voluntary

There are major issues with how science-based targets are set by companies and governments alike, including basic misinterpretation and over-simplification, scientists have warned.

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Environmental groups take issue with IPCC’s approach to carbon removals, CCS

Published 17:02 on July 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:18 on July 24, 2024  / /  Climate Talks, International, Voluntary

A group of civil society and Indigenous Peoples organisations have written to the UN’s climate change science body, the IPCC, highlighting the risk of over-relying on carbon dioxide removals (CDR) in meeting global climate goals.

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EU updates guidelines on how to store and capture CO2

Published 15:24 on July 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:30 on July 23, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

The European Commission’s newly updated guidelines on how to store CO2 in geological reservoirs could lead more companies to opt to shave their carbon costs by storing emissions. 

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BRIEFING: EU looking into ways to simplify CBAM as early as 2025 -EU official

Published 12:21 on July 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:21 on July 22, 2024  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS, International

The European Commission is looking into ways to simplify the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from as early as next year, the head of the Commission’s taxation unit told Carbon Pulse.

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Turkish parliament approves law to start taxing ship emissions

Published 16:23 on July 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:23 on July 19, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, Shipping

The Turkish parliament has passed a law requiring ships to pay for the greenhouse gas emissions released when entering and departing from the country’s ports.

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Green Climate Fund approves $1 billion in fresh funding

Published 10:49 on July 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:49 on July 19, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

The board of the world’s largest dedicated climate fund, the Green Climate Fund, approved $1 billion in fresh funding at its meeting this week, it announced Friday.

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Relief in Brussels as von der Leyen’s re-election cements EU Green Deal

Published 16:19 on July 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:19 on July 18, 2024  / /  EMEA

Industry, political groups and environmental NGOs largely welcomed Ursula Von der Leyen’s re-appointment as European Commission President on Thursday, citing “continuity” and “stability” in Green Deal policies as reasons for optimism.

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