Tanzania launches $4.5 mln forest restoration initiative -media
Tanzania has announced a $4.5 million-funded programme to restore 5.2 mln hectares of degraded forests as part of its commitment to the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), according to local media reports.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: US non-profit to launch Ethiopian methane carbon credit project
A North Carolina-based research non-profit is set to launch a carbon credit project in Ethiopia with a US development agency, aiming to expand its approach for reducing enteric methane emissions from small farmers’ livestock in the developing world, representatives of the organisation told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of COP29.
Read MoreBRIEFING: EU, North Africa forging new links to speed up renewables rollout
European and North African policymakers are hoping that a deepsea power cable across the Mediterranean will soon help to spread the region’s abundance of solar, wind, and hydropower across the EU – but technical, regulatory, and political challenges still abound.
Read MoreFEATURE: Dutch firm eyes branching out with army of tree-seeding robots
A Dutch nature restoration company aims to improve the scalability of reforestation with a fleet of tree-seeding robots that could help national tree-planting schemes.
Read MoreKenyan power firm to help build country’s carbon market framework
The Kenyan government has appointed Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) to the taskforce responsible for building the country’s carbon market framework.
Read MoreCOP29: Reactions to the new Baku Finance Goal, Article 6 deal
Here are selected party, stakeholder, and expert reactions to the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG), dubbed the Baku Finance Goal, as well as the agreement on Article 6 reached at the COP29 climate summit, which wrapped up early Sunday.
Read MoreCOP29: ‘Empty place-holder’ – Countries under pressure to set climate finance goal, amid worry and dismay
The COP29 global climate summit enters its last day on Friday amid widespread frustration surrounding negotiations over a new global climate finance target, as a headline sum is yet to emerge.
Read MoreDeveloping new oil and gas fields can help cut emissions, Wood Mackenzie argues
New oil and gas fields are less carbon-intensive than old ones because they use state-of-the-art technology, providing significant decarbonisation gains, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a new report published on Thursday.
Read MoreGhana Article 6.2 cookstoves project accused of over-crediting by non-profit
A Swiss NGO has alleged that a clean cooking project developed under a bilateral agreement between Ghana and Switzerland is using assumptions that inflate issuances of credits generated under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, known as Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs).
Read MoreCOP29: Fossil fuels transition dropped from hollowed-out deal on emission reductions
Large, heavy-emitting economies appear to be winning the battle over if and how the COP29 summit should push forward on last year’s landmark commitment to transition away from fossil fuels — raising alarm bells for many in Baku.
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