White House weakens US refrigerant rules
US President Donald Trump axed Thursday two Biden-era regulations targeting the phase down of refrigerants and hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) leakage, claiming the deregulation would help American families save on groceries.
Read MoreLower-carbon construction can cut Canada infrastructure emissions at little added cost -report
Canada can reduce embodied carbon in housing and infrastructure projects at little or no added cost by using lower-carbon materials and design changes already available from domestic suppliers, according to a new report.
Read MoreMassachusetts GWSA emissions up 6% in Q1
Q1 electricity sector emissions reported under Massachusetts’s Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) carbon market rose 6% year-on-year (YoY) in Q1, recently updated data showed.
Read MoreFEATURE: Data centre developers unlikely to back CDR without stronger market pull
Data centre developers are unlikely to integrate carbon removal (CDR) into projects at scale unless hyperscale tenants, policy incentives, and long-term offtake agreements make it part of the commercial structure, according to legal and industry experts.
Read MoreArticle 6 authority approves N2O carbon methodology
The UN body overseeing implementation of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) has approved a new methodology to reduce N2O emissions from nitric acid production.
Read MoreUPDATE – Canada softens industrial carbon price trajectory, caps benchmark at C$100 through 2029
Canada’s federal government has announced a revised long-term industrial carbon pricing trajectory extending through 2040, with the headline carbon price rising from the current C$95/tonne to C$130 ($94.36) by 2035, before increasing annually by 1.5% until reaching C$140 in 2040.
Read MoreClimate finance continued to grow in 2024, mostly going to emission reductions -OECD
Developed countries increased their public and private finance for climate action for a third year in a row in 2024, with nearly two-thirds directed to emission reduction efforts, according to the OECD’s annual assessment, published Thursday.
Read MoreForestry is a high-potential launchpad for biodiversity credits -report
The forestry sector is well positioned to support biodiversity credit markets on the supply and demand sides, according to a report.
Read MoreFinance, governments, and NGOs exploring nature transition network
A group has been formed to explore a network for integrating nature into corporate transition planning, with executives from finance, government, and non-profits.
Read MoreCORSIA could run short of eligible offsets by 2028 under higher emissions scenarios -analysis
The aviation sector’s international carbon offsetting scheme could face a shortage of eligible credits by 2028 under medium- and high-emissions scenarios, according to analysts, even though only a small portion of expected demand is currently covered by explicit non-compliance penalties.Â
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