Predictability seen as edge in Canada’s CDR policy approach -webinar
Canada and the US are taking different approaches to building domestic carbon removal (CDR) markets, with policy design emerging as a key factor in shaping investment and deployment, speakers said during a Tuesday webinar.
Read MoreUS non-profit charts path to HFC refrigerant intervention in Southeast Asia
A US-based climate research group would see lifecycle refrigerant management (LRM) first scaled in Southeast Asia as it charts a path to policy intervention of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), including acceleration of carbon markets. Â
Read MoreCalifornia starts off 2026 with 10% dip in monthly diesel
California emissions from diesel and gasoline consumption decreased in January year-on-year (YoY), as state data showed a more than 10% decline in diesel for the first month of the year.
Read MoreUS should adopt voluntary export carbon fee to counter EU CBAM -report
The US should adopt a voluntary export fee (VEF) on carbon emissions to counter revenues set to be lost to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), although there are potential challenges in implementing such a policy, researchers said in a report published Monday.
Read MoreFEATURE: Canadian CDR stands on compliance precipice, needs support to kick voluntary ‘training wheels’
Momentum for carbon removal (CDR) in Canada is tipping towards takeoff, but it remains to be seen if the sector could kick its “training wheels” and fly on the compliance side without voluntary corporate investment.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Financial infrastructure will unlock institutional finance in CDR
Fears of buyer concentration in durable CDR are overstated: beneath the headlines, a more diverse corporate base is emerging, and with the right financial infrastructure, institutional capital can unlock the scale the market needs.
Read MoreVerra approves first carbon credits under new ARR methodology
Verra has approved the issuance of the first credits under its afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) methodology.
Read MoreNHL’s Penguins buy Pennsylvania, West Virginia forest credits for $27-50/t
The Pittsburgh Penguins professional ice hockey team has retired more than 12,500 tonnes of carbon credits sourced from local forest conservation projects in the US northeast.
Read MoreReport calls for stronger carbon, nature markets to mobilise capital towards bioeconomy
The world’s largest asset owners can accelerate the transition towards the bioeconomy, though steps must be taken to ensure capital flows at scale through carbon and nature markets, according to a UK-headquartered investor.
Read MoreUK looks to delink electricity prices from gas as consumer bills soar
The UK is implementing measures to break the link between spiking gas prices and renewable energy that has left industry paying the highest price for electricity in the developed world.
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