Singapore Airlines sees emerging SAF credit demand, but says emissions cuts will come from better planes

Published 07:55 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 07:55 on June 25, 2025 / / Asia, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, International, Other APAC

Some demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credits is emerging, though numbers remain small in the nascent market, Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Wednesday.

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Japanese developer to expand biochar production, create credits in Africa

Published 05:28 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 05:28 on June 25, 2025 / / Africa, Asia, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Japan, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Japanese project developer has received government support to expand its presence in Africa, where it aims to create carbon credits from improving soil through biochar production.

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Asian forest carbon valued at average $1,632 per hectare -analysis

Published 00:32 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 00:32 on June 25, 2025 / Asia, Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

The economic value of forest carbon across Asia averages $1,632 per hectare, according to a new meta-analysis, as the researchers urge policymakers to integrate forest carbon valuation into climate mitigation and land-use strategies.

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No offsets, no veggie burgers: Harvard report charts cattle methane strategy for Global South

Published 00:20 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 00:20 on June 25, 2025 / Africa, Americas, Asia, Asia Pacific, EMEA, LATAM & Caribbean, Other APAC, South & Central, Voluntary

Cutting methane emissions from cattle in the Global South will require a shift toward higher productivity, not costly substitutes, experimental technologies, or carbon offsets, according to a new report from Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.

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India releases draft emission intensity targets for its compliance carbon market

Published 18:12 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 18:15 on June 24, 2025 / / Asia, Asia Pacific, Other APAC

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has announced the draft emissions intensity targets for all the remaining obligated industries under the compliance mechanism of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), according to documents posted on LinkedIn.

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Indonesia’s coal mining sector unprepared for net zero transition, report says

Published 13:03 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 13:03 on June 24, 2025 / / Asia, Asia Pacific, Other APAC

Indonesia’s thriving thermal coal sector is the largest exporter of the commodity in the world, but strong profits and margins coupled with a bullish mid-term outlook leave it unprepared to meet the final energy transition in the middle of this century, a report outlined this week.

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Trio of countries launch coalition to boost voluntary demand for carbon credits

Published 10:38 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 10:38 on June 24, 2025 / / Africa, Asia, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Other APAC, Voluntary

The governments of Kenya, Singapore, and the UK on Tuesday launched a coalition to strengthen demand for high-integrity carbon credits, vowing to issue a common set of principles by COP30 in November.

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ANALYSIS: Indonesia’s carbon export restart stalled by regulatory uncertainty, experts say

Published 09:15 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 09:15 on June 24, 2025 / / Asia, Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Indonesia last month lifted its de facto ban on international carbon credit sales, but uncertainty around credit eligibility, taxation, and compliance rules is holding back transactions, according to market participants.

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Global climate finance passed $2 trillion in 2024 -report

Published 00:00 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 00:06 on June 24, 2025 / / Americas, Asia, Asia Pacific, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, Europe, International, LATAM & Caribbean, Other APAC, South & Central, US, US & Canada

Global climate finance flows reached an all-time high of $1.9 trillion in 2023 and are expected to have surpassed $2 trillion in 2024, according to a report published Tuesday.

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Vietnam’s forest credit decree echoes Indonesia’s restrictive approach on int’l trade

Published 13:56 on June 23, 2025 / Last updated at 13:56 on June 23, 2025 / / Asia, Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Vietnam’s decision to only allow the sales of forest-based carbon credits after domestic climate targets have been met may create similar export restrictions as those that have been muting Indonesian sales in recent years, according to analysts.

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