Australia opens sea dumping CCS consultation
Australia on Friday began a public consultation process for sea dumping carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), releasing draft guidance documents for domestic projects.
Read MoreAustralia’s next NDC could lead to drastically steeper ACCU prices -analysis
Australia’s next Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will likely create the need for faster Safeguard Mechanism baseline decline rates, potentially leading to vastly higher Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) prices, according to analysis shared exclusively with Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreLCAW25: Launch of updated GRI climate, energy standards include carbon credit disclosures
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released two newly revised standards on climate and energy that companies can use to disclose on topics including emissions reductions, greenhouse gas removals, and carbon credits.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Emergence of Australian biochar regulatory frameworks will help the sector grow
The emerging regulations and standards around biochar in Australia will help it avoid being associated with less environmentally friendly technologies and expand end users and uptake, experts told a conference on Thursday.
Read MoreAustralia’s NSW to establish Net Zero Plan in response to recommendations
New South Wales confirmed Thursday the state is on track to miss its near term GHG emissions reduction target in a formal response to a recent Net Zero Commission report, and will establish a strategy and give more power to its environmental authority in order to meet its legislated climate goals.
Read MoreAustralian duo plans novel hydrogen-diesel displacement carbon credit project
Two small Australian companies are hoping to generate carbon credits and sell them on the voluntary market by reducing diesel use at mine sites to avoid greenhouse gas emissions.
Read MoreAustralian organisations call for putting ‘nature positive’ at centre of COP31 agenda
A group of Australian financial institutions, businesses, and environmental organisations has urged the government to put nature-based solutions at the centre of the COP31 agenda, as the country is seen as a front-runner to host the UN climate summit next year.
Read MoreSB62: Annex I for Adelaide? Turkiye’s “bargaining chip” in battle to host COP31
Turkiye has indicated a willingness to drop its competing bid for the 2026 UN climate summit and let Australia and Pacific island nations host COP31 in Adelaide, sources told Carbon Pulse, but what Ankara wants in return may prove too steep a price to pay.
Read MoreLCAW25: Transition credits, EU ETS touted as key engines to phasing out coal
Transition credits and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) are key levers to bring forward coal-fired power plant retirements, government officials said in London on Wednesday.
Read MoreCarbon markets alone will not help biochar scale, developer says
The head of a large US biochar producer told an Australian conference Wednesday that government subsidies and policy support will be needed to scale the industry, saying demand for carbon removal credits will not be enough.
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