Australia interested in updating emissions inventory to include biochar, conference hears

Published 05:35 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 05:40 on June 25, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, Pacific

Australia is keen to make regulatory changes that would allow biochar production to earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), an expert told a conference Wednesday while presenting research highlighting its massive emissions abatement potential.

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Climate litigation more often reaching world’s highest courts, with growing number of greenwashing cases -report

Published 00:01 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 12:21 on June 24, 2025 / / Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International, Pacific, US, US & Canada

Climate litigation is reaching the world’s highest courts more frequently, with 276 such cases reaching apex courts since 2015 – a growing number of which have raised greenwashing concerns about the use of carbon credits to offset emissions, new analysis has found.

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Australian carbon industry companies team up to pilot nature integrity-labelled ACCU programme

Published 20:00 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 08:03 on June 24, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, Nature-based, Pacific, Voluntary

Accounting for Nature (AfN) is launching a pilot product that digitally links certified nature measurement to Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), it announced Wednesday, with a group of carbon industry heavyweights joining in to test the scheme.

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First digital fuel certificate for ammonia bunkering issued

Published 09:59 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 09:59 on June 24, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, Europe, International, Pacific, Shipping

A group of companies has completed the issuance of the world’s first digital fuel certificate for an ammonia-to-ship transfer, seen to aid carbon emissions accounting and claims tracking in the industry, they announced Tuesday.

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Australia opens consultation on hydrogen Guarantee of Origin

Published 06:21 on June 24, 2025 / Last updated at 06:21 on June 24, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, Pacific

Australia on Tuesday began consulting on rules that will back its planned Guarantee of Origin (GO) hydrogen scheme, due to start later this year, which it hopes will kickstart a clean energy export boom.

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Survey finds 99% of nature investors plan to expand portfolios

Published 11:23 on June 23, 2025 / Last updated at 11:23 on June 23, 2025 / / Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity, EMEA, Europe, Japan, Nature-based, Pacific

Political trends and ESG backlash are shaping investors’ nature finance strategies but not stopping spending plans, according to a survey by an investment and advisory firm.

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Australia Market Roundup: ACCU issuance climbs to 2.2 mln in May

Published 07:56 on June 23, 2025 / Last updated at 08:13 on June 23, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, Pacific

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) issuance hit 2.17 million in May, the highest monthly volume this year so far, as the Clean Energy Regulator published more carbon project data on its register.

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Australia’s CSIRO debuts novel hydrogen-making process more energy efficient than electrolysis

Published 07:39 on June 20, 2025 / Last updated at 07:39 on June 20, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, Pacific

Australia’s leading scientific research agency has developed what it called a breakthrough in ways to make green hydrogen that will lower costs.

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Abandoned coal mines could house 300 GW of solar -report

Published 10:35 on June 18, 2025 / Last updated at 10:35 on June 18, 2025 / / Americas, Asia, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, Europe, International, Other APAC, Pacific, US, US & Canada

Installing solar power plants on abandoned coal mines could unlock nearly 300 GW of capacity by 2030, according to a study by Global Energy Monitor that identified 5,820 square kilometres of free land on coal mines that have closed since 2020, as well as those expected to shutter by the end of the decade.

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Australia’s sustainable finance taxonomy backs carbon credits, biochar in green investment push

Published 10:53 on June 17, 2025 / Last updated at 10:53 on June 17, 2025 / / Asia Pacific, Australia, Nature-based, Pacific, Voluntary

Australia on Tuesday launched a sustainable finance taxonomy, establishing a classification system designed to channel private capital towards green investments, notably agricultural decarbonisation measures such as biochar application and carbon credit generation.

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