India proposes risk buffer for nature-based projects under offset scheme, seeks input

Published 06:16 on June 22, 2026 / Last updated at 06:16 on June 22, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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India has launched a consultation on draft rules that would allow nature-based carbon projects into its emerging carbon market, proposing a risk-buffer system for forest, wetland, mangrove, and soil carbon activities.

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Australian miner accelerates zero-emissions shipping push with ammonia-fuelled fleet deal

Published 06:05 on June 22, 2026 / Last updated at 06:05 on June 22, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Pacific), Net Zero Transition (Transport & Heating Fuels)

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An Australian mining company has agreed to charter up to 12 ammonia-ready vessels from a Belgium-based maritime group, it announced Monday.

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India nods $2 bln scheme to capture carbon from power, steel, and cement plants

Published 05:55 on June 22, 2026 / Last updated at 05:55 on June 22, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), CO2 Management (CCUS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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India’s finance ministry has cleared an INR 197 bln ($2.1 bln) scheme to develop technologies and reservoirs to capture and store carbon emissions (CCUS) from large industrial units such as power plants, steel mills, and cement factories, a domestic business daily reported, citing sources.

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Australian gas industry invokes Japan’s energy security to fight proposed LNG export tax -report

Published 21:00 on June 21, 2026 / Last updated at 10:41 on June 19, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific)

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The majority of Australian fossil fuel companies cited concerns for Japanese rather than Australian energy security in their opposition to a proposed 25% tax on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, a new report found.

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Anticipation litigation: Climate lawsuits seen to increasingly rely on consensus rather than causation

Published 19:53 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 19:53 on June 19, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Net Zero Transition (Litigation)

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A growing body of climate litigation targeting major emitters may increasingly rely on broad scientific and political consensus rather than direct attribution of climate damages, according to a new academic study that identifies an emerging category of “anticipatory climate litigation”.

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Gradual phase-in of ETS auctions offers best route to decarbonise China’s power sector -study

Published 19:33 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 19:33 on June 19, 2026 / Asia Pacific (Asia, Compliance Markets & Taxes)

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China should gradually expand carbon allowance auctions and tighten emissions caps in its national ETS rather than pursue an aggressive reform pathway, according to a modelling study published this week that warns rapid changes could destabilise domestic CO2 prices and threaten power system reliability.

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BRIEFING: Draft EU CBAM rules “onerous” in practice for foreign carbon credits, experts say

Published 11:57 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 11:57 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Briefings), International (CBAM & Tariffs, Paris Article 6/PACM, UN Climate Talks), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Importers face steep challenges to take advantage of proposed EU rules allowing the application of carbon credits against Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) fees, due to the “onerous” conditions imposed by Brussels on their use, experts told Carbon Pulse.

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Mysterious US ocean carbon capture startup set for development in Saudi Arabia

Published 11:19 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 11:19 on June 19, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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An ocean carbon removal startup that has yet to reveal its pioneering technology has struck a partnership with a state-backed Saudi development company to further bolster the country’s carbon credit exchange.

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Rock weathering could offset growing permafrost-driven river CO2 emissions -research

Published 10:58 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 10:58 on June 19, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Chemical weathering triggered by permafrost thaw could offset a substantial share of CO2 emissions from rivers draining frozen landscapes, and in some regions may eventually outweigh them altogether, according to new research.

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Malaysia seeks ICVCM, CORSIA alignment for national forest carbon registry

Published 10:22 on June 19, 2026 / Last updated at 10:22 on June 19, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), International (Aviation/CORSIA, Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Malaysia is seeking to upgrade its national forest carbon registry to meet standards set by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and the aviation sector’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.

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