ANALYSIS: Voluntary, regulated carbon markets need each other, but solving the supply bottleneck will take years

Published 02:12 on September 14, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:12 on September 14, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Voluntary and regulated carbon markets need one another, international stakeholders told a World Bank-convened event this week, but creating the right investment conditions to scale supply and blur the lines between the two forms of pricing mechanisms will take years.

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Japan launches trial of nature coexistence support certificates

Published 23:14 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:14 on September 13, 2024  /  Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Japan

Japan’s environment ministry on Friday announced it is now accepting applications from companies seeking so-called nature coexistence support certificates, after the originally intended pilot late last year got delayed.

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Indonesia targets $65 bln in earnings from carbon trade by 2028

Published 21:35 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:35 on September 13, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Voluntary

Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto, who comes to power next month after a February win at the polls, plans to generate and sell rain forest carbon credits worth a total of $65 billion by 2028, Reuters reported Friday, citing a government advisor.

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Australia’s new hydrogen paper confirms plans for all-green future

Published 20:12 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:12 on September 13, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia has debuted a new national hydrogen strategy as part of its wider Future Made in Australia (FMIA) strategy which it says will cut CO2e emissions by between 93-186 million tonnes per year by 2050, with up to 15 Mt/year of green hydrogen produced at the same time and the Safeguard Mechanism driving hydrogen tech uptake by businesses keen to drop emissions.

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INTERVIEW: Forest restoration company gears up for biodiversity credit market

Published 20:08 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:08 on September 13, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A native forest restoration company is in talks with two major standards to launch its first biodiversity credit projects next year, with a big park in the Philippines among the sites under consideration, the firm told Carbon Pulse.

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CN Markets: CEA price declines amid shrinking liquidity despite market expansion plans

Published 19:19 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:19 on September 13, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Recent policy updates on sectoral expansion failed to boost trading activity in China’s emissions market over the past week, which saw permit prices fall below 90 yuan ($12.69) again with shrinking liquidity. 

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CAD Trust partners with QAI to advance carbon market data initiatives

Published 19:15 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:15 on September 13, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6

The Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust) and Quantedge Advancement Initiative (WAI) announced a two-year funding partnership Friday to catalyse climate change action and improve carbon market data, the former said.

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China’s Sichuan seeks forest carbon offset methodologies under local scheme

Published 16:57 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:57 on September 13, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, China, Voluntary

The government of China’s Sichuan province is seeking methodological proposals on the development of forest carbon sinks under the local offset scheme.

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AU Market: Over 1 mln units traded in a single day pushes ACCU prices to 16-month high

Published 16:53 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:53 on September 13, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

The generic spot price for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) reached a 16-month high Thursday off the back of over 1 million credits changing hands throughout the day.

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Japanese trading house to join world’s largest low-carbon ammonia project

Published 14:31 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:31 on September 13, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Japan, US

A major Japanese trading house has secured a preliminary agreement to buy a stake in a large low-carbon ammonia project in the US, it announced Friday.

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