Inaugural $500-mln bond for climate action hugely oversubscribed
An inaugural bond for climate action has raised $500 million from largely EMEA-based investors in a round that was over six times oversubscribed.
Read MoreIUCN releases guidance to strengthen global OECM network
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released guidance to identify, monitor, and strengthen Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), stressing the need to ramp up private financing in order to improve their management.
Read MoreCARBON FORWARD MIDDLE EAST: Voluntary carbon market faces fresh risk in light of “woke” label in US
A new political landscape for climate policy in the US, set to dominate following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week, could jeopardise the revival of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in 2025, a conference heard Thursday.
Read MoreFEATURE: More IMO member states align behind proposed GHG levy for shipping
The prospect of a global emissions levy on shipping is getting closer to reality, according to a recent briefing and document from the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Read MoreThai bourse to operate carbon market, SEC chief says
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chief said this week that the nation’s bourse will introduce carbon trading in a bid to gain experience and boost liquidity.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Reckless use of AI in biodiversity could lead to “undesirable” outcomes
The current lack of attention to the downsides of artificial intelligence (AI) in nature conservation and its broader implications could result in undesirable consequences, including the development of a biased biodiversity credit market, an expert told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreIndian firm sells credits to Google in “world’s biggest biochar deal”
An Indian biochar firm has agreed to sell 100,000 carbon dioxide removals (CDR) credits to technology giant Google, in what it dubbed the “world’s largest industrial biochar offtake agreement”, in an announcement on Thursday.
Read MoreNuclear resurgence locked and loaded as SMRs lead the way to a new finance era -IEA
Nuclear energy is set to see a resurgence for a complex conflagration of drivers including decarbonisation plans coupled with the need for reliable baseload power, new electricity demand from the computing sector, nations’ interest in energy self-sufficiency, and a projected fall in costs for new types of nuclear energy like small modular reactors (SMRs), according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Read MoreNew Forests closes A$600 mln Australian, NZ landscape and forestry fund
Global forestry investment manager New Forests has announced the final close of its fund focussing on Australian and New Zealand forestry and landscapes, successfully raising A$600 million ($372 mln).
Read MoreAustralian voluntary carbon credit cancellations sink in 2024
Voluntary cancellations of Kyoto-era carbon credits in Australia’s national accounts fell by around 45% in 2024, according to recently published data from the Clean Energy Regulator (CER).
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