Australian carbon, biodiversity offset developer raising capital for Queensland assets
An Australian investment manager is raising A$6.6 million ($4.5 mln) for a fund that purchases agricultural land for carbon and biodiversity offset projects.
Read MoreGlobal climate fund to invest up to $1 bln to decarbonise industry sectors in developing countries
One of the largest climate funds in the world announced on Thursday that it would invest up to $1 billion in technologies that reduce emissions from the industrial sector in developing countries.
Read MoreJapan-led AZEC could deepen fossil fuel reliance in the region, report says
Japan’s regional energy transition initiative featuring the promotion of nascent technologies could in turn deepen developing countries’ reliance on coal or liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a report released Friday.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Voluntary carbon market must stop ‘infighting’ and own the narrative to usher in new era
Changing the narrative, such as dropping ‘offsetting’ language, will be crucial to navigating a successful transition away from years of scandal for the voluntary carbon market, but this will be contingent on the sector coming together and controlling the narrative, experts told a conference this week.
Read MoreColombia-based carbon standard applies to ICVCM for integrity label eligibility
An international carbon standard based in Colombia has applied to the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) for programme eligibility under its Core Carbon Principle (CCP) system.
Read MoreEurope to ramp up LNG imports next year if Russian gas transit stops, says IEA
Europe will likely need to import more liquefied natural gas next year, tightening global gas fundamentals, if Russian gas supplies through Ukraine are stopped entirely, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.
Read MoreIndonesia’s decision to reopen sea sand export will lead to blue carbon crisis, destroy marine ecosystems -think tank
The Indonesian government’s decision to reopen sea sand export is likely to plunge the Southeast Asian nation into a blue carbon crisis, and harm its marine biodiversity, a report released this week has warned.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Article 6 can supplement finance goals at COP29
Article 6 is meant to create a UN carbon crediting and trading system, but it can also support adaptation and the overarching New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) financing target at COP29, experts have told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreJapanese trading house launches digital system to scale forest carbon projects
A major trading house in Japan has launched a system that can standardise and digitalise the work needed for creating domestically issued carbon offsets from forestry projects.
Read MoreLaos prepares for access to international carbon market
Heavily forested Laos has issued a decree to “define principles” around cooperation in multilateral carbon market projects, a state-run newspaper said Thursday.
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