AU Market: Bank forecasts ACCU price to climb 50% by next year as Safeguard demand begins to awake

Published 08:00 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:00 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

One of Australia’s largest banks have forecast the price of the country’s carbon credits to double by this time next year.

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INTERVIEW: Either have a market or don’t, Australian project veteran tells government, industry

Published 05:59 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:59 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A carbon project developer who went public this week over what he sees as a self-serving and nepotistic industry has urged the government to remove so-called flexibility measures under the Safeguard Mechanism.

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Australian carbon trading firm raising A$25 mln – media reports

Published 02:50 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:50 on September 20, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

An Australian carbon trading company is seeking A$25 million ($17 mln) to expand into Asia, according to local media.

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Australia sets course for national ecosystem accounting

Published 14:32 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:32 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a paper outlining its approach to developing the country’s first national set of ecosystem accounts, ahead of a full rollout in early 2025.

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Australasian group taps nature markets in investor toolkit

Published 13:28 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:28 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has launched a Nature Investor Toolkit, a guidance framework that also sheds light on opportunities related to nature markets.

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Australian trio’s reef credits method approved by market administrator

Published 08:02 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:02 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

Three Australian companies have announced their method to allow landholders to earn reef credits from improved grazing land management that seeks to boost soil health and improve water quality at the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has been approved by the market’s overseer.

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Xpansiv, S&P, CME Group collaborate on ACCU market products

Published 02:02 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:02 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, International

A group of global trading houses will collaborate to offer new price assessments and products focussed on the growing Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market, they announced Thursday.

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Global solar installations smash expectations, rising almost a third year-on-year

Published 00:01 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:53 on September 18, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, US

Global solar installations exceeded most industry forecasts in 2024, with 593 GW expected to be added by the end of the year, according to analysis by a global energy think tank.

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Queensland coal miner granted state funding to cut emissions

Published 09:26 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:26 on September 18, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A Queensland coal company covered by the Safeguard Mechanism has been granted funding from a state government initiative to cut carbon emissions from its operations.

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Rio Tinto brings in local carbon business for tree planting trial for renewable diesel

Published 06:32 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 06:32 on September 18, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Voluntary

Mining giant Rio Tinto is partnering with an Australian carbon abatement business on a renewable diesel pilot project using a particular kind of seed oil for fuel switching to help decarbonise its operations. 

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