VCM Report: Surprise sell-off in N-GEO futures sees contract dip below physical levels

Published 16:45 on August 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:45 on August 12, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

A sell-off in Xpansiv CBL’s N-GEO futures contract on CME, attributed to an urgent portfolio liquidation, caught the voluntary market by surprise last week.

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Aviation needs more CORSIA carbon credit supply to decarbonise -IATA

Published 15:56 on August 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:56 on August 12, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Voluntary

International air carriers’ association IATA has urged that greater supply of CORSIA carbon credits be made available to the market to enable the aviation industry to effectively decarbonise, warning of a looming shortage.

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EU General Court to rule on ETS preliminary cases

Published 15:12 on August 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:12 on August 12, 2024  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International

The EU’s General Court will take over the legal jurisdiction for hearing and deciding questions regarding preliminary rulings on the EU ETS, under a change announced on Monday. 

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Aircraft operators fined almost £700,000 for failing to surrender UK ETS allowances

Published 16:03 on August 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:06 on August 9, 2024  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, UK ETS

Aircraft operators, including a number of private jet companies, have been fined around £700,000 in civil penalties for failing to surrender UK ETS allowances for the first year it was established, according to data published by the UK government.

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INTERVIEW: UK-based company harnesses AI to discover green materials

Published 08:09 on August 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:09 on August 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Voluntary

A London-headquartered startup at the intersection of AI and chemistry is hoping to speed up the discovery, reduce the costs, and successfully scale new green materials, driving climate breakthroughs in areas ranging from carbon removal to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and low-impact mining.

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Virgin Atlantic “100% sustainable aviation fuel” ad judged misleading

Published 12:48 on August 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:48 on August 7, 2024  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International

Virgin Atlantic’s pledge to run future flights on fully sustainable aviation fuel is misleading consumers, according to an official UK judgment published on Wednesday.

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Technical UN body updates guidelines for post-2026 CORSIA carbon credit eligibility

Published 15:36 on August 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:36 on August 6, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The technical body charged with assessing eligible carbon credit supply in the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme has updated its guidelines for standards applying to have their issuances validated for the post-2026 phase of the programme, with the first assessments to begin next year.

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VCM Report: SBTi uncertainty casts doubt over voluntary carbon market as N-GEO hits fresh low

Published 15:47 on August 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:47 on August 5, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Voluntary

Liquidity remained thin and participants cited an uncertain outlook for the voluntary carbon market in the wake of a series of ‘confusing’ technical documents published by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) last week, which confirmed that a final decision on carbon credit use under the organisation’s corporate standard will take place at the end of 2025.

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Japanese companies to set up SAF Scope 3 carbon credit scheme

Published 13:28 on August 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:28 on August 2, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, International, Japan, Voluntary

Seven Japanese companies on Friday announced plans to trial a market for Scope 3 carbon credits generated from the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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US-based startup raises $6 mln to produce sustainable aviation fuel from CO2

Published 01:44 on August 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:44 on August 2, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, US

A US-based startup has raised a $6 million seed round to scale its direct air capture-to-sustainable aviation fuel (DAC-to-SAF) technology, it announced Thursday.

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