Aircraft maker and partners invest $200 mln in sustainable aviation fuel

Published 15:51 on July 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:16 on July 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Japan, Voluntary

An international aircraft manufacturer and several partner companies have invested in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with a combined commitment of approximately $200 million, the manufacturer announced on Tuesday.

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Field to flight: Researchers reveal environmental dilemmas in SAF production

Published 22:20 on July 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:20 on July 22, 2024  /  Africa, Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, International, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A new study offers a nuanced look at the impact of land use changes required for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, underscoring the environmental trade-offs involved in replacing kerosene with biofuels derived from six different types of crops.

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VCM report: Green shoots hard to find in voluntary carbon market as summer slump continues

Published 18:12 on July 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:02 on July 22, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Carbon Taxes, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

There were few signs signs of recovery across the voluntary carbon market last week, traders warned, as this year’s summer slump continued.

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VCM report: Slight lift in voluntary carbon market prices reflects CCP buzz

Published 18:39 on July 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:36 on July 15, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

There was a slight lift in trading prices across several key indices in the voluntary carbon market last week, reflecting the ongoing interest in the impact of Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) on the market.

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CORSIA carbon credit demand up in the air amid diverse forecasts for airline emission growth

Published 16:52 on July 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:54 on July 15, 2024  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, International, Voluntary

Carbon credit demand for the first phase of CORSIA, the international aviation offsetting scheme, hangs in the balance with an extreme range between low and high projections of airline emissions, finds a report.

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Vietnam advances to validation stage under ART TREES carbon standard

Published 15:56 on July 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:56 on July 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Vietnam has successfully submitted complete and programme-eligible REDD+ documentation to ART TREES, the standard’s secretariat announced Wednesday, paving the way for validation, verification, and eventual issuance of serialised jurisdictional carbon credits from the Southeast Asian country.

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DATA DIVE: Retirements in voluntary carbon market hold up in H1 2024 offering tentative signs of resilience

Published 17:57 on July 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:57 on July 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Data Dive, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Carbon credit retirement volumes across the four main registries broadly held up in the first six months of 2024, compared to the same period last year, despite fresh scandals hitting the sector.

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VCM Report: Summer starts early in the voluntary carbon market with liquidity thin, prices flat

Published 20:45 on July 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:45 on July 8, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The usual slowdown of the summer holiday season has already arrived in the voluntary carbon market with few major shifts in price, aside from a jump in nature-based spot contracts, and generally weak trading activity this week.

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American Airlines looks to SAF first for CORSIA compliance, British Airways to raise prices to cover CO2 costs

Published 19:22 on July 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:22 on July 4, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

American Airlines will prioritise sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to fulfill its obligations under UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) but also expects to use carbon offsets, according to its 2023 sustainability report, while the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday that British Airways will raise its prices to cover the cost of reducing its CO2 emissions.

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New metric proposed to help tackle long-distance travel emissions

Published 14:13 on July 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:43 on July 2, 2024  /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Voluntary

Long-distance travel is a disproportionately large contributor to the UK’s transport-related carbon emissions, researchers have found, prompting them to propose a new metric to evaluate the effectiveness of reducing travel demand on CO2 output.

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