KEY TAKEAWAYS: ICAO TAB assessments, recommendations, and public comments for CORSIA 2024 application cycle

Published 02:44 on December 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:08 on December 7, 2024  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, US, Voluntary

UN civil aviation body ICAO late on Friday published reports outlining its Technical Advisory Body’s (TAB) assessments, recommendations, and public comments made during the 2024 cycle for applications by carbon credit standards seeking eligibility under the airline offsetting programme.

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SAF production from microbial oil offers higher land-use efficiency, limited by high production costs -study

Published 00:04 on December 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:04 on December 7, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, RINs & LCFS, South & Central

Oil derived from sugarcane is a promising alternative feedstock in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) given its land-use efficiency, but the process faces high production costs, researchers published in a recent study.

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Bullish momentum building in voluntary carbon market for 2025 -analysts

Published 15:25 on December 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:25 on December 6, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Next year could be a turning point for the beleaguered voluntary carbon market because the underlying fundamentals have stayed robust, particularly the rising number of companies setting SBTi climate targets, despite a tough year, according to analysts in a new report.

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Shell signs SAF offtake agreement with ADB-funded project in Pakistan

Published 12:45 on December 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:45 on December 6, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, International, Other APAC, Voluntary

British oil major Shell has signed a contract with Pakistan-based sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer for long-term offtake of SAF, once the proposed plant funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gets completed.

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CORSIA market liquidity hinges on Article 6 alignment by eligible carbon standards -report

Published 01:27 on December 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:27 on December 5, 2024  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

New CORSIA-eligible carbon standards under the UN’s aviation offsetting scheme will likely enhance liquidity in this credit-strapped market – but only if emission units comply with Article 6 requirements, and if participating countries institute “correct and balanced” incentives and penalties, as per a report published Wednesday by an international project developer.

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Clear demand signal needed to scale CORSIA carbon credit supply, says Guyana

Published 17:29 on December 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:29 on December 4, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Airlines need to show a clearer demand signal if countries are to supply sufficient levels of CORSIA-eligible credits to meet the demands of Phase 1 (2024-26), a representative from Guyana told a carbon industry conference.

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Sustainable aviation too slow to take off, finds report

Published 15:30 on December 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:30 on December 3, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International

A mere 12% of airlines around the world are making “noteworthy efforts” to switch from kerosene to truly sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), while the others are either buying too little or the wrong kind of alternative, according to an NGO ranking published on Tuesday.

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VCM Report: Verra carbon credit retirements breach 7 mln as market shows signs of life

Published 16:53 on December 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:53 on December 2, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Retirements in the Verra voluntary carbon registry surged to just over 7 million last week, as the market started to show some life after having failed to ignite after the COP climate talks last month.

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Xpansiv launches carbon removals trading, lists 75k new forest credits

Published 09:29 on December 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:29 on December 2, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

Xpansiv, an environmental market services provider, on Monday launched new spot exchange and portfolio management tools to support the trading and handling of carbon removal credits as a separate market segment.

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Lufthansa expands carbon credit, SAF scheme to international flights

Published 15:14 on November 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:14 on November 29, 2024  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Middle East, Nature-based, Voluntary

The Lufthansa Group will extend its sustainable “green” travel tariff to long-haul flights, the German company announced on Wednesday, expanding a scheme that currently helps finance sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and carbon projects.

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