Carbon consultancy offering ‘Corona Credits’ to offset emissions reduced by global virus lockdown
*FREE READ* – A new carbon consultancy is calculating the global greenhouse gas emissions being saved by people working from home due to the coronavirus outbreak, and it is packaging and selling the reductions as voluntary carbon offsets.
Read MoreMajor climate conference nixed over coronavirus
A major annual climate change conference scheduled for late May has been cancelled over the coronavirus crisis.
Read MoreAustralian carbon market conference postponed amid virus spread
The Carbon Market Institute has postponed its annual Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit as a precaution amid the COVID-19 virus spread, it announced Monday.
Read MoreRBS carbon traders found by UK court to have knowingly facilitated EU ETS tax fraud
British bank RBS and its commodities trading division have been found liable for dishonestly assisting and knowingly facilitating tax fraud linked to the EU ETS after two emissions traders at the subsidiary ignored obvious risks, a UK High Court ruled Tuesday.
Read MoreS&P Dow Jones launches EU carbon allowance index
S&P Dow Jones Indices on Monday launched an index to track EU carbon allowance prices, it said in a press release.
Read MoreAfrica, Asia big winners in German government’s carbon offset tenders -report
Germany has purchased more than 1 million carbon credits between 2014 and 2018 to offset the federal government’s emissions from business trips, according to a new report, with virtually all of the units coming from Africa or Asia and almost half from a single project type.
Read MoreEasyJet, Harrods breach EU ETS rules as UK issues record £5.6m in fines
Low-cost airline EasyJet, luxury department store Harrods, and a renowned British architect were among those to be penalised this month for violating the rules of the EU ETS, as the UK government issued its largest batch of non-compliance fines to date.
Read MoreCarbon Pulse kicks off 2020 with two new hires to enter investment, development phase
Carbon Pulse has expanded its workforce to kick off 2020, hiring two experts to help bolster its unrivalled news and intelligence offering as the five-year old company enters a new period of investment and product development.
Read MoreIndia’s cKinetics acquires carbon market data firm CaliforniaCarbon.info
Delhi-based sustainability advisory firm cKinetics has acquired carbon market news and data platform CaliforniaCarbon.info, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreFormer UK int’l aid minister Sharma named BEIS head, COP26 president in shock reshuffle
Former international development minister Alok Sharma has been named UK climate and energy minister and will preside over this year’s UN climate talks, Downing Street announced Thursday as part of a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle that featured a number of surprises.
Read More