Chinese project developer eyes global expansion, sets up Singapore subsidiary

Published 03:19 on April 8, 2025  /  Last updated at 03:19 on April 8, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Bavardage, China, Other APAC, Voluntary

A Chinese project developer has established an international subsidiary in Singapore to advance its global business expansion plans.

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Latest energy scenarios broadly anticipate decline in CO2 emissions through 2050 -analysis

Published 02:04 on April 8, 2025  /  Last updated at 02:04 on April 8, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, US

An analysis of 13 different energy scenarios found that the carbon intensity of energy is broadly expected to decline through to 2050 as accelerated electrification is led by wind and solar power generation.

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Beijing sets compliance timelines, tasks for local emissions market

Published 05:42 on April 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:42 on April 7, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Beijing has specified deadlines and compliance tasks for emitters regulated under its pilot carbon market this year.

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Study warns economic cost of climate change far greater than previously estimated

Published 13:04 on April 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:04 on April 6, 2025  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, Other APAC

A new study has found that the global economic damage caused by severe climate change may be far greater than previously estimated, with losses potentially quadrupling when global weather effects are included in economic forecasts.

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Researchers release open-access global map of nature-based carbon offset projects

Published 00:59 on April 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:59 on April 6, 2025  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A team of researchers has released a global open-access database containing the geospatial boundaries of 575 forest-based carbon offset projects across 55 countries, aiming to boost transparency in the voluntary carbon market.

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New aviation carbon levy proposals “deeply concerning”, risk global climate policy fragmentation -ICAO

Published 00:08 on April 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:08 on April 5, 2025  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Carbon Taxes, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

The UN’s civil aviation agency has raised concerns over renewed international proposals to impose levies on aviation emissions, warning they could jeopardise more than three decades of progress towards a unified global approach to climate action in the sector.

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Higher carbon price needed to support cleaner Chinese steelmaking

Published 13:14 on April 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:14 on April 3, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China’s carbon price will need to rise if cleaner and greener forms of steelmaking are to take hold despite a ‘tsunami’ of scrap steel that can be fed into cleaner furnaces coming in 2035, a consultancy said this week.

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CN Markets: CEAs continue slow decline, but CCERs find support above 90 yuan

Published 12:22 on April 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:22 on April 3, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Prices in China’s national emissions market continued to decline over the past week as recent policy updates have failed to stir enthusiasm among traders, while the country’s voluntary market saw relatively robust trading activity amid improving demand.

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Record low for new coal, but retirements must speed up to meet climate commitments, report says

Published 07:47 on April 3, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:54 on April 3, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, International, Other APAC

Last year was a record two decade-low for global coal-fired power plant additions, with just 44 gigawatts of new capacity and 25.2 GW retired for a net gain of 18.8 GW, or a total increase of 1%, a think tank said Thursday.

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ECS25: Urgency to implement CBAM keeps growing as 2026 start date looms

Published 17:41 on April 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:41 on April 2, 2025  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, EMEA, International

Complexity continues to challenge the implementation of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), but any delay to the carbon leakage mechanism would be counterproductive to its environmental and economic aims, a conference heard on Wednesday.

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