IRA dismantling opens opportunity window for EU -researchers
The undoing of the subsidy-laden Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US allows Europe to seize the opportunity to lead on green investments, rather than play catch-up, according to researchers.
Read MoreUS pulls funding from international loss and damage, energy transition programmes
The US has withdrawn from the UN’s Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage from climate change and the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a multi-billion-dollar initiative aimed at helping developing nations transition from coal to cleaner energy sources, the US Treasury Department announced this week.
Read MoreCarbon removal sector urges EU to not limit use of credits in Green Claims Directive
A group of players in the carbon removal sector on Wednesday urged EU lawmakers negotiating the Green Claims Directive to allow companies to make climate claims based in part on carbon credits, even if all their possible emissions have not yet been reduced.
Read MoreAfrican Group, Russia talk “fair” climate action, bemoaning CBAM
The Kenyan chair of the African bloc of climate change negotiators recently visited Moscow to discuss international challenges including trade barriers such as the EU’s carbon border fee, and the outlook for the global carbon market, the group announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Argentina will keep carbon policies, lose carbon finance if it leaves the Paris Agreement
In late January, just days after US President Donald Trump announced the country’s departure from the Paris Agreement, reports emerged that Argentine President Javier Milei would follow suit – likely sacrificing international carbon finance while keeping most of Argentina’s carbon policies intact.
Read MoreFossil fuel presence at COPs has grown sharply, reaching 3% of delegates at COP28 -report
Fossil fuel interests accounted for 2,347 delegates, or 3% of all participants at COP28, gaining entry largely through business NGOs and developing country governments, according to a study released Monday.
Read MoreNew suite of news and intelligence products to celebrate 10 years of Carbon Pulse
To celebrate 10 years of Carbon Pulse, we are announcing the launch of two new subscription products – Net Zero Pulse and Nature & Biodiversity Pulse – to enhance our suite of specialist news and intelligence offerings.
Read MoreCarbon Pulse continues to strengthen reporting teams with new hires, promotions
Carbon Pulse has further strengthened its team of carbon market, climate policy, nature, and biodiversity reporters with a series of new hires and internal promotions.
Read MoreFEATURE: BRICS see opportunity to rise as non-Western counterpoint in climate policy
The large BRICS emerging economies could reshape the international climate policy landscape, but expectations of this non-Western coalition should be “moderate” despite its recent embrace of carbon markets, according to experts speaking to Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCOP30 will be “the most molecular COP ever”
Efforts are underway to set a sustainable fuels target at the next UN climate summit, COP30, in Brazil this November, a conference in Brussels has heard.
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