INTERVIEW: New startup bets on preserving DAC industrial know-how as sector consolidates

Published 13:51 on June 26, 2026 / Last updated at 13:51 on June 26, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Insights (Interviews), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A new startup is working to preserve stranded direct air capture (DAC) patents, data, and engineering know-how before funding pressures and sector consolidation cause useful technology to be permanently lost, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.

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LCAW26 roundup: Hope floats for climate action while London drips in heat 

Published 13:21 on June 26, 2026 / Last updated at 00:17 on June 27, 2026 / , , and / CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Scorching heat dominated this year’s London Climate Action Week – even amid talk of new challenges and ideas, ranging from the hopes and fears posed by AI, to the need and opportunity to quickly stem ultra-potent superpollutants. 

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Alberta-Canada carbon pricing deal threatens C$5 bln in Canadian CDR projects, project developers say

Published 23:20 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 23:20 on June 25, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Project developers behind around C$5 billion ($3.5 bln) in carbon removal (CDR) projects are sending up flares Canada’s reduced industrial carbon price threatens their viability.

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EU to propose more dynamic ETS supply controls, slower emissions cap decline -reports

Published 20:12 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 20:26 on June 25, 2026 / / CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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The European Commission is preparing a broad overhaul of the EU ETS that would introduce more dynamic controls over allowance supply, recalibrate the market’s emissions trajectory, and extend support for industrial decarbonisation, according to a media report citing people familiar with the plans.

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Campaigners call for national CDR goals, despite EU ‘target fatigue’

Published 11:48 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 11:48 on June 25, 2026 / / CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Climate NGO Carbon Gap has urged EU governments to set binding national targets for permanent carbon removal (CDR) under the bloc’s 2040 climate framework, warning that a single, EU‑wide net emissions goal will not deliver the volumes needed to reach net zero.

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Engineering giant teams up with Berlin climate tech startup on carbon capture project

Published 10:55 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 10:55 on June 25, 2026 / / CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe)

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A German engineering company and a climate technology startup have partnered to scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems, with one named as the other’s preferred automation and digitalisation partner ahead of the inauguration of the country’s largest DAC facility in Berlin.

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South Korea kicks off government-led carbon capture and utilisation project

Published 08:07 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 08:22 on June 25, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), CO2 Management (CCUS)

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South Korea has launched a large carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) project, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by over 600,000 tonnes annually by 2035.

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NZ cleantech platform seeks to help homegrown companies break out

Published 06:06 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 06:06 on June 25, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure, Power/Electrification)

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A new cleantech platform in New Zealand is looking to bring together innovators, funders, and relevant government agencies to help the sector grow, its co-founder and CEO told Carbon Pulse.

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LCAW26: Tencent shortlists global climate innovators for $30 mln catalytic funding programme

Published 05:24 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 16:17 on June 25, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure)

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Chinese multinational technology conglomerate Tencent has unveiled 16 winners for its global initiative designed to help promising climate solutions grow and scale.

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Major Japanese bank invests in Canadian DAC developer

Published 05:00 on June 25, 2026 / Last updated at 06:56 on June 24, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A major Japanese bank has decided to invest in a Canadian startup dedicated to carbon removal solutions, eyeing the potential of Japan’s direct air capture (DAC) sector.

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