Isometric certifies new version of carbon credit standard, expanding to tackle super pollutants
Carbon credit registry Isometric has certified Version 2.0 of its core standard, expanding its crediting scope to super pollutants.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Opinion split over role of voluntary credit integrity initiatives, UK govt consultation finds
Stakeholders across the UK’s carbon and nature markets hold differing views on whether the government should use voluntary integrity initiatives as best practice guides, the government said on Thursday.
Read MoreCDR should be allocated separately from emissions to ensure fairness -report
Carbon removal (CDR) should be treated as a limited global resource with its own allocation rules, rather than being folded into overall net emissions targets, a study published Thursday has found.
Read MorePartners announce first public EU-approved carbon removal transaction for BECCS units
The first transaction under the European Union’s new carbon removal framework has been publicly disclosed, involving carbon removal credits tied to a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project in Sweden.
Read MoreUK pension provider with £55-bln portfolio inks procurement deal with CDR platform
A UK pension management company overseeing a £54.8-billion investment portfolio has signed its fourth deal with a carbon removal (CDR) market intelligence platform, aiming to procure credits.
Read MoreUS biochar company secures 1 mln CDR credit agreement with Microsoft
A US-headquartered biochar company has secured an agreement to supply Microsoft with 1 million carbon removal (CDR) units over a 10-year period, it announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreLATAM Roundup: Latin America diversifies from NbS
Several Latin American countries historically focused on nature-based solutions (NbS) and land use are seeing carbon project developers stride into technology-based GHG reductions and removals.
Read MoreBiogenic CO2 from wastewater biogas stored offshore in Norway for first time globally
In a world-first application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), biogenic CO2 from a wastewater biogas facility in Norway has been transported and permanently stored 2,600 metres below the seabed, the project partners announced Tuesday.
Read MoreCF Asia: ANALYSIS – Early glut could cap Article 6 carbon credit prices, but supply crunch looms
Prices of carbon credits under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 are seen below $20 per tonne in the early years as supply outpaces demand, before a tightening market pushes rates above $100 by mid-century, according to an analysis.
Read MoreCarbon removal financier agrees to 305k CDR credit deal with Bolivian recycler
A Zurich-headquartered carbon removal (CDR) financier has committed to procuring over 305,000 CO2 removal certificates (CORCs) from a biochar facility in Bolivia, it announced on Monday.
Read More