Ghana approaches J-REDD+ issuance
Ghana is close to issuing forest carbon credits under its large-scale forest conservation programme, a minister announced in London this week.
Read MoreGlobal seagrass sediment stores 650 mln tCO2, according to satellite map
An American research team has found that roughly 650 million tonnes of carbon were stored in the top layers of seagrass sediment between 2019-20 as part of the construction of a global blue carbon map.
Read MoreEuro Markets: EUAs post marginal daily and weekly loss as traders eye looming reform package
European carbon permits posted marginal daily and weekly declines on Friday as allowance prices moved in their narrowest range for more than two weeks, with traders anticipating the end of the financial half-year and the approaching ETS reform package, while energy commodities were mixed after headlines sparked afternoon rallies.
Read More17 EU countries call for three-year postponement of EU methane regulation
A group of 17 EU member states has asked that the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR) be postponed by three years, citing ongoing oil and gas supply constraints linked to the war in the Middle East.
Read MoreEU ministers back grids and permitting push to fast‑track electrification
EU27 energy ministers on Friday approved a grids and permitting package aimed at accelerating the expansion of infrastructure seen as essential for electrification and the bloc’s decarbonisation goals.
Read MoreSAF industry must move beyond competing technologies to scaling production, experts say
Scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, rather than competing over technologies, is now the industry’s biggest challenge, experts said on Thursday.
Read MoreFEATURE: Tight schedule raises stakes for upcoming EU ETS reform
The coming overhaul of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is shaping up as one of the toughest political tests for the bloc’s climate policy, with a tight timetable that looks almost as daunting as the substance of the reform itself.
Read MoreLCAW26 roundup: Hope floats for climate action while London drips in heatÂ
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.Â
Read MoreNature branded “strategic infrastructure” as EU countries back credits push
EU environment ministers meeting on Thursday said protecting and restoring nature is now a competitiveness issue as much as an environmental one, with several countries branding nature-based solutions “strategic infrastructure” and backing new market tools such as nature credits.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: French real estate pioneer shapes EU push to certify CO2 stored in buildings
France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
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