ANNOUNCEMENT: Carbon Pulse launches EU ETS data portal ahead of flagship reform
Market, policy, and emissions data at your fingertips as the European Commission prepares to issue legislative proposals to reform the world’s largest compliance carbon market by traded value.
Read MoreClean cooking developer secures €1.1 mln to expand biomass stove access in Mozambique
A Mozambique-based clean cooking company has secured around €1.1 million from a European clean cooking fund to expand access to biomass-fuelled cookstoves and fuel production in the country.
Read MoreEU should use international credits to build carbon pricing systems abroad, policy brief says
The EU should use its quota for international carbon credits to help build domestic carbon pricing systems in partner countries, rather than treating them as a cheaper route to fulfilling its 2040 emission targets, according to a recent policy brief.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: SAF made from waste plastics can be “bridging fuel” for aviation, experts say
Producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste plastics could act as a “bridging fuel” in decarbonising aviation before the scale-up of other fuels with a stronger emissions saving profile, say experts.
Read MoreIndustrial carbon management coalition backs “strong, predictable” EU ETS
A broad coalition of industrial carbon management stakeholders has urged the European Union to use the forthcoming review of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to preserve the market’s core architecture while directing a larger share of its revenues into industrial decarbonisation.
Read MoreScottish councils use about 20% of nature funds for routine spending, investigation says
Councils in Scotland have collectively used about ÂŁ4 million of governmental nature restoration funding on office costs and routine spending, according to a media investigation published this week.
Read MoreSteelmakers set for EU ETS “jackpot” despite free allocation fears, think-tank says
EU steelmakers are set to benefit from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the coming years, despite industry concerns over the phaseout of free allowances, according to a brief by a Brussels-based climate policy think-tank.
Read MoreGold Standard broadens list of approved insurance policies for CORSIA to five
Gold Standard (GS) has added another insurance policy to the list of approved covers for CORSIA, the international aviation offsetting scheme, the registry announced Tuesday.
Read MoreEU urged to enforce penalties on oil and gas firms over missed CO2 storage deadline
A coalition of NGOs, industry groups, and CCS stakeholders has urged EU governments to rapidly implement penalty regimes for oil and gas producers that fail to meet their CO2 storage obligations under the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), after an end-June deadline has passed.
Read MoreBottom trawling threatens seabirds, cetaceans in UK MPAs -NGO
A new report said that some three quarters of site assessments for UK marine protected areas (MPAs) designated to safeguard whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seabirds identify bottom trawling as a threat requiring management.
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