BRIEFING: UK hoping to avoid overlaps, disparity with EU ETS in Irish Sea shipping

Published 20:36 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:36 on January 21, 2025  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, International, Shipping, UK ETS

The UK government is looking at how to avoid a disparity in carbon prices in the Irish Sea when it expands its ETS to the domestic maritime sector, according to officials.

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Pricing carbon internally is key for corporate climate leadership, says non-profit

Published 17:15 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:15 on January 21, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

Using an internal carbon price is one of the four key levers that companies must pull in order to be a climate leader, although only 41% of corporate frontrunners are doing so thus far, said a non-profit during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Euro Markets: EUAs rally to extend winning streak, matching record after gas spikes on storage news

Published 17:13 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:40 on January 21, 2025  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

European carbon prices ended a volatile Tuesday slightly higher, matching the record of nine successive daily increases, after early weakness amid technical signals pointing to an overbought market was brushed aside following a jump in natural gas prices on updated German storage regulations, while UK Allowances steadied after bouncing back from Monday’s record low.

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Singapore president calls for integrating carbon, biodiversity credit markets

Published 16:58 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:58 on January 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Integrating biodiversity and water credits into the voluntary carbon market (VCM) could help better address the existing funding gap on nature, the president of Singapore told an event at the ongoing World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday.

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Replanet considers landscape-scale biodiversity credit measurements

Published 16:12 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:12 on January 21, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

Project developer Replanet is considering how to make measuring biodiversity credits from landscape-scale initiatives of up to 300,000 hectares affordable, despite a lack of demand.

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Major economies defend Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) in joint statement

Published 15:35 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:35 on January 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

Major economies published a joint article to defend the importance of Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) on Tuesday, and to reaffirm their commitment to raising climate finance.

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Digital verification company expands into ARR carbon projects

Published 15:21 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:21 on January 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

A carbon project verification company has announced its expansion to cover afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) activities, it said Tuesday.

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Arab League signs MOU with Qatar-based centre to build Article 6 capacity -media

Published 14:42 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:42 on January 21, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Middle East, Paris Article 6

The Arab League on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Qatari sustainability institution to enhance regional cooperation and build local capacity on carbon markets, according to reports in regional media.

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Europe’s political leaders cry out for flexibility in meeting EU climate goals

Published 14:11 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:11 on January 21, 2025  / /  EMEA

Key political figures in Europe have joined centre-right calls for greater flexibility in meeting EU climate targets, supporting instead a technology-neutral approach that puts renewables, nuclear, and other clean technologies on an equal footing to meet the EU’s decarbonisation objectives.

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Policy incentives needed to balance CDR development given wide price spreads -survey

Published 14:00 on January 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:45 on January 22, 2025  / and /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

More policy incentives are needed to encourage the nascent carbon removal (CDR) sector, given a wide gap in price perceptions among market participants, according to results of a recent pricing survey.

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