Germany launches consultation on strategy for negative emissions -media
The German government has opened its first online consultation to assess CO2 removal and storage methods as part of the country’s planned long-term negative emissions strategy, according to media sources.
Read MoreVerra to restructure organisation, cut workforce by 25% amid challenging conditions
Verra will restructure its organisation and cut its workforce by around a quarter, it announced Monday, as the voluntary carbon standard and registry deals with slowing market demand and mounting financial losses.
Read MoreUK CCUS ambitions potentially ‘misleading’, ‘waste of money’ -report
The UK government’s recent £21.7 billion funding announcement for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) projects “is low on details and high on rhetoric”, and will likely result in “the waste of public money”, according to new analysis.
Read MoreDAC carbon removal tech efficiency hinges on local climate, researchers find
The cost and performance of an innovative type of direct air capture technology are heavily influenced by local environmental conditions, a new study has found.
Read MoreRussian carbon registry conducts first int’l sale
The Russian Carbon Units Registry has conducted its first international sale of carbon credits from a forest project in Krasnoyarsk to an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates, local media reported last week.
Read MoreEU heavy industries should gamble on flexibility -report
European heavy industries like aluminum and steel should embrace the flexibility that comes with electrification, rather than persist in operating continuously and prolonging dependence on fossil fuels, a report warned.
Read MoreThe seven sins of heat pump policies in Europe, identified
The transition to sustainable heating solutions is stalling across European countries due to collapsing heat pump sales, which are putting 170,000 jobs at risk, researchers have warned.
Read MoreUp to $41 bln in World Bank climate finance is unaccounted for, Oxfam reveals
Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance, almost 40% of the total funds the institution has disbursed over the past seven years, is unaccounted for, according to a new report by Oxfam published on Thursday.
Read MoreMore accurate emissions accounting key to ensuring integrity of mangrove-based blue carbon credits -researchers
Improvements need to be made in the precise quantification of different organic carbon (OC) sources in mangrove sediments to ensure proper allocation of blue carbon credits, a new study argues.
Read MoreStudy links climate change to sharp rise in global forest fire emissions
Carbon emissions from forest fires have risen by 60% over the past two decades, driven largely by climate change and the heightened sensitivity of temperate and boreal forest fire regimes, according to a new study.
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