ANALYSIS: Indonesia’s carbon export restart stalled by regulatory uncertainty, experts say
Indonesia last month lifted its de facto ban on international carbon credit sales, but uncertainty around credit eligibility, taxation, and compliance rules is holding back transactions, according to market participants.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Cookstoves carbon market on cusp of breakthrough, with credits weeks away from integrity, CORSIA labels
Cookstoves could be the catalyst that drives a wider voluntary carbon market rebound in 2025, sources have told Carbon Pulse, with a large pipeline of credits now advancing fast towards obtaining the first Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) integrity labels for the sector, and new supply soon be marked as eligible for the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Read MoreANALYSIS: Australia’s best shot at green steel hampered by upstream emissions
The type of iron needed for coal-free furnaces requires far more energy to mine and process, but in the world’s leading iron ore production region a carve-out of the Safeguard Mechanism could promote global decarbonisation.
Read MoreANALYSIS: UK emissions cap to feature in ETS linking talks with EU, as Brexit politics looms over progress
An initial agreement struck on Monday to link the EU and UK emissions trading schemes (ETS) includes a key commitment from Britain to ensure “dynamic alignment” with the bloc’s carbon market legislation – a move that puts Britain’s emissions cap on the negotiating table, sources told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: EU-UK linking announcement “positive” but leaves market with more questions than answers
News this week that the EU and UK had struck an initial agreement to link their emissions trading systems (ETSs) with exemptions from upcoming carbon border fees sparked a flurry of British market activity, pushing benchmark prices above £55 for the first time since 2023, but traders and analysts alike questioned the scale of the gains given officials are yet to provide a timeline or any firm details on implementation of a link-up.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Experts laud “major” Article 6 baseline, leakage standards following PACM meeting
Key carbon project baseline and leakage standards, adopted following a meeting of UNFCCC experts last week, have been heralded as a significant step forward in ensuring the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) is robust and aligned with internationally agreed climate warming goals.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Corporate action on nature following shareholder proposals doubles in 2025
Many more corporations have voluntarily acted on nature this year following a steady stream of nature-related shareholder proposals, despite growing US opposition to environmental action.
Read MoreANALYSIS: ACCU market caught between jubilation and frustration following election
The Australian carbon ecosystem is set to strengthen and grow off the back of renewed policy certainty, despite deep wells of frustration from project developers over the slow method development process.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Stakeholders push ARB for timely implementation of LCFS amendments, but worries persist
Stakeholders urged California regulators to swiftly conclude its extended Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) rulemaking, although concerns surrounding previous as well as newly proposed provisions continued to linger in comments submitted to the latest 15-day package.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Renewable fuel producers request expedited US 45Z guidance, tax credit adjusted for point-of-sale
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) received hundreds of comments on their Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit guidance, asking the agency to finalise guidance quickly and to adjust its definition of qualifying sales to match the transportation fuel business.
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