ANALYSIS: Scoping solutions – why value-chain footprinting is poised to incentivise climate action
Companies will soon be on the hook to disclose their full scope of value-chain emissions, but while many are already including these under their own climate targets, the process is riddled with technical complexities that are dampening the incentive to act.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Japan’s domestic carbon market set for slow start amid scarce supply, lack of policy clarity
Japan is preparing the launch of its domestic voluntary carbon market as a first step towards an emissions trading scheme, but participants are expected to take a wait-and-see approach for now, awaiting clearer market rules.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Fast-growing SLL market sees calls for greater transparency amid greenwashing concerns
The sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market has emerged rapidly on the green scene in recent years as an increasing number of banks and corporations use such loans as part of their decarbonisation strategies, prompting calls to enhance transparency and industry efforts to counter accusations of greenwashing.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Avoidance versus removals debate reignites amid REDD over-crediting concerns
Concerns about over-crediting of REDD+ forest conservation projects have rekindled debate on whether carbon removals are preferable to carbon avoidance, though the differences are not always clear.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Brazil poised to pass bill enforcing regulated carbon market
The Brazilian Congress is likely to pass a proposal to launch a national carbon trading programme covering the compliance and voluntary market, endorsed by newly-inaugurated President Lula da Silva, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Taiwan’s proposed climate bill vague on carbon price, access to voluntary market
Taiwan’s legislature is set to pass a revised climate bill by the end of this year, though lack of policy clarity surrounding carbon pricing mechanism could hamper the island’s ambitions towards net zero and leaves it unclear to which degree Taiwanese companies can rely on access to the international carbon market, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Scope 3 emissions could be fertile ground for new “contribution” credits
Newly defined carbon credits under the UN’s Paris Agreement could serve an important role in corporates’ net zero carbon claims, according to some experts and government representatives, even though these credits are not designed as traditional “offsets.”
Read MoreANALYSIS: Overwhelming loss of market confidence in REDD in 2022 as uncertainty bites demand
Forestry conservation projects, often battered by criticism of over crediting, have crashed out of favour with corporates amid deepening economic gloom, leading to a massive 65% drop in the number of credits retired this year compared to last.
Read MoreANALYSIS: In growing British Columbia’s offset market, new premier faces unmet potential, obstacles
The new premier-designate of British Columbia (BC) could boost carbon offset generation from protecting old growth forests, but doing so would run up against questions about buyer demand and environmental integrity, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Market fears pause in issuances, project funding after Indonesia releases carbon trading rules
Indonesia’s sectoral requirements for selling carbon credits could interrupt project funding and potentially delay new issuances in one of the voluntary carbon market’s biggest host nations by at least a year, according to market experts.
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