BRIEFING: In Latin America, āMicrosoft pauseā could exacerbate barriers to biochar
Biochar credit generation in Latin America is constrained by fragile demand signals and high investment barriers, local developers have said, where a potential time-out from major carbon removals (CDR) buyer Microsoft could exacerbate both conditions.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Santa Marta fossil fuels conference framed as complementary to UN climate talks
Efforts to build a fossil fuel phaseout coalition are being framed as complementary rather than alternative to the UN climate process, with stakeholders stressing broader participation at a Thursday media event.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Pricing biodiversity in carbon markets can boost nature tech revenues amid sector headwinds
Measuring biodiversity co-benefits in carbon markets could offer nature tech companies an opportunity to increase revenues, at a time when the sector is set to face headwinds due to funding challenges, according to experts.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Airlines face CORSIA bottleneck as government approvals lag
Airlines preparing for compliance under the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme are running into a shortage of host country approvals needed to use carbon credits, even as project supply continues to grow.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Energy crisis drives push for fossil fuel phaseout as 50+ countries target action in Santa Marta
A worsening global energy shock triggered by the Middle East war is reinforcing calls to accelerate a managed fossil fuel phaseout, with more than 50 countries set to use the upcoming Santa Marta conference as an implementation-focused platform.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Energy lawyers flag potential for CCUS industry in new CO2 storage standard
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) switched up its geological CO2 storage standard last month, perhaps opening a window for the carbon capture, usage, and sequestration (CCUS) sector amid US environmental rollbacks, a law firm has said.
Read MoreBRIEFING: South Korea’s new power sector targets raise doubts amid energy supply disruptions
Amid wider energy supply disruptions, South Korea’s newly announced targets for the power sector have met with closer examination, as the strategy may fail to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Analysts cautiously optimistic on California ISOR timeline, expect 2028 for Washington linkageĀ
CarbonĀ market analysts offered broadly positive outlooks on theĀ formalisationĀ of planned updates to the California cap-and-investĀ programmeĀ via theĀ Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR)Ā but said they expected linkage with Washington to occurĀ inĀ 2028 at the earliest during a workshop hostedĀ last weekĀ by Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Cubaās plans for carbon-financed renewables still far off, as US oil blockade highlights energy insecurity
The US oil blockade of Cuba has exacerbated the country’s energy security problem, while also accelerating a shift to renewables, which has included a push to develop carbon markets, according to experts.
Read MoreNACW26: BRIEFING – Climate superfund suits potential “roadmap” for DOJ challenge to California ETS, but seen unlikely to succeed
The Trump administration’s ongoing lawsuits against other states’ climate superfund lawsuits could reveal a āroadmapā for a potential legal challenge against Californiaās cap-and-invest programme, according to a legal expert, while others agreed any challenge against the ETS would be unlikely to succeed.
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