BRIEFING: Paraguay in conversations to implement Article 6.2 agreements with all major buyers, officials say
Paraguay’s government is ramping up efforts to finalise and operationalise Bilateral Agreements (BAs) with existing partners, while holding discussions with major buyer countries in international trade under Paris Agreement Article 6.2, two senior officials told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Opinion split over role of voluntary credit integrity initiatives, UK govt consultation finds
Stakeholders across the UK’s carbon and nature markets hold differing views on whether the government should use voluntary integrity initiatives as best practice guides, the government said on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Periods of conflict heighten two-way causal relationship between coal prices, EUAs
A dynamic, two-way relationship often emerges between coal and EU Allowance (EUA) prices during instances of acute geopolitical conflict, as the war in the Middle East continues to show signs of further escalation, according to peer-reviewed analysis.
Read MoreBRIEFING: UN welcomes India NDC as analysts flag limited ambition
The UN’s climate chief has welcomed India’s newly approved 2035 climate targets as a boost to clean energy growth and economic development, although analysts and campaigners have warned the plans may fall short of driving deeper emissions cuts.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Taiwan gears up for planned ETS, but exact market design needs further discussion
Adoption of an emissions trading system is considered a crucial aspect of Taiwan’s climate policy agenda, but the exact market design requires more deliberation about policy linkage and liquidity, a webinar heard this week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Blue carbon demand holds, but integrity, financing hurdles persist
Challenges around additionality, financing, and limited demand are emerging as key constraints for scaling blue carbon markets, even as interest in high-quality projects remains strong, experts said on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Corporates urged to move beyond deforestation-free to nature-positive strategies
Companies should move beyond deforestation-free compliance towards nature-positive strategies as EU sustainability rules expand, panellists said during a Tuesday webinar.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Iran war is already a heavy emitter, and risks pushing emissions further in the long run
The war in Iran has released millions of tonnes of carbon in just the first few weeks, and risks slowing a transition to clean energy as countries turn to more gas and coal to cover the oil crisis, according to recent research.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Japan’s GX-ETS design shows tangled, bottom-up approach
Design for Japan’s emissions trading scheme manifests a bottom-up approach that seeks to ensure flexibility and business competitiveness, yet it remains challenging to estimate the policy effectiveness, a webinar heard last week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: CDR potential high across Global South but regulatory gaps, financing constraints limit scale-up
Brazil, India, and Kenya have the geology, renewable energy and industrial base to support large-scale carbon removal (CDR), but a lack of regulation, financing, and workforce capacity is holding back deployment, researchers and industry experts said on Thursday.
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