FEATURE: Madagascar carbon, nature projects carrying on despite coup
The ongoing political turmoil in Madagascar following a military takeover earlier this month, is not expected to disrupt carbon market-related activities or forest-based project implementation, government and private sector actors told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: Indonesia’s plan to double geothermal capacity is “highly ambitious”
Indonesia’s plan to almost double geothermal capacity by 2034 looks “highly ambitious” against decades of modest additions and persistent social, financing, and permitting hurdles, according to analysts.
Read MoreCOL-CLIMA25: FEATURE – Colombia’s carbon tax drives oil distributors to cheaper nature-based credits
Colombia’s oil distributors are driving a surge in nature-based carbon credit retirements as the country’s CO2 tax offsetting scheme interacts with abundant cheap supply and recent policy changes.
Read MoreFEATURE: New Zealand’s climate policy shifts risk international harm, warn observers
The cumulative impact of scrapped climate policies and weakened targets is harming New Zealand’s international reputation, slowing down local action, and leaves the country open to legal challenges, policy experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCFEL25: FEATURE – Carbon credit buyers speaking in “coded language”, or buying anonymously, analysts say
Many voluntary carbon credit deals are failing to come to light because buyers prefer to remain anonymous – particularly larger companies worried about reputational risk – while those that do speak out do so in “coded language”, according to experts at the Carbon Forward Expo London 2025 conference.Â
Read MoreFEATURE: Scrap markets will drive steel sector’s shift to lower-emissions electric arc furnaces
Lower emissions steel produced in electric arc furnaces (EAFs) will make up a tiny fraction of annual steel output growth, however countries in Asia are already moving to shore up supplies of scrap steel as markets are expected to tighten, multiple market watchers have cautioned.
Read MoreFEATURE: Parliament’s biggest group waits for EU leaders to move on 2040 climate target
The largest political group in the European Parliament, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), is holding off on taking a position on the bloc’s 2040 climate target until EU leaders reach an agreement, raising fresh doubts over whether institutions can finalise a deal ahead of COP30.
Read MoreFEATURE: Debut of new battery in Chinese EV could trigger mass European shift, curb EU ETS2 impact
The launch of the first mass-market electric vehicle with a semi-solid-state battery could start to trigger widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption among European drivers and hence reduce emissions under the EU’s incoming second Emission Trading System (ETS2)Â carbon market.
Read MoreCWNYC25: FEATURE – Business case for nature finance clear to private investors, but disconnect remains to solutions providers
Investment managers and corporate leaders are increasingly recognising the business case for nature finance, and sector players are pushing to keep that momentum going by connecting capital with nature-based solutions providers.
Read MoreFEATURE: Shipping companies set to hand in first EUAs, following choppy entrance into ETS
Maritime companies are preparing to hand in their EU Allowances for the first time on Tuesday, amid rising optimism that the sector will soon adapt to the bloc’s cap-and-trade market despite a choppy start that saw international companies struggling to even open their compliance accounts.
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