FEATURE: Japan’s AZEC under fire for prolonging fossil fuel use, undermining Southeast Asia’s climate goals
The Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) initiative promised decarbonisation across Asia, but experts warn its gas-heavy focus risks locking Southeast Asian nations into costly and volatile fossil fuel pathways.
Read MoreFEATURE: G20 bioeconomy initiative moves to next phase as South Africa aims to unlock finance
The South African G20 presidency and a group of NGOs are spearheading a programme to scale financing for the bioeconomy in Africa, with nature credits among the instruments that will be explored, as they seek to pave the way for other regions to follow suit.
Read MoreFEATURE: Laser tech is helping forest carbon markets boost accuracy and credit value
Laser-guided technology once confined to research laboratories and self-driving cars is now helping verify carbon credits with unrivalled accuracy by bringing a new dimension in mapping forests for an industry still grappling with questions of trust and integrity.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU should look to Canada’s carbon pricing struggles for lessons in how to ease ETS2 launch
The rise and fall of Canada’s carbon charge and rebate to households provides lessons learned for EU policymakers in advance of a similar carbon market for heating and transport fuels, policy experts tell Carbon Pulse.Â
Read MoreFEATURE: US ERW boom should be tied with rapid research expansion, experts say
Policymakers must look to support rapid research and development of enhanced rock weathering (ERW) as the nascent market expands mostly outside the reach of government regulators, argue carbon removal (CDR) advocates.
Read MoreFEATURE: How batteries and AI help increase the resilience of increasingly dispersed electricity grids
Battery energy storage and AI will be critical to strengthening the resilience of electricity grids as they become more dispersed and dominated by renewables, say energy experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: Industry, agriculture majors using environmental DNA to tackle risk, boost profits
An environmental DNA company is working with oil majors, miners, and agricultural corporates to identify high risk areas for biodiversity in their supply chains, with the data used to inform business decisions and respond to regulatory drivers.
Read MoreFEATURE: Political will needed for carbon markets to deliver significant climate finance -experts
Despite the steep decline seen in voluntary carbon trading, some observers maintain that if the political will is there, carbon markets can deliver significant amounts of climate finance – potentially over half of the needed invested to meet long-term climate objectives.
Read MoreFEATURE: Direct air capture shifts from hype to reality as race for scale and survival begins
Mounting costs, technical challenges, and growing scrutiny are fuelling doubts over whether direct air capture (DAC) can deliver on its carbon removal promise, raising concerns that policymakers may be placing too much faith in a technology still in its infancy.
Read MoreFEATURE: Cooling credits spark debate over solar geoengineering
The founder of a company selling solar radiation modification (SRM) credits is open to working with governments and companies to expand its operations, touting the controversial technology as the only realistic option to hold off climate change, but experts are deeply divided on the matter, with one describing it as a dangerous techno-fix.
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