FEATURE: Shrinking foreign aid opens space for private nature finance amid rising risks
Cuts to foreign aid programmes worldwide are set to accelerate the uptake of private involvement in climate and biodiversity finance, though this will likely come with increased risks for investors as well as local communities, according to observers.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU braces for ETS2 amid national foot-dragging to transpose the law
National strategies to address the EU’s incoming Emissions Trading System for heating and road transport fuels (ETS2) are patchy and moving at different paces, showing a lack of urgency across the bloc despite the scheme’s looming start date in less than two years.
Read MoreFEATURE: USAID freeze sets back American scale-up of international carbon markets
A sudden USAID funding freeze has jeopardised years of US efforts to onboard countries onto carbon markets and credit trading, sources familiar with agency operations told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: BRICS see opportunity to rise as non-Western counterpoint in climate policy
The large BRICS emerging economies could reshape the international climate policy landscape, but expectations of this non-Western coalition should be “moderate” despite its recent embrace of carbon markets, according to experts speaking to Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: Oil majors tout CCS as only option to decarbonise UK’s hard-to-abate industries
A clear UK plan to spearhead development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects is urgently needed to decarbonise hard-to-abate industries and to achieve the 2030 clean power goal, according to the oil majors behind CCS clusters in England.
Read MoreFEATURE: Biochar moves closer to coveted EU list of ‘permanent’ carbon removals
The European Commission aims to present draft legislation at the end of June to formalise certification methodologies for measuring CO2 sequestration from permanent carbon removals (CDR) – including one potentially dedicated to biochar, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU shipping sector explores compliance options as new rules push up carbon costs in 2025
Shipping companies are grappling to find the best way to comply with the EU’s new fuel intensity regulation, as the sector’s exposure to carbon policies more than doubles this year, and biofuels emerge as the most popular option.
Read MoreFEATURE: UK-EU ETS linking back on the table, raising cautious optimism ahead of talks
Recent news that the EU and UK plan to discuss the potential for linking their emissions trading schemes at a summit this spring sparked a flurry of buying that has driven benchmark UK Allowances to multi-month highs – but there’s a long way to go before any tangible agreement on a link-up can be made, analysts warn.
Read MoreFEATURE: UK set to miss 2030 green jet fuel goals by half, increasing airline carbon exposure
The UK could miss its production goal of 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in total jet fuel use by 2030 by almost half, according to industry experts, with potential implications for airline exposure to carbon prices under the UK ETS and the UN’s CORSIA international offsetting scheme.
Read MoreFEATURE: US aid freeze hits nature programmes as experts grapple with funding dilemma
The US administration’s sudden decision to freeze all foreign assistance programmes is having far-reaching impacts on biodiversity and climate projects worldwide, with some weighing options to bridge the funding gap amid fears that the move could foreshadow a permanent cut to aid for nature conservation.
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