FEATURE: DAC startups seek to stand out by offering added benefits of water, electricity production
A couple of early-stage direct air capture startups seek to stand out from the pack by offering the added benefits of generating electricity in one case, and water in the other, alongside capturing CO2 from the air.
Read MoreFEATURE: ‘Avoided’ emissions confusion hangs over international carbon markets
Competing understandings of ‘avoided’ emissions have proliferated across international carbon markets and the greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting landscape, perpetuating confusion over the term while sending mixed signals to prospective buyers of credits.
Read MoreFEATURE: What do the German elections have in store for climate policy?
Climate experts see a new Conservative-led government in Germany staying the course on climate action, albeit with a greater focus on carbon pricing and removals that some warn risks backfiring politically.
Read MoreFEATURE: UK ETS can nudge shipping towards decarbonisation, but won’t suffice on its own
Adding shipping to the UK ETS could help push the sector towards decarbonisation — but there are concerns that the carbon price is still too low to make a dent and that it creates a patchwork of regulations in a market where international measures are also in the pipeline.Â
Read MoreFEATURE: Canadian carbon tax on the chopping block
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s exit has raised the stakes for Canada’s carbon policy, leaving market experts questioning what’s ahead after the country’s impending election.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU may lose out on US LNG imports under Trump, prompting a rethink
LNG trade may cease to be a bargaining chip in relations between Brussels and Washington under the next Trump administration, forcing the EU to rethink its energy transition plans for the coming years, according to experts.Â
Read MoreFEATURE: As US investors quit climate alliances, attention turns to shareholders
US financial institutions say they will stick with their climate commitments despite quitting international net zero alliances — but the loss of oversight and transparency provided by the alliances puts more pressure on policymakers and shareholders to ensure that promises are fulfilled.
Read MoreFEATURE: More IMO member states align behind proposed GHG levy for shipping
The prospect of a global emissions levy on shipping is getting closer to reality, according to a recent briefing and document from the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Read MoreFEATURE: Trump return adds uncertainty to CORSIA future as next phase approaches
US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House and an upcoming EU review are raising uncertainty about whether the UN Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) will be implemented by enough countries to take a bite out of the sector’s rising emissions.
Read MoreFEATURE: Protecting wetlands through carbon projects helps preserve key global emissions sink
There is huge potential to scale carbon finance for the protection of wetland ecosystems, which would in turn bring innumerable benefits, from CO2 to absorbing other pollutants, according to experts.
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