FEATURE: Colombian ETS a cautionary tale for Latin America
Colombia’s Emissions Trading System (Spanish: PNCTE) is one of the oldest planned cap-and-trade initiatives in Latin America – but it should serve as a warning rather than a model for others, due to weak policy foundations, scarce data, and poor stakeholder coordination, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: US targets EU’s anti-deforestation regulation as policy review looms
Officials from the Trump administration have been in the EU this week, reportedly pushing for a full US exemption from the bloc’s anti-deforestation regulation ahead of the European Commission’s upcoming review.
Read MoreFEATURE: How UK sustainability reporting could drive demand for carbon credits
The UK’s progressive tightening of sustainability reporting requirements could drive corporate demand for carbon credits, helping to lower the impact on taxpayers from support for carbon removal projects, according to experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: Singapore’s SAF levy unlikely to impact demand for CORSIA credits
Singapore’s upcoming levy on airline tickets to fund sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) purchases is seen largely as a market-creation signal rather than a policy that can deliver major emissions cuts in the near term, with limited impact on airlines’ demand for CORSIA carbon credits, according to experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: Global carbon price for shipping faces hammer blows from counter proposals
The adoption of a global carbon price for shipping is now in question, as some countries are proposing a new Net-Zero Framework (NZF) that would remove the financial levy and weaken incentives for clean fuels.
Read MoreFEATURE: Carbon scandals lay bare Brazil’s land tenure fragility
Recent controversies linked to forest carbon projects have reignited debate over one of Brazil’s most complex governance challenges: land tenure regularisation.
Read MoreFEATURE: Whether US firms rejoin net zero asset manager alliance hinges on legal risk
Whether US financial firms decide to rejoin the newly relaunched Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM) will largely depend on the legal risks around ESG engagement on their home turf, experts say.
Read MoreFEATURE: Should renewable energy be bankrolled by carbon credits? Depends who you ask
Renewable energy rollout may be the fastest way to cut emissions, but the extent to which these projects should be bankrolled by carbon credits remains a dicey question.
Read MoreFEATURE: Recent hydrogen cancellations force rethink on where the clean fuel really fits
Recent project setbacks have raised doubts about the extent to which hydrogen can help to decarbonise energy use, with critics arguing that years of hype have masked weak economics, and supporters countering that growing investments suggest the market is starting to focus on applications that can actually work.
Read MoreFEATURE: MIGA guarantees usually help to prevent collapse – but not for Koko
Kenya’s decision not to approve clean cookstove distributor Koko Networks’ carbon project was unexpected for a company backed by the World Bank’s political risk guarantee, which is specifically designed to prevent this kind of breakdown, according to experts.
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