FEATURE: Renewables should be at heart of global climate adaptation plans, say experts
Countries are still widely overlooking the power of renewable energy to boost climate adaptation and resilience, when they should be putting it at the heart of their national plans, as well as in the indicators for the Global Goal on Adaptation now under negotiation at COP30, according to experts.
Read MoreCOP30: FEATURE – Brazil’s $5 bln forest fund launch draws mixed reactions
After two years of promoting its proposal to reward countries for conserving tropical forests, Brazil officially launched the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) last week with more than $5 billion already committed, although experts expressed mixed reactions to the announcement.
Read MoreFEATURE: Zambian livestock farming project using carbon cash to fund its bigger development goals
A land restoration project in Zambia is using the carbon credit revenue it generates as means to finance its main goals of strengthening the local livestock farming sector, boosting income for cattle farmers, and driving wider sustainable development in the local rangelands, the project’s developers told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: Ten years in, Paris Agreement faces make-or-break on implementation
Ten years after diplomats sealed the Paris Agreement, veteran negotiators and former UN climate leaders are calling for changes to make it more effective – with some suggesting an overhaul of the accord itself, while others eye stronger moves within the framework to bolster implementation.
Read MoreFEATURE: 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.
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