INTERVIEW: Canada must install nature compliance markets, learn from neighbours
Canada must learn from international programmes and install nature compliance markets to ensure protection of its vast natural resources, according to a report that sets a roadmap for making nature relevant for government and business.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: SAF made from waste plastics can be “bridging fuel” for aviation, experts say
Producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste plastics could act as a “bridging fuel” in decarbonising aviation before the scale-up of other fuels with a stronger emissions saving profile, say experts.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Future uncertain for Indigenous Peoples as Peru pledges land rights recognition
The government of Peru’s recently announced pledge to improve Indigenous land recognition will only help people secure their territories in the Peruvian Amazon if this high-level statement drives official, long-lasting land demarcation, an Indigenous Kichwa leader told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Korean securities firm eyes potential in growing CORSIA market, secures its first procurement contract
A major securities firm in South Korea has facilitated the country’s first CORSIA-eligible emission unit (EEU) purchase agreement for a domestic airline, signalling its strategic push to expand its presence in the emerging compliance market for the aviation industry, a manager at the company told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Indonesia needs to clean up nickel processing, strengthen emissions data
Indonesia wants to build a globally competitive green industrial sector, but the government first needs to tackle emissions from its coal-powered nickel industry and strengthen measurement of industrial emissions, analysts said.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Govts urged to use health budgets for urban nature-based solutions amid deadly European heatwave
Governments should allocate part of their health budgets to greening urban areas, as scaling up nature-based solutions is one of the most effective ways to tackle rising temperatures in European cities, an expert told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New startup bets on preserving DAC industrial know-how as sector consolidates
A new startup is working to preserve stranded direct air capture (DAC) patents, data, and engineering know-how before funding pressures and sector consolidation cause useful technology to be permanently lost, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: UN biodiversity chief sets out finance priorities as progress ‘not up to scratch’
Global progress on mobilising nature finance is falling short of 2030 goals, highlighting the need to boost domestic resources as donor budgets decline and explore innovative financing instruments such as biodiversity credits, the UN biodiversity chief told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: French real estate pioneer shapes EU push to certify CO2 stored in buildings
France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: French pilot offers credits spanning biodiversity, carbon, water, and soil
A French project developer is offering voluntary credits across biodiversity, carbon, water, and soil from regenerative agriculture and forestry initiatives, an executive told Carbon Pulse.
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