INTERVIEW: G7 countries leading CDR boom need to agree on unified standard
The international carbon removal (CDR) community is calling on G7 countries to agree on a set of standards or criteria to help scale CDR, a roundtable heard Wednesday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: EU needs to consider Canada’s sub-national carbon markets for CBAM
The EU needs to consider sub-national carbon markets to give Canadian exporters a fair shot at reducing their CBAM costs, a Toronto-based carbon market analyst told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: First commercial deep mine carbon storage project launches in Georgia
A project in the Caucasus nation of Georgia is injecting woody waste into a sealed mine to lock away CO2 for more than 1,000 years, marking the first commercial deep mine storage (DMS) initiative, the company’s CEO told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Commoditisation will spur carbon market growth, not PACM standards, says project validator
Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) standards will not make or break the voluntary carbon market (VCM), but sabotaging the commoditisation of carbon credits could, according to the co-founder of a PACM-accredited validation and verification body (VVB).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New bladeless underwater turbine aims to turn the tide in renewable power
A new bladeless turbine could make the seas the next frontier in renewable power and become cheaper than solar generation in the UK, a start-up told Carbon Pulse on Friday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Google’s carbon capture deal signals new era for gas power, expert says
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) for natural gas-fired power has “arrived”, marking a decisive shift from decades of discussion to real-world deployment, a representative of a carbon management advisory firm told Carbon Pulse this week following Google’s landmark US deal to procure gas power paired with CCS.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: US MMRV firm to verify first major compost carbon farming project under VM0042
A US-based carbon project developer is closing in on supplying the first credits sourced by applying compost to degraded rangelands at scale – a type of carbon farming – under Verra’s Improved Agricultural Land Management (ALM) protocol.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Canadian PM Carney pits economy against environment, stakeholders keep watch on “carbon competitiveness”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has placed the economy and environment at odds thus far, placing pressure on forthcoming “carbon competitiveness” policy guidance to deliver meaningful climate outcomes, according to the head of a national environmental advocacy network.
Read MoreCMI-SG25: Global NGO accelerating six carbon projects in Asia Pacific region
A global NGO has identified six nature-based carbon projects in the Asia Pacific that will potentially move into the activity design phase within the next 12 months, they told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Carbon data platform aims to scale transparency-focused approach after split from developer
A digital infrastructure provider for carbon projects is looking to expand to new methodologies and integrate with other external monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) tools after formalising its split from a project developer’s digital unit, an executive at the company told Carbon Pulse.
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