INTERVIEW: Waste-based materials firm issues first plastic avoidance carbon credits
A waste-to-materials developer has Tuesday issued carbon credits under a new methodology quantifying emissions avoided from replacing fossil-based plastics, an executive at the firm told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Date palm carbon project startup deepens Egypt’s shallow pool of developers
A startup focused on date palm land management and afforestation is aiming to enter the small world of Egyptian carbon project developers, adding new programmes; independent validation, verification, certification, and pricing; and majority revenue shares for farmers.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Soil restoration could unlock overlooked climate cooling pathway
Restoring degraded soils could help rebuild natural water cycles that play a major role in regulating the planet’s temperature, according to experts highlighting the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) beyond emissions cuts and carbon sequestration.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Ecuador ramping up efforts for carbon markets to sprout, piloting projects
Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment and Energy is allowing carbon projects and guiding proponents on how to handle the country’s current legal conditions, Carbon Pulse heard from a well-placed environmental consultant.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Volatile carbon prices drive interest in CO2 utilisation
Near-term uncertainty about robust carbon pricing is strengthening the business case to capture CO2 for re-use in applications like sustainable aviation fuel and microbial oils to displace fossil-based feedstocks, said a stakeholder in an EU-funded project for a circular CO2 economy.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Turkish COP champion hopes to connect carbon markets, emission cuts with daily lives
Turkiye’s COP31 high-level champion is hoping to help translate the carbon market “architecture” established in recent years into “real-world delivery”, primarily through harmonisation, during this year’s UN climate summit.Â
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Investment treaty expansion to offer carbon investors greater legal protection, lawyer says
Investors will enjoy a new avenue for legal recourse against host countries’ interventions into carbon credit projects as certain business-oriented states pursue expansions in their international investment treaties, a Singapore-based lawyer told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Angola moves to publish carbon market draft law in 2026, advocacy group says
Angola’s government is working on legislation to establish a national emissions trading system (ETS) and to structure its participation in international carbon markets, a policy advocate engaged in the process told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: How data centres can help to squeeze the expense of direct air capture
A developer of solid-state modules says it can reduce the cost of direct air capture (DAC) to $150 per tonne of CO2 by making use of existing airflows and waste heat at data centres.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Uncertainty over Microsoft CDR purchases unlikely to derail nature-based carbon removal market
The market for nature-based carbon removals will withstand Microsoft’s possible pause in carbon removal (CDR) activity, with investor appetite and a broader base of corporate buyers looking to support the sector, according to an expert.
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