INTERVIEW: Saudi VCM company to integrate with Islamic finance
The Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (VCM) in Saudi Arabia will imminently launch a pilot programme for carbon trading at Islamic banks, Carbon Pulse heard from its chief executive – without abandoning its core exchange, auctioning, or regional project development mission.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Australian govt should make priority list of ACCU methods to meet 2035 targets, ERAC chair says
The Australian government should use the ongoing review of its carbon market to set a list of priority methods that would help it achieve its 2035 emissions reduction target, according to the head of the market’s integrity body.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New registry seeks to unlock carbon finance for building retrofits
A new platform launched on Wednesday aims to channel voluntary carbon market (VCM) finance into building retrofits by certifying emissions reductions from individual properties using verified utility data rather than modelling estimates, its founder told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Bolivian jurisdictional project finalising ART registration documents, parallel programme on hold
Plans to register Bolivia’s first sovereign jurisdictional carbon credit project have been delayed from initial official issuance estimates, aligning with the government’s roadmap to build a national carbon markets architecture, the initiative’s main technical partner told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Shell aims to take EU “back to the drawing board” on CO2 storage obligation
The Anglo-Dutch major has filed a legal challenge against the CO2 storage obligation in the EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), saying the lawsuit is being coordinated with other oil and gas companies as part of a multi-pronged strategy to build a business case for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Carbon markets ‘powerful opportunity’ to compete aggressively, says chemicals company CEO
An Australian chemicals company fresh off the back of fundraising is exploring voluntary carbon market opportunities to value stack its zero emissions chemical reactors, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.Â
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Engineered carbon removals to meet a tipping point in 2026, says standard chief
An increase in high-quality and large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credit supply, growing buyer participation – even speculators – and the emergence of financial and technological infrastructure suggest the engineered removals market may be approaching a turning point, according to the president of a leading carbon removals standard.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: ART board member urges alignment between TFFF, J-REDD+
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) should build on the governance systems developed for jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+), as the two mechanisms share objectives and draw on complementary sources of finance, a board member of standard body ART told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: “Quick fix” to EU carbon price achievable by end of 2026, says key lawmaker
A reform of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), which helps to balance the supply of allowances in the EU carbon market, could be swiftly adopted by the end of the year, according to German lawmaker Peter Liese, who led the European Parliament’s last overhaul of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Biochar giant plans to supply 1 mln CDR credits by 2028
A Bolivia-based biochar developer is ramping up production capacity as it targets delivering 320,000 carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits in 2026 and up to 1 million annually by 2028, while also exploring an expansion into new biomass streams and geographies, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.
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