INTERVIEW: Nature investment platform for Southeast Asia soft launches
The Nature Catalyst investment platform for Southeast Asia soft launched on Monday while revealing agreements to scale nature-based solutions (NbS) with four companies.
Read MoreVCM REPORT: CORSIA carbon credit prices tumble amid political uncertainty, benchmark futures slide to 23-month low
Phase 1 CORSIA prices fell sharply again last week, with spot prices for the UN international aviation offsetting scheme bid slipping below $11, while futures contracts slipped to lows not seen for two years after a meeting of EU leaders raised doubts about demand.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: African forest nations need viable carbon market route
African countries with major forest resources should be able to use international carbon markets to finance nature protection, the head of a Tanzania-based forestry project developer told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Brazil faces a ‘missing middle’ for nature finance
International appetite for Brazil’s nature economy is growing, but much of the capital still struggles to reach projects on the ground.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Saudi Arabia ready to ship renewable hydrogen to Europe in 2027
Saudi Arabia will soon be ready to produce green hydrogen-derived ammonia for a fraction of the costs currently seen in Europe, but slow EU policy implementation and trade bottlenecks are still holding back large-scale offtake and investment decisions, according to Acwa, a Saudi-listed developer.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Optimism ahead of UN vote on landmark ICJ climate opinion
Environmental campaigners are optimistic that the UN General Assembly will vote on Wednesday to adopt a resolution to endorse last year’s historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change, which found that states have a legal obligation to cut GHG emissions.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Asian transition credits could find home in compliance markets, but questions over additionality remain -IEA
Compliance carbon markets could become the biggest source of demand for transition credits in Asia’s coal transition, provided project developers can prove that early closures are genuinely additional amid falling renewable energy costs, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Recent RGA spike “disproportionately” bullish, but prices to ramp up in coming years -analysts
The recent spike in RGGI Allowances (RGA) is “disproportionately bullish” and will ease this year, but the long-term price outlook for the programme is still strong, a pair of analysts said at a webinar co-hosted by Carbon Pulse this week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Investors need clearer rules on what counts as climate solutions, experts say
Investors risk misallocating climate finance unless companies and banks use clearer definitions and reporting to show whether capital is flowing to credible low-carbon activities, finance experts said on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Circular economy emerges as a missing link in GBF delivery, specialists say
Speakers from science, civil society, and government argued that circular economy approaches must become central to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), warning that biodiversity goals will remain out of reach unless countries address the economic systems driving ecosystem degradation.
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