INTERVIEW: 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 MoreBRIEFING: Uncertain legal nature of voluntary carbon credits hinders market growth
Scaling carbon credit financing and insurance remains a challenge as the market continues to grapple with legal and accounting uncertainties, according to a position paper published Tuesday.
Read MoreECS26: FEATURE – Dented investor confidence as EU carbon market grapples with policy risk, political pressure
The EU carbon market is being increasingly shaped by political intervention, macroeconomic uncertainty, and shifting structural drivers, experts said, warning that investor confidence has been severely dented.
Read MoreVCM REPORT: CORSIA prices strengthen, Indonesia opens up to international carbon market after three years
Spot credits for Phase 1 of CORSIA traded around $14 this week, while the ending of Indonesia’s moratorium on selling voluntary carbon units internationally looks set to unleash a flood of fresh REDD issuances onto the market.Â
Read MoreBRIEFING: Colombia’s troubled national carbon registry haunts regulatory efforts
Limits to Colombia’s national carbon project registry (RENARE) are stunting progress toward launching the national ETS (Spanish: PNCTE), inhibiting voluntary market (VCM) regulation, and necessitating Article 6 workarounds, speakers said at the Colombia Carbon Forum last week.
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.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Lawmaker backs EU ETS price corridor to shore up green investment
French centrist MEP Pascal Canfin sees a price corridor for the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a realistic way to marry market flexibility with the predictability investors need, telling Carbon Pulse it can be designed inside existing market rules without being challenged as a new tax.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Canada nature plan draws cautious backing as nature finance investment pathways remain unclear
Canadian nature finance experts agree that the country’s recent nature strategy is a step in the right direction, but say uncertainty remains on how potential financing tools, including nature credits, could be designed and deployed.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Due diligence rules pose legal risk to carbon market actors in Colombia
A global shift toward cross-border due diligence rules in environmental value chains has not missed Colombia or its carbon market, creating legal vulnerabilities for financial institutions and potentially carbon credit buyers, according to a Colombian environmental attorney.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Colombian govt must be “arbiter rather than bystander” of carbon markets, official says
Colombia’s left-wing government is not anti-carbon markets but resists unrestrained “market logic”, advocating instead for a strong regulatory framework, according to a top official – even as critics claim the government has failed to perform the oversight functions it already has.
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