INTERVIEW: Thailand on track to set up national biodiversity credit market in four years
Thailand is working on a roadmap to establish a national voluntary biodiversity credit market within four years, informed by major standard frameworks, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Energy crisis drives push for fossil fuel phaseout as 50+ countries target action in Santa Marta
A worsening global energy shock triggered by the Middle East war is reinforcing calls to accelerate a managed fossil fuel phaseout, with more than 50 countries set to use the upcoming Santa Marta conference as an implementation-focused platform.
Read MoreANALYSIS: Weakening of EU ETS price signal would damage carbon removal investment trajectory
Reforms to the EU ETS that ease prices in the cap-and-trade compliance carbon market would reduce the incentive to scale engineered CO2 removal technologies, according to experts, though complementary financing measures will also be essential to meet the bloc’s negative emissions goals.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Energy lawyers flag potential for CCUS industry in new CO2 storage standard
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) switched up its geological CO2 storage standard last month, perhaps opening a window for the carbon capture, usage, and sequestration (CCUS) sector amid US environmental rollbacks, a law firm has said.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Spain’s boutique ARR carbon sector needs compliance demand to support rural residents
The small-scale afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) sector is already well established in Spain, but it needs domestic and EU regulators to add it into carbon compliance systems to attract demand and funnel investment into rural areas, a developer told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Risks, potential of OECMs in South and East African Indigenous territories
A group of researchers is investigating the potential of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Indigenous territories in the Eastern and Southern Africa region to meet global conservation targets, while warning against potential risks for communities, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreBRIEFING: South Korea’s new power sector targets raise doubts amid energy supply disruptions
Amid wider energy supply disruptions, South Korea’s newly announced targets for the power sector have met with closer examination, as the strategy may fail to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Read MoreFEATURE: Paraguay goes all-in on Article 6
Confidence in achieving Paraguay’s emissions-reduction goals stated in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), partially on the back of the country’s jurisdictional REDD+ programme, is enabling the government to authorise all generated credits freely for international transactions.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: German developer shifts away from nature credit market amid demand concerns
A Germany-based project developer is moving away from nature markets amid concerns over weak demand, even as the European Commission pushes ahead with plans to establish an EU-wide crediting system.
Read MoreFEATURE: Effects of Iran war may lead countries to galvanise behind greener shipping framework
Surging fuel prices driven by the Iran war have alerted companies and policymakers to the energy security benefits of greener alternatives, which could help galvanise momentum on a global framework for shipping emissions, according to experts.
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