Carbon credit rating agency BeZero secures $32 mln to push total funding past $100 mln

Published 00:01 on January 16, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:34 on January 15, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

BeZero Carbon has secured $32 million in fresh funding to help expand its rating coverage to Article 6 credits, the international aviation emission scheme CORSIA, and the voluntary sector.

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80% of corporate climate leaders also tie executive pay to goals -report

Published 17:05 on January 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:05 on January 15, 2025  / /  International, Voluntary

Four-fifths of companies that are on track to meet their climate targets also tie their executive pay to meeting green objectives, new research has found.

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Bullish year for major compliance markets this year, forecasts bank

Published 14:53 on January 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:53 on January 15, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, UK ETS

Prices for Californian credit allowances (CCAs) and EU ETS allowances will rally 19-20% this year, despite surpluses in the former and balanced fundamentals in the latter, a bank predicted on Wednesday.

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FEATURE: Trump return adds uncertainty to CORSIA future as next phase approaches

Published 12:31 on January 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:31 on January 15, 2025  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, EU ETS, International

US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House and an upcoming EU review are raising uncertainty about whether the UN Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) will be implemented by enough countries to take a bite out of the sector’s rising emissions.

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Iraq, UK sign cooperation deal on carbon markets, energy transition

Published 11:44 on January 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:44 on January 15, 2025  / /  EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the British government on Tuesday that would support carbon market development, among other decarbonisation aims, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office.

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WEF calls for hybrid approach of unilateral, multilateral schemes towards global carbon pricing

Published 02:23 on January 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 02:23 on January 15, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6

Global carbon pricing measures must strike the right balance between unilateral and multilateral measures to be fair and effective, and encourage incremental progress, analysis from the World Economic Forum (WEF) published Tuesday said.

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Expert panel bullish for VCM, future of REDD amid flourishing offtake agreements

Published 17:49 on January 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:49 on January 14, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Talk of 2025 being a sink or swim year for the voluntary carbon market is unwarranted, and the fast reforming REDD forestry sector will play a dominant role in carbon mitigation over the next few years, a panel of experts said on Tuesday.

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Firms struggle to track generative AI’s carbon footprint as emissions rise -report

Published 16:03 on January 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:03 on January 14, 2025  / /  EMEA, International, Voluntary

Generative artificial intelligence is contributing to rising corporate carbon emissions, with nearly half of global executives saying the technology has increased their organisation’s footprint, according to a study released on Tuesday.

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Green hydrogen production falls short of expectations as cost deters buyers -report

Published 15:16 on January 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:16 on January 14, 2025  / /  EMEA, International

Less than 10% of green hydrogen production projects announced in 2023 were completed on time, as high costs and limited demand hinder industrial adoption, according to a new peer-reviewed study released on Tuesday.

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Clean energy investment to outpace upstream oil and gas in global first, analysts say

Published 10:01 on January 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:33 on January 14, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International

Clean energy investment will in 2025 for the first time overtake upstream spending on oil and gas development with projected spend at $670 billion, according to analysts.

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