Carbon Pulse launches new Article 6 Portal
In another step towards a more comprehensive data offering, Carbon Pulse has launched a free-access Article 6 Portal tracking international carbon market developments under the Paris Agreement.
Read MoreJapanese steelmaker to supply ‘green steel’ pipes to Singapore
Japan’s Nippon Steel said Thursday it will supply a form of lower carbon steel to Singapore’s Hupsteel, one of the largest wholesalers in the city-state, although Japanese environmental groups take issue with this particular type of carbon accounting.
Read MoreJapanese developer launches rice project in Thailand to generate credits
A Japanese project developer plans to convert half of Thailand’s rice paddies to a water-saving cultivation method that it claims could slash the country’s agricultural emissions and provide additional income to its farmers.
Read MoreTokyo trading houses’ Asian gas focus wrong footed -report
Japan’s giant trading houses are lagging in the global move to decarbonise and risk harming regional climate goals and stranding Asian nations with fossil fuel assets that may become obsolete at best or lock in long term emissions at worst, a paper released Wednesday found.
Read MoreJapanese cement maker invests $5 mln in Australian decarbonisation firm
A Japanese cement maker on Wednesday announced an investment of $5 million in an Australian decarbonisation firm to help it scale up its mineral carbonation technology.
Read MoreJapanese developer debuts IFM methodology
A Japanese climate solution developer has debuted a new methodology that will credit forests owned by corporate entities in a move it said will rival and improve upon J-Credits.
Read MoreAsian shipping giant cuts its carbon removal goal, blaming market “immaturity”
An Asian shipping giant has halved its goal for retiring carbon removal (CDR) credits to 100,000 tonnes per year by 2030, due to the “immaturity” of the technology and market, it announced on Monday.
Read MoreJapanese forestry group establishes subsidiary to expand reforestation business, carbon credit generation
A major forestry group in Japan has teamed up with a local financial institution to set up a subsidiary to expand its reforestation business and earn credits under the domestic carbon offset scheme, it announced Monday.
Read More“There is still hope” for a renewables revolution, despite Trump -experts
The goal of tripling global renewable energy capacity by the end of this decade is still within reach, despite the US likely backtracking on its energy transition in the next four years, renewable energy leaders and governments said on Thursday.
Read MoreJapanese developer to conduct agroforestry projects in Haiti
A Tokyo-headquartered project developer is expanding its presence in Haiti, in the hope of securing millions of carbon credits from agroforestry initiatives in the coming years.
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