Japanese firms partner to develop TNFD-aligned voluntary biodiversity credits
A Tokyo-headquartered asset management firm has teamed up with a tech company to create voluntary credits aligned with the Taskforce on Nature-based Financial Disclosure’s reporting framework, focusing on Japan at first but eyeing international expansion later.
Read MoreJapan may legislate carbon capture and storage bill soon -media
Japan may soon legislate a bill that could provide much-needed regulatory clarity for participants in the domestic carbon, capture, and storage (CCS) market, local media reported Thursday.
Read MoreJapanese developer expands carbon business in Vietnam
A Japanese project developer has teamed up with a domestic partner in Vietnam to further expand its carbon credit generating business in Southeast Asia, with a rice-focused project in the pipeline.
Read MoreAustralia “hell-bent” on exporting fossil fuels, over-reliance on land sector to claim emission reductions -analysis
The Australian Labor government has failed to live up to its pledge to combat climate change more effectively than its predecessor, as it continues to overly rely on emissions cuts from the land sector to enable the expansion of exporting fossil fuel projects, according to analysis published Tuesday.
Read MoreVCM Report: Carbon credit prices edge lower, cookstoves shrug off bad press
A few big ticket bids kept interest alive in the voluntary carbon market last week that generally edged lower amid thin liquidity, bashed by another bout of bad press.
Read MoreAsia Pacific power demand going nowhere but up, as China oversupplies solar PV market
China, India, and Southeast Asia will see the strongest growth in power demand this decade and the next, a consultancy forecast Monday.
Read MoreAxis and allies: Researchers map countries likely to support, oppose EU’s CBAM
Researchers have identified the countries most likely to the support the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and therefore which governments are most willing to accept it amid an objective of securing the policy’s survival and broader adoption globally.
Read MoreJapan to boost J-Credit supply with new project registrations
Japan’s J-Credit certification committee on Friday registered 32 new projects to start earning credits under the scheme, while issuing some 75,000 units to existing programmes.
Read MoreJapanese trading house to develop woody biomass project in Indonesia
A Japanese trading house has teamed up with a Nordic biomaterial solution provider for the sustainable utilisation of woody biomass, targeting emissions reductions from use of forest resources in Indonesia, it announced Friday.
Read MoreSurvey adds pressure on SBTi to allow carbon credits for Scope 3 emissions targets
Pressure is mounting on the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to allow companies to use carbon credits to meet emissions reductions targets, after a survey of corporate big hitters found a healthy majority said it would galvanise meeting their mitigation goals.
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