Japan giants plan lower carbon, lower energy feedstock for glassmaking
Mitsubishi’s industrial arm could be producing circular carbon methanol (CCM) at commercial scale by 2030 via carbon capture and utilisation.
Read MoreMajor Japanese companies invest in Southeast Asia-focused forestry fund
A Southeast Asia-focused forestry fund by the world’s second-largest forestry asset manager has received investments from its two main shareholders, the investors announced Tuesday.
Read MoreUPDATE – VCM Report: Avoidance credit prices remain depressed to put pressure on developers
Carbon credit prices continued to edge sideways amid a summer lull in liquidity that seems to have been exacerbated by anticipation of the ICVCM integrity initiative that will produce the first Core Carbon Principle-labelled credits in the fourth quarter.
Read MoreAustralia teams up with Japan to reduce CO2 shipping costs
Australia’s Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre (Fenex CRC) has signed with a consortium of Japanese shipping and gas companies to work towards more cost effective shipping of liquefied CO2.
Read MoreJapanese startup works with regional bank to expand carbon credit generating farming business
A Tokyo-based climate startup has teamed up with a regional bank in Japan to expand its carbon farming business at home, the latest in a growing line of Japanese firms to announce plans for the generation of agricultural carbon credits.
Read MoreFEATURE: To unlock blue carbon’s vast potential, clear standards, accurate pricing, and scalable technology are needed
Progress is being made to advance the fledgling market for blue carbon through dedicated methodologies and capacity building efforts, yet more could be done to enable project developers to access the carbon markets more effectively and to scale projects faster, say industry experts.
Read MoreJapan to co-fund four new JCM projects
Japan’s environment ministry has identified four projects under the bilateral Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) that it will subsidise in order to secure carbon credits to realise the country’s Paris Agreement target, it announced Thursday.
Read MoreJapan’s Mitsui enters regenerative agriculture market through US acquisition
Japanese trading house Mitsui has invested in a US-based project developer to help accelerate the promotion of regenerative agriculture as part of its growing involvement in the global market for nature capital, it announced Thursday.
Read MoreCCS projects should be paid to capture CO2 to help scale sector, gas industry whitepaper claims
Carbon capture and storage could be easily scalable if offered similar cost incentives that have been provided to wind, solar, and EV industries, a gas industry whitepaper has claimed.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Kenya should focus on tax-dodging, not special taxes and fees in revised climate law, says clean fuels distributor
Kenya should close loopholes that allow untaxed carbon revenue to be shifted outside of the country in its upcoming legislation while steering clear of imposing special taxes and fees on the domestic market, a climate-tech chief executive told Carbon Pulse on Monday.
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