UAE launches digital platform for CORSIA implementation

Published 16:39 on January 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:39 on January 6, 2025  / /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Middle East

The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched the region’s first digital platform to facilitate implementation of the UN’s CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme.

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Global emissions set to rise as uncertainty boosts fossil fuel markets in 2025, analysts warn

Published 17:32 on January 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:32 on January 2, 2025  / /  China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Middle East, US

Global greenhouse gas emissions are expected to rise this year as energy demand growth outstrips clean energy supply growth, analysts said on Thursday.

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Abu Dhabi launches MRV programme for emissions tracking, carbon pricing

Published 09:08 on January 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:08 on January 2, 2025  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

Abu Dhabi’s Environment Agency has introduced a measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) programme to standardise emissions tracking and support the development of a carbon pricing mechanism in the emirate.

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UAE-based company issues $100-mln bond to advance marine conservation

Published 11:45 on December 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:45 on December 24, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, Middle East

A Dubai-headquartered logistics company has issued a $100-million bond to support marine conservation projects, claimed to be the first of its kind in the MENA region.

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BRICS can link up carbon markets by harmonising standards and methodologies -Russian report

Published 13:41 on December 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:41 on December 16, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

Harmonising the rules around growing carbon markets in the BRICS countries would support international trade within the bloc, reducing barriers to cross-border carbon trading and attracting more investors, according to a Russian report.

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GEM’s carbon registry sale to Qatar’s GCC cancelled

Published 23:50 on December 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:50 on December 13, 2024  / /  Bavardage, EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

Global Environmental Markets’ (GEM) sale of its fully integrated carbon registry business to Qatar-based offset standards body Global Carbon Council (GCC), which was announced at COP28 in Dubai last year, has been cancelled, the parties told Carbon Pulse.

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Abu Dhabi launches climate tech startup for mangroves restoration

Published 10:19 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:19 on December 12, 2024  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Nature-based, Voluntary

A government-owned research entity in Abu Dhabi has launched a climate startup, which will use AI in a bid to conserve and restore thousands of hectares of mangroves and other natural ecosystems in the region.

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Voluntary carbon credit standard partners with registry, exchange operators

Published 22:01 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:01 on December 11, 2024  /  Africa, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, US, Voluntary

A major voluntary carbon credit standard has signed two partnership agreements with registry and exchange operators aimed at enhancing the market by improving transparency, liquidity, and integrity in transactions.

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US carbon project developer targets Turkiye with new joint venture

Published 14:43 on December 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:21 on December 10, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, Middle East, US, Voluntary

A US-based project developer has created a joint venture with a Turkiye-based sustainability company to scale carbon trading in the country, they said Wednesday.

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Turkiye offering €2.8 mln to help it transpose EU ETS Directive into national law

Published 17:21 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:21 on December 10, 2024  / /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, EU ETS, Middle East

Turkiye has launched a €2.8-mln tender seeking a contractor to help it transpose the EU ETS Directive into national law and analyse the impact of the bloc’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on the country.

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