Aramco buys domestic carbon credits to lower shipment emissions

Published 15:00 on August 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:00 on August 7, 2024  / /  Middle East, Voluntary

Saudi Aramco has purchased carbon credits from a compatriot carbon market participant to offset residual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a shipment of Arabian light crude.

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Rich-poor divisions threaten to delay and weaken next round of Paris pledges, report warns

Published 14:40 on August 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:40 on August 7, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Middle East, Other APAC

A growing rift between developing and developed countries over how to interpret last year’s Global Stocktake of Paris Agreement progress, and ongoing negotiations over a new climate finance goal, threaten to delay and weaken the third generation of national pledges, a think-tank warned on Wednesday.

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INTERVIEW: Sovereign funds fit early-stage green hydrogen investment needs

Published 16:05 on August 1, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:05 on August 1, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Middle East

A number of high-profile green hydrogen investment announcements by Saudi and Emirati sovereign funds in recent months could be a win-win, rather than a driver of interregional competition, a European green industrial transformation and geopolitics advisor told Carbon Pulse.

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First trade of new Egyptian voluntary carbon market likely this week -media

Published 18:19 on July 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:19 on July 29, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Middle East, Nature-based, Voluntary

Egypt’s new voluntary carbon market (VCM) trading platform will likely see its first carbon credit trade occur this week, between an agricultural collective seller and a food processing company buyer, according to local media.

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FEATURE: Egypt’s Article 6 bet could cash in, but doubts remain around additionality

Published 17:52 on July 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:52 on July 26, 2024  / /  Africa, Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Egypt is slated to receive $6 billion in loans from the World Bank by 2027 contingent in part on meeting Article 6 carbon trading infrastructure milestones – but the North African country’s proclivity for renewables projects could compromise credible additionality.

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Egyptian voluntary carbon market opens for trading, awaits first deals -media

Published 17:01 on July 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:01 on July 25, 2024  / /  Africa, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Middle East, Voluntary

Egypt’s long-awaited voluntary market (VCM) is ready to start trading, and the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) is currently awaiting the execution of its very first deals, according to local media reports.

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Climate tech startup secures $10 mln to expand water-based CDR technology

Published 16:25 on July 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:25 on July 22, 2024  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

An Israeli climate tech startup has completed a seed funding round to scale and deploy its water-based CO2 removal (CDR) technology. This latest round brings the total funding raised by the company to $10 million. 

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Algeria sets sights on CCS to lower national carbon footprint -media

Published 19:37 on July 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:37 on July 19, 2024  / /  Africa, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, Middle East

Algeria’s government and private sector are looking to carbon capture and storage (CCS) to counterbalance emissions from oil and gas production, with an eye to minimising the impact of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to local media sources.

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Azerbaijan launches Climate Finance Action Fund with initial target of $1 bln

Published 17:35 on July 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:35 on July 19, 2024  / /  Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Middle East, Voluntary

Azerbaijan has today announced the launch of the Climate Finance Action Fund (CFAF), initially targeting $1 billion in financing from fossil fuel producing countries and companies, and half of the capital to go towards climate projects in developing countries.

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EON subsidiary to present carbon crediting plan for battery storage projects at COP29

Published 13:55 on July 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:55 on July 18, 2024  / /  Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Middle East, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A subsidiary of large European energy firm EON plans to present a plan for crediting emissions reductions from battery storage projects at COP29 in November.

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