US finalises regenerative feedstock rule capitalising on biofuel markets
The Trump administration announced a final Regenerative Feedstock Rule to build on federal support for domestic biofuels and the agriculture sector.
Read MoreLCAW26 roundup: Hope floats for climate action while London drips in heatÂ
Scorching heat dominated this year’s London Climate Action Week – even amid talk of new challenges and ideas, ranging from the hopes and fears posed by AI, to the need and opportunity to quickly stem ultra-potent superpollutants.Â
Read MoreINTERVIEW: French real estate pioneer shapes EU push to certify CO2 stored in buildings
France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Read MoreCanada offers C$19.4 mln to energy innovation projects in Alberta
The federal government of Canada Thursday announced C$19.4 million ($13.7 mln) in clean energy, reliability, and energy efficiency investments across the province of Alberta.
Read MoreLCAW26: UK, Japan urged to work together on transition finance
The UK can be an ally in Japan’s long-running effort to promote transition finance, pushing investments towards emission cuts from polluting sectors, according the executive director of FinCity.Tokyo, Tokio Morita.
Read MoreLCAW26: Investor says Brazil policy inspires more confidence than US or EU
Emerging market economies are proving to be more reliable recipients of green investment than developed countries, according to a Brazil-based investor.
Read MoreNew framework monetises the environmental value of leaving fossil reserves untouched
A digital infrastructure company has proposed a new framework to monetise the environmental value of leaving commercially recoverable carbon resources untouched, with the preservation capital then directed towards restoration and reclamation activities such as cleaning up legacy coal waste.
Read MoreLCAW26: CBAM is the stick, Article 6 the carrot, and market instruments the tool to implement, says commodities trader
The clearest route to scaling carbon markets is to penalise emissions using carbon border fees and reward low-carbon intensity products through the use of market instruments such as book-and-claim and environmental attribute certificates (EACs), according to a representative of a global commodities trading house.
Read MoreAlgeria sets 14% emissions cut goal by 2035, eyes Article 6 cooperation
Algeria pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 14% below business-as-usual levels by 2035, according to its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), with the country signalling its intent to use the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 cooperation mechanisms.
Read MoreNZ cleantech platform seeks to help homegrown companies break out
A new cleantech platform in New Zealand is looking to bring together innovators, funders, and relevant government agencies to help the sector grow, its co-founder and CEO told Carbon Pulse.
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