Carbon Pulse grows global news reporting team by almost 50% in biggest hiring push yet

Published 01:28 on September 7, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:20 on December 19, 2023  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Bavardage, Biodiversity, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Other Content, Paris Article 6, RINs & LCFS, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

FREE READ – Carbon Pulse has increased its global team of reporters by nearly 50% in its largest hiring push to date, as the company channels significant investment into further strengthening the world’s premier carbon markets news service.

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UPDATE – VCM Report: Avoidance credit prices remain depressed to put pressure on developers

Published 18:01 on August 28, 2023  /  Last updated at 11:09 on September 4, 2023  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

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.

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Former Shell global environmental products head joining Mercuria

Published 16:32 on July 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 16:45 on July 21, 2023  /  Bavardage, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Switzerland

Shell’s former manager of Global Environmental Products is joining Mercuria in a similar role.

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As global temperatures soar, UN-backed initiative recognises media’s pivotal role in shaping public perception, govt response

Published 12:55 on July 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 12:55 on July 21, 2023  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

(Free read) – As global temperatures rise to record levels, a UN-backed initiative has recognised media’s pivotal role in both shaping public perceptions to heatwaves and climate change and influencing the response of policymakers.

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AI-powered clean power startup raises almost $6 mln in seed funding, inks deal with prominent carbon removals firm

Published 22:43 on July 19, 2023  /  Last updated at 01:16 on July 20, 2023  /  Americas, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

A San Francisco-based startup that uses generative AI to help companies transition to clean power has secured nearly $6 mln in seed funding and has signed an agreement with a prominent carbon removals firm.

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Securities regulators outline recommendations for expanding, strengthening compliance carbon markets

Published 05:02 on July 19, 2023  /  Last updated at 05:11 on July 19, 2023  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, China, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

A global group of securities regulators has published a final report summarising responses to a recent consultation, supporting the establishment and enhancement of compliance carbon markets across its member jurisdictions.

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ANALYSIS: Governments set down marker in tackling cookstove over-crediting

Published 12:13 on July 10, 2023  /  Last updated at 05:30 on July 11, 2023  / /  EMEA, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Switzerland, Voluntary

Governments are drastically slashing carbon credit issuance rates from their own cookstove projects and helping craft a new global framework to tackle integrity concerns, moves that are also spurring an overhaul of a hefty chunk of the voluntary carbon market.

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Carbon removals firm to accelerate US expansion plans

Published 14:24 on July 8, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:24 on July 8, 2023  /  Americas, EMEA, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

A pioneering carbon removals firm is accelerating efforts to expand in the US.

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Consumer groups file complaint against 17 European airlines’ sustainability claims

Published 14:13 on June 22, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:17 on June 22, 2023  /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

A coalition of consumer advocacy groups has lodged a formal complaint to the European Commission and consumer protection authorities against 17 airlines, including major carriers such as Ryanair, Lufthansa, and Air France, over their sustainability claims.

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Swiss paying an average of $23.50 for Article 6 carbon credits, far below domestic costs

Published 17:58 on June 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 06:30 on December 4, 2023  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Switzerland

Buying sovereign carbon credits is proving far cheaper than domestic offsetting in Switzerland to hit Paris Agreement climate targets, the Klik Foundation revealed Wednesday in the wake of last week’s referendum that saw Swiss voters back the new climate bill to cut fossil fuel use and reach net zero by 2050.

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