INTERVIEW: Energy transition payments make fertile ground for carbon pricing
The $5.2 billion Clean Technology Fund (CTF) is helping to sensitise developing country governments to carbon pricing by supporting energy transition finance and programming, according to an executive at the organisation.
Read MoreBrazilian state signs carbon credits MoU with environmental services firm
A small Brazilian state signed an MoU on Friday with a Sao Paulo-based environmental services firm that entails a carbon project the pair said could be worth more than R$300 million ($51.7 mln).
Read MoreBECCS, DAC small factor in net-zero Canada -report
New projections by a federal regulator suggest carbon capture technologies like bioenergy power generation with carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (BECSS), and direct air capture (DAC) aren’t yet ready to play a major role in Canada’s net-zero future.
Read MoreCalifornia senator makes another attempt to set ground rules for CDR
A California senator introduced a CO2 removal (CDR) bill on Wednesday, the second attempt by the lawmaker to prescribe rules surrounding CDR development in the state in recent years.
Read MoreKenyan energy company to tender 1.8 mln CDM carbon credits
A Kenyan power company and carbon project developer will tender in February around 1.8 million carbon credits issued last year to geothermal energy projects under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Read MoreERW could cut CO2 by up to 300 mln tonnes annually in US by 2050 -report
Deploying basalt-based enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in US agriculture could remove between 160-300 million tonnes of CO2 annually by 2050, and 250-490 mln tonnes by 2070, according to a new study published this week.
Read MoreUK consultancy, online platform team up to scale nature markets
A UK-based consultancy has joined forces with a digital environmental marketplace to scale nature markets across the UK, seeking to reward farmers and landowners who implement biodiversity restoration projects.
Read MoreGlobal organisation launches first accounting standard for cocoa, outlines carbon removals framework
An international organisation has announced the world’s first accounting standard for the cocoa sector, setting a framework for companies to report Scope 3 emissions and measure carbon removal.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Market needs to come to “acceptable compromise” to scale REDD+ projects
International carbon market stakeholders, including standards, rating agencies, and bodies such as the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), must find a path to come to an agreement on REDD+ methodologies if they wish to scale projects in the sector, a market veteran told Carbon Pulse.
Read MorePetrobras launches bioeconomy fund eyeing carbon, biodiversity credits
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has established a bioeconomy fund to support climate- and nature-focused initiatives in the country, with plans to target carbon and biodiversity credit projects.
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