FEATURE: Bipartisan US reforestation bill could strengthen pipeline for carbon, nature projects -experts
A bipartisan US proposal to expand reforestation infrastructure support could ease long-standing supply bottlenecks constraining nature and carbon projects, observers told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Financiers single out ‘delivery risk’ as biggest obstacle for European carbon removal projects
The risk that a developer goes bankrupt or fails to deliver is the biggest obstacle to funding carbon removal (CDR) projects, financiers told a European Commission event on the EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) scheme last week.
Read MoreGlobal carbon removal “governance gap” threatens climate goals, report warns
A new discussion paper has urged governments to rapidly establish a global governance framework for carbon removal (CDR), warning that the world is dangerously unprepared to manage the scale needed to meet climate targets.
Read MoreArticle 6 authority adopts new clean cooking fNRB tool, requests additional country-level values
The Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (SBM) has formally adopted a new tool for calculating the fraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB), a key parameter underpinning baseline-setting in cookstove and biomass carbon activities, though has requested more granular country-level values be included following further work.
Read MoreAustralia can grow carbon removals, biodiversity, and farming in tandem, says report
Australia can generate up to 127 million tonnes of annual carbon removals from land-sector activities by 2050, according to a report published Monday which argued sequestration and biodiversity restoration can occur simultaneously with expanding agricultural production.
Read MoreTaiwan evaluates new offset methodology for building chiller efficiency projects
Taiwan has begun evaluating a new voluntary offset methodology that optimises building chiller efficiency by adjusting operations to match weather forecasts.
Read MoreMarine carbon removal projects may gain from persistent sargassum blooms -report
Marine carbon removal (mCDR) projects looking to use sargassum could benefit from more predictable and persistent blooms in the Atlantic, as floating seaweed mats have increasingly begun to sustain their own growth, according to a recent study.
Read MoreIndonesia to draft energy sector carbon trading rules, eyes billions in investment
Indonesia is preparing new regulations for carbon trading in the energy sector, aiming to mobilise up to $7.7 billion in additional green investment annually, the energy ministry announced.
Read MoreEuropean companies bought Chinese carbon credits from projects lacking emissions-cutting equipment -media
Offsets from Chinese carbon projects used by European companies lacked the equipment they claimed would cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to an investigation.
Read MoreIndia seeks feedback on new methodologies for ships, transit, recycling
India has opened public consultation on three new draft methodologies under the offset mechanism of its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), looking at generating units from activities related to transport, maritime electrification, and vehicle recycling.
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