Climate watchdog releases draft guide to prevent greenwashing

Published 07:16 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:16 on October 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Voluntary

Climate watchdog RimbaWatch has released a draft guide that aims to define what practices constitute greenwashing in Southeast Asia.

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AU Market: ACCU project registration soars in Q3, regulator data shows  

Published 06:42 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 06:42 on October 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

A record number of Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) projects were registered in the third quarter this year, according to regulatory data.

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Singapore company launches carbon neutral LNG product

Published 06:37 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 06:37 on October 28, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Voluntary

Singapore’s H2G Green Limited launched two LNG projects aiming to decarbonise the emissions-heavy commodity.

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FEATURE: The forgotten legal clause that could unlock EU carbon credits under CORSIA and ETS

Published 06:00 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:57 on October 29, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

An overlooked clause in the EU ETS directive could be used as a way to integrate carbon removals in the bloc’s carbon trading system and unlock credits under the UN’s CORSIA scheme for offsetting aviation emissions, according to policy experts.

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CP Daily: Sunday October 27, 2024

Published 00:26 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:26 on October 28, 2024  /  Newsletters

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

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Australia to develop voluntary GHG accounting standards for agriculture, fishery, forestry sectors

Published 23:41 on October 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:41 on October 27, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia has announced it will develop voluntary GHG accounting standards for the agriculture, fisheries, and forestry sectors, and has established a reference group to guide this work.

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Non-profit targets raising up to $500 mln for sustainable materials fund

Published 23:04 on October 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:04 on October 27, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

Canopy is planning to target raising between $300-500 million with a private equity fund tackling nature loss through investment in sustainable materials technologies, and seeks first close in the first quarter of 2025, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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COP16: Cali outcomes to mark watershed for UN plastic treaty, UNEP exec says

Published 17:33 on October 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:33 on October 27, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, International

The ongoing Cali biodiversity talks could lay the groundwork for the success of the final round of the upcoming negotiations on the long-awaited UN treaty to address plastic pollution, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) executive director told Carbon Pulse Sunday.

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LCFS Market: Credit prices swoon amid scrutiny of retail gas price impacts

Published 15:21 on October 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:40 on October 27, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit prices abruptly sold off nearly 13% last week from year-to-date (YtD) highs reached earlier this month, after backlash on the potential impact that proposed changes to the scheme may have on retail gasoline prices, which the regulator continues to challenge.

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COP16: TNFD building beta nature data public facility

Published 01:25 on October 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:23 on October 27, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is set to release a beta version of a nature data public facility in 2025 to enable pilot testing with companies, in a bid to catalyse data funding, it announced on Saturday.

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