INTERVIEW: Carbon credits are financial instruments and will be regulated as such in Egypt
The Egyptian voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a capital market and will be regulated as such to ensure its financial credibility, Egypt’s top finance regulator told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
Read MoreVCM Report: Liquidity ticking higher, but voluntary carbon prices remain in the doldrums
Optimism continued to creep back into the voluntary sector last week, although most avoidance prices remained depressed as the market polarised between the cheap and the good quality.
Read MoreResearchers put forward blueprint for equitable benefit-sharing from carbon projects
Research published Monday outlined how carbon projects can ensure transparent compensation for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and local communities (LCs) in a bid to move past recent criticism of the voluntary sector.
Read MoreADB grants $500 mln loan to Indonesia for energy transition
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to help Indonesia accelerate its energy transition and achieve its net zero targets.
Read MoreFrontier inks fresh deal worth millions for river-based carbon removal
Carbon removal buyers club Frontier has agreed a deal worth over $25 million for credits linked to river de-acidification from a Canadian firm.
Read MoreCarbon project developer to deploy MRV solution across 12 ARR projects in the Americas and the Pacific
A project developer for Indigenous-led conservation projects will partner with an atmospheric-based digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (aMRV) solution provider to map 1 million acres across 12 Afforestation, Reforestation, and Restoration (ARR) projects.
Read MoreDenmark challenges EU Commission on export of banned pesticides
The Danish government has stepped forward to ask the European Commission to alter a law that allows EU companies to export pesticides banned in the bloc.
Read MorePertamina moves to expand role in emerging CCS market
Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina on Monday announced two of its subsidiaries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that over time will see the company enter the market for transport of liquid CO2 (LCO2).
Read MoreEuro Markets: EUAs continue recovery on gas gains as market anticipates options expiry
European carbon prices strengthened on Monday as they built on Friday’s recovery, taking cues once again from a stronger TTF gas market, though analysts continued to point to technical indicators that could see prices break to the downside and highlighted possible volatility ahead of Wednesday’s options expiry.
Read MoreCalifornia-based VC firm closes $10-mln fund to support climate-tech startups
A California-based venture capital firm focusing on climate technology has announced the closure of a $10-million decarbonisation fund that supports startups.
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