Emissions cuts could alter global ocean heat balance through 2100, researchers warn

Published 05:28 on November 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:28 on November 6, 2024  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions later this century could drastically alter the way oceans absorb and distribute heat, with lasting impacts on climate patterns, a new study has found.

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Central bank-led NGFS releases new climate risk scenarios, predicting deeper economic impacts by 2050

Published 05:03 on November 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 05:03 on November 6, 2024  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) on Tuesday released its latest climate macro-financial scenarios, signalling increased economic risks from climate change by mid-century.

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Record Q2 deficits shave Oregon’s CFP credit bank, programme surplus nears 1.5 mln

Published 03:46 on November 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 03:46 on November 6, 2024  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

With the highest quarterly net deficits in programme history, Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP) credit surplus increased to just under 1.5 million in the second quarter of 2024, according to state data published Tuesday.

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UPDATE – Brazil’s Senate postpones vote on updated national ETS legislation

Published 02:06 on November 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:24 on November 6, 2024  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday postponed voting on a new compromise version of long-awaited national cap-and-trade legislation until next week.

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EU’s incoming energy commissioner to promote electrification as ETS2 hits housing

Published 23:47 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:47 on November 5, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

The European commissioner-designate for energy and housing will pursue electrification to shield vulnerable citizens from increasing energy prices, a prospect made more real by ETS2, he told the European Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

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US ethanol producer completes diagnosis of CO2 well leak in Illinois

Published 22:44 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:56 on November 6, 2024  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

An Illinois agribusiness facing regulatory action has completed diagnosis on the leak from its problematic CO2 monitoring well, maintaining that drinking water sources would not be impacted.

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Alberta TIER October spot prices continue to tumble amid weak demand

Published 21:53 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:53 on November 5, 2024  / /  Americas, Canada, Voluntary

The Alberta Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) programme’s spot prices reached historic lows for the second month in a row, according to a report published Friday.

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COMMENT: Pakistan’s “hope” for carbon trading renewed – an update from the ground

Published 20:15 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:15 on November 5, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Contributed Content, International, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Syeda Hadika Jamshaid is looking ahead to Pakistan’s first ever policy guidelines for carbon trading, set to be released at COP29 in Baku.

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Political context of Article 6 talks very different to last year, says ratings agency

Published 18:17 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:17 on November 5, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6

The political context around COP29 negotiations in Baku is very different to last year’s summit and could stand to benefit Article 6 talks, the founder of a carbon ratings agency said Tuesday.

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Euro Markets: EUAs retreat with gas, drop 1.4% after early stability gives way to steady selling

Published 17:20 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:28 on November 5, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

After starting the day relatively calmly and little changed, European carbon faded away in the afternoon in line with steadily weaker natural gas prices, as many markets appeared to adopt a watching brief for news from the US presidential election.

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