Oil demand from shipping sector to peak by mid-2020s -consultancy
Demand for fuel oil from the maritime sector is expected to peak by the mid-2020s, displaced in large part by LNG and increasingly efficient ships, according to a global energy consultancy.
Read MoreStudy flags gaps in technologies used for monitoring biodiversity credit projects
Monitoring technologies commonly mentioned in biodiversity credit methodologies still have limitations that experts should take into account when engaging in nature markets, a study has said.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Biodiversity net gain exemptions “strangling demand”
Questionable exemptions for developers from England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) rules are throttling demand for the market, a lawyer at Environment Bank has said.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Ecuadorian bill poised to open country to carbon markets
An Ecuadorian legislative committee’s approval of reforms to the country’s environmental code means it has cleared the last major hurdle to legalising carbon markets, according to an industry attendee speaking to Carbon Pulse, hastening a regulated voluntary market and carbon-financed national conservation fund.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Voluntary carbon credits used to fund US food waste diversion project
A project to divert food waste from landfill and incineration has launched in the US, where the sale of voluntary carbon credits will incentivise grocers to redirect edible waste food to donation centres, according to the developer.
Read MoreHuman-wildlife overlap to increase across over half of land by 2070, study says
The overlap between humans and wildlife is expected to grow across more than half of land worldwide by 2070, with potentially grave implications for habitat and species conservation, a paper has said.
Read MoreJapan backs Indonesia’s energy transition vision
Indonesia and Japan have agreed to carry out a broad decarbonisation programme for the Southeast Asian country’s energy sector, with multiple research projects in the pipeline.
Read MoreNew technology for ridding potent greenhouse gas emissions eyes market for voluntary carbon credits
A multinational energy company has unveiled a new technology that aims to tackle power industry emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, which is 24,300 times more potent than CO2, with an eye on creating a voluntary carbon methodology for projects in the future.
Read MoreCarbon removal verifier issues credits to US corporations
A carbon dioxide removal (CDR) firm has issued a swathe of credits to a series of large US corporations in what it described as a turning point for carbon markets.
Read MoreAustralia’s Climate Active sees another departure
Another Australian company this week announced a decision to look more closely at changing the way it tackles net zero with a plan for only “limited” use of carbon credits and a plan to leave the government’s Climate Active programme.
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