Carbon Pulse

Germany plans to move away from a focus on hydrogen to decarbonise industry, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) now on the menu as the new government pushes forward with gas-fired power plans.

Traders expect volatility and unsettled US compliance carbon markets under the looming overhang threat of federal action via several potential legal avenues seeking to terminate state-run ETS schemes following guidance from the White House. 

Kenya could raise $170 million from the sale of carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, according to analysis by a carbon market data aggregator.

The UK government has thrown clear-cut support behind a company using high quality avoidance voluntary credits to meet Scope 3 indirect emission targets, as it steps into the void left by the opposition from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as well as the election of a climate sceptic US president.

Lawmakers from the ruling European People's Party (EPP) in the EU Parliament have requested an impact assessment of the bloc's Green Claims Directive, which seeks to regulate climate allegations that companies are allowed to put in front of consumers.

Auditors need to fully consider and disclose information on climate-related matters in their reports, a think tank warned on Thursday, based on an analysis of audits for more than 100 "carbon exposed" companies. 

A soil carbon project developer has secured continued support from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) after exceeding all key benchmarks set under the agency’s Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) initiative.

The Malaysian state of Sabah on Thursday made acquiring licenses mandatory for all carbon credit trading, with offenders facing fines of up to MYR5 million ($1.1 mln) and five years’ imprisonment.

Prices in China's national emissions market dropped to their lowest levels in a year amid downbeat sentiment, while the country's voluntary carbon credits maintained their relative strength.

Biodiversity credits have great potential for supporting the surge in rewilding projects, the chair of an international rewilding network has said.

Only 2% of the more than 22,700 companies assessed in 2024 achieved the highest rating for environmental transparency and action, according to new data released Thursday by a climate disclosure non-profit.

Supportive policy and a global price on carbon will be critical to making low-carbon steel production competitive, according to steelmaker ArcelorMittal, which reported on Thursday that it had almost halved its emissions footprint since 2018.

European carbon prices dropped away on Thursday morning as the market squared away for the extended Easter weekend break and some participants booked profits after a 9% rally over the last six days.

UN agency the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has released its environmental strategy for 2025-31, planning to support the development of biodiversity and carbon credit markets to reward small-scale farmers.

A US-based nature intelligence company has published a framework for supporting companies in biodiversity-related disclosures, in line with major reporting standards and rules.

The new carbon market logic under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement must be about cooperation, not just offsetting, according to an expert report circulated on Thursday.

Another of Australia’s large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects has hit the starter with its Japanese LNG company operator announcing it has begun preliminary engineering work for a project that could be sequestering millions of tonnes of CO2 by the end of the decade.

The EU cut its net greenhouse gas emissions down by 37% between 1990 and 2023, driven by steep cuts in the energy sector, but falling short of the EU’s goal of 55% by 2030, the European Environment Agency (EEA) reported on Wednesday.

Eastern EU countries like Poland and Romania are developing national CO2 transport and storage frameworks, but public opposition to onshore storage means their emissions may need to be shipped across Europe to be stored under the North Sea – potentially taking energy-intensive industries with them.

Challenges in decarbonising China's aluminium sector persist, but policy signals such as the expansion of the domestic emissions trading scheme are starting to guide the industry towards a lower-carbon future, according to a think tank.