Carbon Pulse
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UK’s rare species get £14.5 million funding boost
The UK government on Thursday announced fresh funding for ongoing efforts to boost species recovery in one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries.
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Impact loan to set Philippines MPAs on track to economic independence
The philanthropy arm of asset manager UBS has provided an impact loan designed to enable the manager of a group of essential Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Philippines to implement a number of revenue-generating initiatives, in what the parties say is a transformative deal for ocean conservation.
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Total announces tenders for 500kt of green hydrogen to decarbonise European refineries by 2030
French oil and gas major TotalEnergies launched on Thursday a call for tenders for the annual production of 500,000 tonnes of 'green' hydrogen, which will fall under the firm's strategy to decarbonise its European refineries by the end of the decade.
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Australian carbon project to fund return to ancestral lands
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has approved a project that will fund in part the Kullilli people’s purchase of the pastoral lease to its traditional land, from which it had previously been forcibly removed.
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Singapore exchange, investor BlackRock launch Asia-focused climate ETF
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has listed an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that selects companies based on their climate actions, the largest equity ETF launched in the city state, with the support of asset manager BlackRock and index provider MSCI, it announced Thursday.
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CP Daily: Wednesday September 13, 2023
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Stronger international cooperation in high-emissions sectors crucial, says IEA
Countries must “supercharge” international collaboration across high-emitting sectors to get on track to curb global warming at no more than 1.5C, according to a report Thursday from the International Energy Agency.
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Canada-based carbon credit firm to list on Nasdaq under $213-mln SPAC deal
A Canadian-headquartered environmental asset investor has signed a $213-million deal with a US-listed ‘blank cheque’ company to help it go public via merger.
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Concrete magnate calls for Australian CBAM
The only viable way some of Australia's hardest-to-decarbonise industries will meet the emissions reductions targets mandated by a new and tougher Safeguard Mechanism is with a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), according to the CEO of one of the country’s largest emitters.
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Suriname to offer first REDD credits for sale under Paris’ Article 6
The first REDD avoided deforestation sovereign credits available for international trade under the Article 6 mechanism of the Paris Agreement are to be offered by Suriname, a precedent that is expected to be widely followed by other rainforest nations around the world.
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Financials urge global standards body to prioritise biodiversity over social issues
Financial organisations from across the globe have asked an international standard-setting body on disclosures to prioritise researching biodiversity.
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British Columbia government opens consultation for new CCS offset protocol
The British Columbia government on Wednesday released a new draft offset protocol for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects, with different time horizons for monitoring permanence depending on the type of technologies and geologies used.
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Carbon crediting startup receives $4.6 million in seeding to further expand into commercial market
A US-based startup that connects small farmers to the carbon market raised seed funding from a group of venture capitalists and angel investors, the company announced Wednesday.
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California legislature weakens, but passes climate risk disclosure and anti-greenwashing bills
Bills to mandate climate-related financial risk disclosure and prevent voluntary carbon offset greenwashing on Tuesday passed both houses of the California General Assembly, as the two pieces of legislation were amended to have slightly weaker enforcement capabilities before the final votes.
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California regulator expands issuance of compliance offsets directly benefitting the state
California this week kept a step ahead of offset issuance levels seen at the same time last year, with nearly two-thirds of their distribution holding direct-environmental benefits (DEBs) to the state, ARB data published Wednesday showed.
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Washington reveals names of registered participants in cap-and-invest system
The Washington state Department of Ecology (ECY) on Wednesday published the list of entities registered to hold allowances and offsets in the state's WCI-modelled cap-and-invest programme, with the number of companies roughly 75% higher than entities that have qualified to bid in auctions.
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EU needs ‘fair’ emissions targets for 2040 and higher carbon pricing in the meantime, experts say
Pursuing an ambitious 2040 emissions reduction target will improve the fairness of the EU’s global contribution to climate action but the bloc needs higher carbon prices today to prevent costly price spikes in the coming years, experts said during a dedicated event on Wednesday.
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Investor initiative identifies barriers to growth for nature-based solutions
A public-private network for investors in forests and nature in its first annual report on Wednesday highlighted a number of case studies demonstrating successful strategies for scaling nature-based solutions (NBS).
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EU prepared to fight for fossil fuels phase-out language at COP28 UN talks
The EU is "going to come back" to the topic of phasing out fossils during the year-end COP28 UN climate negotiations, an EU source said on Wednesday, suggesting that the bloc will try to fight for a global agreement despite continued resistance among key countries.
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REDD credit prices sink further amid slowdown in corporate demand
REDD avoided deforestation carbon credit prices tumbled further on Wednesday, as corporate buyers continued to shun the market that is struggling to shake off hot air criticism and wait to see which units will be eligible for the ICVCM's integrity label.
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