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Finance coalition outlines biodiversity guidance for action from central banks
An organisation representing eight central banks has issued guidance on how financial institutions can approach nature-related risk.
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Indian fintech company to offer carbon offset options to consumers
A major fintech company in India has partnered with an Australian cleantech startup to promote carbon neutrality in the sector.
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Biodiversity Pulse Weekly: Thursday September 7, 2023
A weekly summary of our biodiversity news plus bite-sized updates from around the world. All articles in this edition are free to read (no subscription required).
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Aramco has the weakest climate plans of oil and gas majors, finds report
The world’s largest oil giant, Saudi Aramco, also has the weakest climate pledges of the oil and gas majors, according to a report published Thursday by a think-tank, while European firms have significantly more advanced plans than others regions such as North America and Asia.
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Groups to raise $1 bln for massive nature restoration project in Eastern Himalayas
Two conservation groups lead an initiative that aims to raise $1 billion in order to protect and restore 1 million hectares of land across Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
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Hitachi’s digital solution arm to introduce forest carbon services in 2024
The IT solution arm of Japan's Hitachi group is planning to launch a new business next year that provides comprehensive support for the creation and trading of forest-based carbon credits, making a foray into the domestic offset market.
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Most debt-stressed countries could protect 100% of biodiversity at little cost, researchers find
An academic paper on debt-for-nature swaps published this week found that of 67 highly indebted countries studied, over half could protect all their biodiversity for only a fraction of their debt relief.
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Advisory firm sees mandatory reporting regimes fuel demand in New Zealand biodiversity market
Introducing mandatory natural capital accounting and nature risk disclosure schemes would create the foundation for demand in a New Zealand voluntary biodiversity credit market, according to government-commissioned advice.
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Mitsubishi teams up with Singaporean partner to launch decarbonisation solutions
Japan's Mitsubishi Electric has teamed up with a Singapore-based software provider to develop and market solutions that support carbon neutrality in the manufacturing sector, it announced Thursday.
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Pertamina chief calls for CCS to be allowed into carbon trading
Indonesia’s state oil company Pertamina would like to see a carbon trading mechanism for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
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Major forestry firms launch international coalition to drive sustainability transition
Some of the world’s largest forestry companies on Thursday jointly launched the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC) to support a greater role for the forestry sector in the sustainability transition.
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BP says on route to decarbonise its own hydrogen
BP’s planned clean fuel and green hydrogen hub at its shut-in oil refinery in Perth in Western Australia would have struggled to get past the first post without A$70 million in funding from the Australian federal government in April last year.
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CP Daily: Wednesday September 6, 2023
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Carbon Pulse grows global news reporting team by almost 50% in biggest hiring push yet
Carbon Pulse has increased its global team of reporters by nearly 50% in its largest hiring push to date, as the company channels significant investment into further strengthening the world’s premier carbon markets news service.
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US agtech company publishes peer-reviewed soil carbon credit methodology
An agtech-focused carbon credit developer has had its methodology published in a peer-reviewed journal, which they claim adds scientific weight to their crediting approach.
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Reputational risk driving VCM price rout won’t ease till 2024, US investment bank says
It will likely take until 2024 for three different integrity initiatives to resolve declining voluntary carbon market (VCM) prices, researchers said in a report released Wednesday.
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Investment firm publishes guide on biodiversity risks for institutional investors
First Sentier Investors, a global investment manager, has launched guide Thursday designed to help institutional investors identify and assess nature and biodiversity risk in portfolio companies in light of the final framework outlined by the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), which is due to be published imminently.
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Harmonisation needed in legal treatment of carbon credits, experts say
Confusion on how to understand the legal nature and classification of carbon credits highlights the need for global harmonisation in the international marketplace, said a panel of lawyers at a webinar on Wednesday.
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RFS Market: D6 RIN prices hit 1.5-year low as D4 supply boosts
D6 RINs plunged to a 1.5-year low this week, as market participants attributed the decrease to an oversupply of D4 credits under the US Renewable Fuel Standard and the impact of a falling bean oil-heat oil spread.
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UPDATE – Washington Q3 carbon auction settlement triggers second reserve sale, prompting sudden cost containment measures
The August auction for Washington’s WCI-modelled cap-and-invest programme sold out at a new high and triggered its second reserve sale this fall, according to results published Wednesday, though permit values tumbled on the secondary market after the Department of Ecology (ECY) revealed millions of these forthcoming cost containment allowances would be sold exclusively at the scheme’s lower reserve tier price well below recent levels.
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