Carbon Pulse

Regulations compelling firms to reconsider their carbon management policies, including greenhouse gas pricing mechanisms, could lead to a reduction in net emissions, though they may also discourage green innovation and promote only short-term or less effective abatement strategies, according to research by the European Central Bank (ECB).

European carbon prices traded largely sideways as the week began, extending the trading channel that has prevailed for the last ten days as the market continued to anticipate the annual reduction in auction volumes in August.

A plastic collection and recycling project in Senegal has been registered with Verra, the first on the African continent to qualify for earning the standard’s Waste Collection Credits (WCCs).

China’s thermal power generation continued to grow at a double-digit pace in June amid rising electricity demand, even as the country's recent economic performance fell short of market expectations, government data showed Monday.

Australia’s largest soil carbon project developer expects its projects to yield some 80,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) in the coming months, saying the method is experiencing its “solar moment”.

The price for spot NZUs rose by NZ$10 on Monday, following the government agreeing in court to revisit the ETS price controls and settings.

A carbon credit ratings agency has partnered with an Australian climate markets platform to integrate its project ratings and quality assessments in the platform infrastructure.

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Non-market factors have significantly influenced forest loss in Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia between 2000 and 2019, according to a new study, which highlighted the economic importance of forest conservation efforts even if reduced deforestation is temporary.

Tanzania's burgeoning carbon credit industry is set to receive a substantial boost with investments over $20 billion expected from more than 20 companies from a series of countries.

Poland has lodged the first of a series of legal challenges against the EU’s Fit for 55 climate package, Climate Minister Anna Moskwa said late Friday, signalling a deepening row over the bloc’s environmental policies.

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The Papua New Guinea government has completed its Climate Change Management Act (CCMA) without carrying out proper consultation as outlined in government guidelines from last year, according to a group of environmental NGOs.

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India-based carbon project developer and consultancy EKI Energy Services has decided to sever ties with its auditors after they expressed significant concerns about the company’s accounting practices.

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Swedish government have launched a platform designed to mobilise finance for biodiversity protection across the Arab region.

Emitters raised California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) net holdings to a five-month high, while speculators reduced CCA net positions but lifted RGGA Allowance (RGA) net length to year-to-date highs, data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed Friday.

The US EPA on Friday denied almost all pending petitions for small refineries to receive compliance relief under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), consistent with President Joe Biden’s administration’s past approach to the programme.