Carbon Pulse

Large project developer and consultancy South Pole has formally joined a new initiative aimed at standardising data across carbon markets.

Weakening prices in the Australian and New Zealand carbon markets in the first quarter led to a near-8% fall in the value of an Antipodean carbon fund.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals are projected to have won Monday's Canadian federal election, in a remarkable reversal of fortune just months after they were projected to lose by 20-30 percentage points.

NZU prices fell by around 5% on Monday as experts raised concerns about the Climate Change Commission’s advice on emissions trading scheme settings.

A French investment firm has announced a $40 million investment into three nature-based projects in Latin America and Africa.

A US-based financial services firm is advocating for separation between standards agencies and registries in the voluntary carbon market, as it partners with a UK-based forestry project developer to settle transactions on the firm's platform.

Gaps and inconsistencies across global property law regimes regarding voluntary carbon credits (VCCs), typically construed as post-issuance problems, can be addressed using the pre-issuance risk management tools of ratings and insurance, according to a report published Monday.

None of Europe’s 20 largest banks has a credible plan to align with a 1.5C climate pathway, new research has found.

Only 16 out of 500 companies driving deforestation took meaningful action to curb impacts in their supply chains in 2024, with pledges often overlooking commodities most linked to forest loss, a UK-based non-profit said on Tuesday.

In the absence of near-term drivers, benchmark RGGI allowances (RGA) slid below $20, with framing ahead of the June auction potentially keeping a lid on prices, traders said.

An action-packed week for LATAM saw government-backed carbon pricing programmes take slow steps forward, while the voluntary market (VCM) experienced a mixed bag of bold announcements and dramatic setbacks.

A US business group has slammed proxy advisory firms that it said are hijacking shareholder votes to inject ESG agendas into the voting processes, and called on Congress and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to intervene.

A Calgary-based green hydrogen developer has secured more than C$3 million ($2.2 mln) in funding from Alberta's industrial emissions pricing scheme.

A recently published study has proposed that the scientific basis for holding fossil fuel producers legally responsible for climate-related damages is now firmly established.

The US EPA on Monday issued an emergency waiver allowing the sale of E15 – gasoline blended with 15% ethanol – throughout the country, and also waived provisions that would have increased E10 fuel stringency.

An Oregon-based non-profit's carbon credit purchasing platform aimed at small business and individual buyers has achieved its first sale, as the group aims to expand its support for grassland projects in North America, its executive director told Carbon Pulse.

Brazil’s environment ministry (MMA) on Monday published an ordinance establishing a forest carbon task force that will help regulate both voluntary and compliance forest carbon markets.

Germany’s main energy association concluded that a European recommendation to split the country’s bidding zone for electricity would lead to “massive uncertainty” for industry and “significantly dampen” the investment climate for renewables, contrary to an NGO report.

Governor Gavin Newsom (D) added a sixth member to the independent advisory committee overseeing California’s ETS and other relevant climate policies.

A Munich-based forest carbon firm grew its portfolio of forest adaptation projects to 12 sites by the end of 2024, up from four a year earlier, and aims to further scale its activities this year, according to its latest impact report.