Carbon Pulse

The global artificial intelligence (AI) boom could lift GDP growth by 0.5 percentage points a year through 2030 but risks adding 1.7 billion tonnes of CO2 over the same period unless energy systems adapt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found in a report.

Australia’s Agriprove Solutions has launched a new product for farmers hoping to access ag-tech and services using existing or future carbon credits, cash, or both, it said Thursday.

The Nigerian government has finalised its carbon market regulations through which it expects to unlock up to $2.5 billion in revenue from carbon credits and other investments by the end of the decade, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced.

Tighter regulation of biomass use will be needed in Europe if the EU starts incentivising bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BioCCS) on a large scale to meet its net zero emissions target, according to a Danish think tank.

China's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) will cover all GHG emissions from all economic sectors, and its actions to address climate change will not slow down despite changes in the global political environment, President Xi Jinping has said.

Japan’s work decarbonising its industry and driving the uptake of renewable energy and cleaner manufacturing is blighted by its lack of support for those already at the cleaner end of the bell curve, a think tank said this week.

A San Francisco-based carbon management firm on Thursday announced it has launched a new digital platform aimed at streamlining the purchase, evaluation, and management of carbon credits for corporate buyers.

Prospective US tariffs and Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) are increasing pressure on Southeast Asian nations to fast-track carbon pricing policies, speakers said during a webinar Thursday.

The German government coalition deal, which includes provisions to allow the buying of international credits under Article 6 to meet the country's climate goals, could be a major step towards scaling demand in the Paris Agreement era, a carbon markets veteran told Carbon Pulse.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) set a new record for climate finance commitments in 2024, as it hones in on a goal for 50% of all capital commitments to be for climate action by 2030.

Environmental platform EcoRegistry on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Argentine province on launching a subnational carbon credit standard focused on reducing methane emissions.

A direct air capture (DAC) project developer has signed a deal to sell 13,400 carbon removal credits to a large shipping company.

Colombia is not curating a positive list of project types that will be automatically eligible for Article 6 agreements, and will instead issue broader criteria with case-by-case evaluation, according to an official and an external consultant speaking at the Colombia Carbon Forum conference in Bogota on Wednesday.

California regulator ARB’s 2025 offset issuance rose more than 8% over the most recent two-week period, state data published Wednesday showed, even as headline risks plagued US compliance markets, collapsing offset prices.

Colombia’s long-awaited emissions trading system (ETS) is still slated to launch in a pilot phase this year despite political upheaval, an official told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of the Colombia Carbon Forum in Bogota Wednesday.

Canada's leading political parties are positioning energy expansion and fossil fuel decarbonisation as competing primary ideologies ahead of the country's impending federal election. 

The International Energy Agency’s London summit this week marks an opportunity for Europe to reframe the transition away from fossil fuels as key to achieving energy security and independence, despite US pressure to up its gas imports, according to energy and climate experts.

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that ultimately aims to overturn an EPA waiver to California that allows the state to create its own vehicle emissions standards, but first the court must decide if the plaintiffs – liquid fuels producers – have standing in the case.

A Berlin-based carbon credit marketplace has has announced its acquisition of a specialist investor in early-stage climate project financing.

Colombia’s tax authority expects 2025 carbon revenues to surpass last year’s after a substantial bump in Q1, according to updated figures revealed at the Colombia Carbon Forum on Wednesday.