VCM: buyers ready to pay premium for high-quality carbon credits
A new report on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) found a shift towards high-integrity credits that provide benefits going beyond greenhouse gas mitigation.
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New blue bond strategy set to boost emerging markets
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ:TROW) are collaborating to create a new strategy to support the expansion of blue bonds.
Verra launches new methodology for forest protection
Carbon market standard setter Verra is launching what it calls a “transformative new methodology for protecting forests”. It includes a new approach to setting baselines for calculating emissions reductions from forest conservation activities under the landmark Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) – itself updated in September 2023.
COP28 holds key to global carbon market that could help improve offsets
Climate negotiators at COP28 may bolster carbon trading when they decide on rules for a new United Nations-overseen emissions market that can lower the cost of fighting global warming.
Net zero needs corporate action now: Accenture
The latest analysis from Accenture (NYSE:ACN) suggests that, while companies are taking action to align with the Paris goals, it must be accelerated if the world is to achieve net zero.
Decarbonising transport: Scania and SSAB sign green steel deal
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania (STO:SCVB) and steelmaker SSAB (STO:SSAB-A) have signed a letter of intent to decarbonise all steel deliveries from SSAB to Scania’s heavy-duty vehicles in 2030.
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VCM: buyers ready to pay premium for high-quality carbon credits
A new report on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) found a shift towards high-integrity credits that provide benefits going beyond greenhouse gas mitigation.
New blue bond strategy set to boost emerging markets
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ:TROW) are collaborating to create a new strategy to support the expansion of blue bonds.
Verra launches new methodology for forest protection
Carbon market standard setter Verra is launching what it calls a “transformative new methodology for protecting forests”. It includes a new approach to setting baselines for calculating emissions reductions from forest conservation activities under the landmark Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) – itself updated in September 2023.
COP28 holds key to global carbon market that could help improve offsets
Climate negotiators at COP28 may bolster carbon trading when they decide on rules for a new United Nations-overseen emissions market that can lower the cost of fighting global warming.
Net zero needs corporate action now: Accenture
The latest analysis from Accenture (NYSE:ACN) suggests that, while companies are taking action to align with the Paris goals, it must be accelerated if the world is to achieve net zero.
Decarbonising transport: Scania and SSAB sign green steel deal
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania (STO:SCVB) and steelmaker SSAB (STO:SSAB-A) have signed a letter of intent to decarbonise all steel deliveries from SSAB to Scania’s heavy-duty vehicles in 2030.
Bond markets a haven for polluters
Despite the knowledge that no new oil and gas can be exploited if the world is to stay on track for net zero 2050, global banks continue to finance expansion.
US 5th National Assessment warns climate costs are rising
Climate-related disasters ranging from floods to wildfires are driving increasing costs across the US. For some extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Idalia and the fires in Hawai‘i, the full cost is not yet completely known. Such disasters are accelerating, highlighting the need for urgent action.
UK falls down list of renewable energy investment attractiveness
The UK has fallen down EY’s biannual ranking of the attractiveness of renewable energy investment markets by three places to seventh.
Heirloom and CarbonCure to store atmospheric CO2 in concrete
CarbonCure Technologies and Heirloom have joined forces to permanently store atmospheric CO2 captured by Heirloom’s Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology in concrete using CarbonCure’s carbon mineralisation technologies.
