Carbon Policy News

Switzerland-based developer Allcot has signed a letter of intention with Guinea for a mangrove restoration programme...

The European Commission wants a 90% emission reduction target for 2040 to be enshrined in European Climate Law by next month...

Making polluters in Kazakhstan pay for carbon allowances under the country's emissions trading system (ETS) instead of...

A Brazilian state has kick started its soil carbon programme, based on sustainable agroforestry practices to capture...

Brazil should adopt international carbon methodologies to implement its carbon law but create its own specific auditing...

More than 100 scientists from a German government-backed marine CO2 removal research project will meet in Berlin this week...

Some project developers have already started reflecting rising carbon tax levels in South Africa into their offers, but the bulk of volumes...

Australian opposition leader and prime minister hopeful Peter Dutton has called the government's reformed emissions compliance scheme a...

The African nation of Chad will step up action against charcoal production that is responsible for a major share of forest loss...

A group of international researchers have found that conservation efforts in wealthy nations cause a leak in biodiversity to nearby regions...

Switzerland-based World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) issued policy recommendations to European legislators Friday...

The French government has proposed changes to the national carbon certification standard, Label Bas Carbone (LBC), to allow trading...

A UK city council is exploring selling carbon credits generated from insulating homes to generate additional revenues...

Indonesia's government will include cement, fertiliser, steel and paper industries in the initial stage of a multi-sector mandatory carbon trading scheme...

A total of 4.5 million Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) exited from contracts with the government under the latest available window...

Japan has updated 10 J-Credit methodologies in the energy efficiency, renewables and forestry sectors, and has also introduced new...

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for its "unconstitutional" freezing of federal funds...

Amazon, ExxonMobil, Microsoft and several other companies have launched a lobbying effort in Washington DC for better policy...

Brazil's largest carbon developers' lobby group has called for a bigger role for developers in discussions regarding the selection of methodologies for the...

Ocean alkalinity enhancement methods could considerably help Germany achieve its national voluntary net zero goal but more research...