Carbon Policy News

Relocating global crop production to regions to better-suited locations could help to cut carbon...

Switzerland-based carbon registry the Gold Standard has published two new emission reduction methodologies in the nature and technology-based fields...

Senior economists in Germany are calling on the federal government to back an overhaul of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism...

The COP26 conference has already triggered a "green rush" for land in the global south only weeks after taking place...

Stop using gas in homes and commercial properties to address greenhouse gas emissions from buildings...

Australia's Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has opened a consultation on the sharing of benefits resulting from its decision last week...

Global carbon standards such as Verra and Gold Standard will need to become more adaptable in future...

A coalition of major oil and gas companies pledged on Wednesday to cut emissions of...

Land-use changes caused by farming in eastern Amazonia and the adjacent Cerrado have worsened severe drought conditions...

The creation of a national carbon market in Brazil could cut emissions by 25% from current levels by 2029, according to note...

Global CO2 emissions rose more strongly than expected in 2021 to hit a new historical record...

Global carbon registry Gold Standard plans to allow the tokenisation of carbon credits generated using its standard, but warned about certain uses of blockchain technology...

Carbon registry Gold Standard is to partner with the Swedish Energy Agency to help design the framework for a global carbon market...

Global methane concentrations rose to a new record in November after breaching the symbolic 1,900 nanomol/mol (ppb) threshold...

The leading aggregator that compiles corporate pledges to cut emissions has temporarily removed oil and gas companies from its repository...

The Amazon rainforest in South America is losing its resilience to perturbations such as droughts or fires...

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon more than halved in February following near-record figures in January...

The Australian government will allow project developers to break their long-term contracts with the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) for a fee...

New Zealand has proposed to exclude exotic forests such as pinus radiata from generating carbon credits...

Papua New Guinea will impose a moratorium on "new and intending" REDD+ projects destined for the voluntary market...