Carbon Policy News

A government programme to clear vast forest areas in Indonesia to grow rice could release 616 million mt of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, according to a study...

Qatar-based emissions registry the Global Carbon Council (GCC) has added power storage to the list of emission reduction projects allowed...

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published Monday its latest report on how climate change has...

The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1B satellite will remain offline for 'several months' and possibly forever...

A fifth of Australia's major emitters generated more greenhouse gas emissions than they had pledged under a voluntary scheme set up in 2016, according to an investigation...

The COP27 United Nations climate conference to be held later this year in Egypt needs to see a 'step change' in climate ambitions...

The city-state of Singapore plans to boost its carbon tax from 2024 onwards and will allow companies to use international carbon offsets...

Swiss registry Gold Standard has submitted an application to expand the list of carbon offset vintages accepted under ICAO's CORSIA programme...

Three emission removal projects in the forestry and agriculture sectors have been approved for participation in Australia's...

Official body the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) will present its proposals on the future use of voluntary carbon offsets in early May...

Three US environmental groups have urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase disclosure requirements for corporate purchases...

The main lobby group for international carbon markets has extended a consultation on...

The credibility of Brazil's climate and deforestation goals remains in doubt as the Bolsonaro government has failed to adopt concrete measures...

Separate European Union 'Fit for 55' draft regulations targeting emissions reduction in maritime risk locking in fossil usage...

US registry Verra has submitted an application to expand the list of carbon offset vintages accepted under ICAO's CORSIA programme...

India wants to cut out the use of diesel in its agriculture sector completely by 2024 and replace it with renewables, potentially...

Non governmental organisation Climate Action Tracker has rated Russia's recent announcement that it will reach net zero emissions by 2060 as 'lacking detail'...

The charitable arm of google.org had donated $1 million to kickstart an initiative that would...

Global methane concentrations rose to a fresh record in October after breaching the symbolic 1,900 nanomol/mol...

Italy expects EU carbon dioxide emission allowances to be auctioned at an average...