Carbon Policy News

A UN climate meeting in Bonn has backed draft negotiation texts on the Paris Agreement's carbon trading mechanisms...

US carbon registry Verra has formally placed on hold three Brazilian avoided deforestation projects at the centre of a major investigation...

A summit held in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo's capital, will seek to attract investments in afforestation...

UK-based environmental services firm Climate Law and Policy this week launched a "tool-kit" that sets out the most effective ways that participants in jurisdictional REDD+ programmes...

Several US academics have called on carbon standards to better include hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants destruction in...

A senior policy advisor to Sweden's government has outlined the risks presented by a failure to build in greater transparency to...

New texts on the Paris Agreement's Article 6 were published on Wednesday morning, as negotiators at interim UN climate talks attempted to "streamline" proposals and help pave the way for a positive outcome at higher-level...

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has appointed a five-strong panel to oversee corporate climate goal validation services as demand for...

The US is set to reduce emissions from cow burping by boosting research for new feed additives and practices as well as introducing...

Two of the largest forest sector outfits in France have created a joint brand for carbon projects located on private land registering...

South Korea has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan to cooperate on the development of greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects in...

A finding by academics that biochar use boosts methane output in biogas plants by nearly 8% will have 'profound implications' for the...

South America's second-most populous country Colombia is relatively well prepared in some key metrics for participation in Paris Agreement's Article 6 carbon markets, according to...

China has revealed the details of five third-party validators for the domestic CCER Scheme.

Switzerland-based Gold Standard has launched a pilot framework for governments and subnational state entities to certify the climate benefits of...

New Zealand farming groups have welcomed a government announcement that agriculture will not be included in the country's Emissions...

The UN REDD programme has urged forested countries to provide much more detail and measurable targets for trees to contribute to...

Far-right parties have gained seats in the new European Parliament (EP) for the next five years, but not enough to be able to form...

Countries need to significantly strengthen greenhouse gas reduction targets and policies for 2030, before they consider even more ambitious goals under the...

The government of Tokyo in Japan is to support up to five start-ups using "natural resources" in the city to generate credits...