Carbon Policy News

The UN's main agency for global shipping has this week made some modest progress towards agreeing mid-term measures - including carbon pricing...

A consortium of Canadian companies are eyeing the use of voluntary carbon market credits from a product that incinerates methane emissions...

The US government has earmarked $145 million in state funding to help private forest landowners access...

Emissions of methane from oil and gas emissions in the US could be three times what is disclosed in official data...

Researchers from the University of Surrey in the UK are building robot flying kites to enable better monitoring of methane...

Japan has launched a public call for projects to demonstrate new low-carbon technologies overseas and generate…

Papua New Guinea is likely to approve its carbon market regulation in a matter of weeks now, opening the way for a lifting...

A US-backed intergovernmental initiative has unveiled a proposed agreement which could see the various partners in the Indo-Pacific region to...

The newly launched Ecosystem Restoration Standard (ERS) is in the process of certifying 30,000 hectares worth of new projects...

Representatives from the Brazilian state of Pará presented its jurisdictional REDD+ programme to former US climate envoy John Kerry..

US technology giant Google has pledged to contract for at least $35 million worth of carbon removal credits over the next 12 months...

The US government is making almost $140 million in funding available for climate-smart projects whereby farmers and ranchers are conserving...

Two Thai government agencies have signed a memorandum of understanding to support carbon projects...

Canals used to drain soggy peatlands in Southeast Asia are likely to be neglected hotspots for greenhouse gas emissions...

Nefco, a Nordic-backed financing vehicle for cleaner cookstoves in Africa, on Tuesday said its second funding round had attracted double...

A plenary vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed proposals that restrict offset use to removals credits for residual emissions made in green claims...

The government of a Brazilian state met with local communities to discuss a plan to restore...

Last week's review of forest carbon concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to clarify the legal landscape for carbon project...

Risks associated with carbon derivatives markets will be on the agenda at a subcommittee meeting of the US CFTC...

Taiwan's environment ministry said on Tuesday it will hold workshops and consult with experts to give clear guidelines on forest-based offsets...