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

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

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...

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

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...

Installed hydrogen capacity could rise 400-fold by the end of the decade with green hydrogen...

US wildfires destroyed an estimated 7.1 million acres of land in 2021, down 30% from the near-record fire season of 2020...

Finnish renewables producer and refiner Neste called on policymakers Tuesday to allow vehicle manufacturers to fund...

Industry body the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM) has delayed a consultation on the future standards of the carbon market to the second quarter...

Global investment to decarbonise the world's energy system hit a record high in 2021, according to market analysts...

Sustainability consulting group Quantis published Thursday a new methodology for estimating the amount of CO2 sequestered by crops...

Industry body the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (IC-VCM) will launch a consultation on the future standards of the carbon market...

The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for this year's global economic growth on...

Total spending by governments, companies and consumers should reach $9.2 trillion per year in order to...

Aerial surveys conducted during the past three years over the US Permian Basin have identified...

The world's largest registry for voluntary carbon projects, US-based Verra, has kickstarted a new programme to account for indirect emissions from supply chains, also known as scope 3...