Carbon Policy News

The French government is encouraging businesses to sign up to a charter committing them to the responsible use of carbon credits in line with...

Gold Standard has unveiled new requirements for developing methodologies and determining project additionality in order to align with the...

Forest degradation is undermining Brazil's recent progress in reducing Amazon deforestation, and could impact the country's ability to meet its climate goals, according...

The government of Taiwan on Thursday launched a public-private platform to help shape the island's carbon pricing policy to meet climate...

An umbrella group of Canadian securities regulators has halted work, at least temporarily, on the development of mandatory climate...

Latam Airlines, the continent's largest carrier, has called on Latin American countries to unite and defend the inclusion of nature...

China's President Xi Jinping on Wednesday threw his political weight behind the Paris climate agreement amid a wider US retreat...

Washington state is seeking additional public feedback on no-cost allowance allocations to emissions-intensive, trade-exposed industries...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has launched a new initiative to encourage businesses in the Japanese city to...

New Zealand's government should increase the volume of allowances auctioned in the country's emissions trading scheme (ETS) in the...

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has outlined a wide range of support programmes for carbon removal and sequestration...

Malaysia is preparing to introduce its first-ever Climate Change Bill, which will include regulatory provisions for....

Treating the market for CO2 removals (CDRs) as a "leasing" service with contracts of a specific duration can help overcome...

The Indian government is seeking stakeholder comments to finalise the country's emission intensity targets for hard-to-abate sectors under...

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has thrown its full weight behind a major afforestation, reforestation and revegetation programme...

A government audit has uncovered several weaknesses in Tanzania's management of carbon trade projects, including delayed deforestation...

A state government in Brazil has begun consultations with indigenous peoples and traditional communities to..

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated an investigation into a California-based startup for the alleged unregulated...

Switzerland-based registry Gold Standard has published a guidance document to help inform policymakers in implementing policies to...

The Malaysian state of Sabah has taken a step toward regulating carbon trading by passing amendments to the...