Carbon Policy News

Nigeria's upstream oil regulator has urged crude oil producers to develop carbon offset projects as part of a new suit of climate measures...

South Korea will increase the share of carbon allowances issued through paid auctions compared with free allocation under its...

At the recent Climate Summit in Baku, November 2024, world leaders took a bold step toward tackling the climate crisis...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued its first permits for injection wells to store captured CO2 in California...

Rwanda has issued a so-called letter of authorisation (LoA) to a third carbon project, according to the....

Paraguay has highlighted that implementing regulations, putting together initial investments by projects, and specialised knowledge...

Financial institutions, environment authorities, and trading exchanges won't be allowed to participate in the China Certified Emission Reduction scheme for now...

The executive director of Peruvian non profit CIMA has vowed to fight a recent judicial decision against the Cordillera Azul REDD+ project...

Mauritius, Angola and Thailand have submitted reports highlighting ongoing and future plans to operationalise carbon...

Abu Dhabi's environmental regulator has launched an international standard carbon measurement, reporting and verification programme...

Botswana has issued its updated Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, targeting a 15% cut in emissions...

Six China-based securities firms have been given a stronger signal by the country's main financial regulator...

Verra has released a minor update to its concrete methodology allowing project proponents to quantify carbon dioxide removals and...

South Africa is to consider carbon offsets from 'other African countries' for the second compliance period of its carbon tax regime...

Chicago-based platform Laconic plans to disrupt carbon markets by transforming credits into Sovereign Carbon Securities (SCS), a financial...

Two communities located in Colombia and Guinea have signed a one-of-a-kind partnership on knowledge exchange and forest conservation...

Thailand's government is to exempt mangrove forests from land tax in order to encourage restoration projects, a sector that...

Forested areas in India had increased by 1,445 square kilometres by end of 2023 compared with 2021, increasing carbon stocks by...

The new funding will support different initiatives, including carbon markets, said the Washington-based institution..

Australia could delay by several months the release of its climate targets for 2035 under the Paris Agreement, as its Climate Change Authority (CCA) needs more...