Category: Carbon
Nevada Copper branches into carbon credit sector – Mining Magazine
The Canyon Carbon subsidiary will work with Boise, Idaho-based Warm Springs Consulting. …Read the full story
Polaris advancing on acquisition, carbon credit fronts – BNamericas
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Make carbon markets work for the developing world – The Hindu BusinessLine
Air passengers would have often seen the fine print on a ticket indicating the tonnes of climate change causing carbon dioxide that would be emitted during the course of the flight, coaxing them to pay a small fee to ease their conscience. The COP-26 Summit at Glasgow in November last finally agreed on a “rule-book” […]
The Benefits to Diversifying Across Carbon Markets – ETF Database
With geopolitical risk suddenly a top consideration for advisors, seeking diversification of exposure to global carbon markets over concentrated exposure could be an answer for investors concerned about volatility and uncertainty. Natural gas prices rose and are now up 30%, which generally means that carbon allowance prices also increase because greater use of natural gas […]
Tokyo to offer CO2 emissions trading system in fiscal 2023 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking …
The government will issue credits for companies that succeed in cutting their carbon footprints more drastically than their initial goals by adopting power-saving devices and renewable energy. Unless Tokyo takes steps to respond to those changes, the competitiveness of Japanese companies could gradually be undermined. …Read the full story
Severn Trent plots tree planting payment programme | BusinessGreen News
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‘Net zero by 2030’ – Council makes green pledge – North Norfolk News
George, eight, and his sister, Lily, from Great Yarmouth, at a tree giveaway run by North Norfolk District Council at Holt Country Park in February. One of the plan’s first targets is for the council to cut its carbon emissions by 500 tonnes a year over the next two years – its total was around 4,866 […]
Bluesource and Element Markets to merge as TPG Rise Climate fund – Capital.com
GEF Capital Partners, which purchased a stake in Bluesource in 2018, will remain as a minority shareholder in the combined entity. The size of the potential loss is limited to the funds held by us for and on your behalf, in relation to your trading account. …Read the full story
Offsetting: carbon con or net-zero necessity? – Just Food
Some have already ploughed cash into planting trees or providing stoves in a bid to pitch some of their brands as ‘carbon neutral’ . No surprise, then, that a number of companies have eschewed the idea , tightened up their internal policies and say they are focused on schemes to reduce rather than offset their […]
Carbon credit fund is catching on with Alberta investors | Wealth Professional
“This wasn’t something where we were expecting to blow the doors off the barn, right out of the gate. Noble said Horizons’ is an index strategy, which is simply buying European carbon credit futures, the one most people are watching now. “We’ve seen carbon credits go from the 20 to 30 Euro range, starting in […]
We’re double counting accredited renewable electricity products and carbon offsets – here’s …
I have been asked by several peers to provide a summary of the key legal and accounting issues behind my assertions that Australia’s accredited renewable electricity products and carbon offsets lack legitimacy and integrity. There are different ways to account for scope 2 emissions and it is up to governments to determine how they will […]
Creduce–HCPL JV bags carbon credits project from SJVN – Mint
In a statement, Credence said that the project activity will result in the creation of more than 80 million carbon credits from SJVNL’s vintage project. Besides the Nathpa Jhakri project, SJVN also has a Rampur Hydro Power project in Himachal Pradesh with a capacity of 500 MW together with consolidated installed and upcoming wind and […]
Greenwashing, what greenwashing? Probing the controversial carbon offsetting market
Food giants Nestlé and Unilever stand accused of greenwashing over their climate commitments, for instance. They believe there’s simply no time for offsets – trees can take 20 years to grow, after all, while the emissions are occurring today. In the fourth quarter of this year it officially reached a value of US$1 billion amid […]
The policy wonk trying to tame carbon markets – Politico
The emissions credit market needs to grow 15-fold to meet goals set under the Paris Agreement, by some estimates — and could be worth as much as $50 billion by 2030. Mark Kenber is one of the climate policy wonks trying to bring more legitimacy to the market. It has never been more essential to […]
Investment in soils could not only benefit the environment – research – Agriland.ie
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Carbon forestry back in the melting pot | interest.co.nz
In an opinion piece published in the Herald on 1 February of this year, he stated there are 1.2 million hectares of marginal pastoral lands that should be planted only in native species. On January 26 he was reported in the Herald as saying that he too disagrees with permanent exotic forests, but that it […]