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Carbon credit markets: on exponential growth and record EUR 865 bln in 2022
If yesterday we posted about EU's Climate Action Progress Report 2022 , that indicated greater demand for allowances in the EU Emissions...
Feb 24, 20232 min read
EU Carbon Market Report: driving emission reductions and enabling energy investment
On 14 December 2022, the European Commission adopted its annual Carbon Market Report, which tracks the functioning of the EU Emissions...
Feb 23, 20232 min read
Patents: more focus on "clean" conventional energy than renewables
A new study by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services in patent data has revealed some unusual trends in energy tech R&D, questioning whether...
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Great Salt Lake: May disappear in a few years and become a Great Toxic Dustbowl
It happens slowly. People hardly notice. We refer to the drought of the Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western...
Feb 12, 20232 min read
Integrity: Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) face credibility test in 2023
Could you provide a score - between 1 lowest and 5 highest - for each of the following priorities for a "Carbon Standard"? a) Accelerate...
Feb 11, 20232 min read
European Central Bank launches indicators to monitor climate risk for banks and investors
The European Central Bank (ECB) published last week a series of new statistical indicators aimed at helping to analyze climate-related...
Jan 30, 20232 min read
There Are Fortunes to Be Made in the Carbon Capture Gold Rush (in US)
Past efforts to capture carbon dioxide (CCS) have been small-scale and littered with failures. But now supporters say the new tax...
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market will deliver its Core Carbon Principles in March
Several initiatives focused on integrity across the Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM). And as we posted last October 2022 - "Integrity in...
Jan 23, 20231 min read
The Guardian article on the integrity of REDD+ carbon credits
"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do." Attributed to Sarah Ban Breathnac,...
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Verra Concludes Consultation on Third-Party Crypto Instruments and Tokens
Verra - one of the standard setters for certifying carbon emissions reductions - has just published a summary of the comments it received...
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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