The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market) has taken the sensible decision of excluding 236 million carbon credits (about a third of voluntary carbon market) from its top-tier Core Carbon Principles label. This is because the methodologies underpinning them

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Belgium is set to receive €4.6 billion in revenue (2024-2030) from the EU's Emissions Trading System, with over half of that going to Flanders, Bond Beter Leefmilieu (BondBeterLeefmilieu) estimated using our new EU ETS Revenue Simulator. However, if the Flemish government

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Early this year, NewClimate Institute & Carbon Market Watch analyzed the climate strategies of 51 major global companies. Among the worst performers, Walmart stood out with no pledge on scope 3 emissions reductions which account for 95% of its total.⚠️👇 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/7cdb1b98…

The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is meant to channel finance into climate projects and provide buyers with cost-effective decarbonisation options. How does the VCM operate financially and is it effective? 🧐 How are carbon credits financed and traded? 🤑 Our latest explainer

The ATP tour's carbon tracker champion taking a private jet to play an extra tournament. Looks like the education campaign on cutting down the carbon emissions has worked well😐 The jetsetting of the tennis tour is pushing the climate to break(ing) point: carbonmarketwatch.org/2024/03/22/unf…

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🌍 CLIMATE NEWS: CAN Europe & GLAN | Global Legal Action Network are taking the @Eu_Commission to court over insufficient climate targets. We’re fighting for at least 65% emissions reduction by 2030 to meet the 1.5°C Paris Agreement goal. See you in court! #LegalActionForClimate PRESS RELEASE:

We are delighted to announce Gilles Dufrasne, Policy Lead, Global Carbon Markets at Carbon Market Watch, as speaker at the Energy Intelligence Forum. >> bit.ly/4c1ur1X #EIForum2024 | November 25-27 Carbon Market Watch #EnergyPolicy #Geopolitics #EnergyTransition

Space has become the final frontier for billionaut tourists. But is it responsible during a climate crisis for the super-rich to go where no billionaire has gone before in search of thrills and a Planet B? "Humans are almost perfectly calibrated for life on Earth, even if we

In this article, I highlight the reckless folly during a climate crisis of rich billionaut tourists attempting to go where no tycoon has gone before. To all intents and purposes, there is no Planet B for humans and so billionaires should focus their efforts here on Earth.

Throughout Earth's history, there have been periods when humans, had we existed, would have been wiped out. Our existence and whatever purpose we intended to serve would have been extinguished. If there’s a technical path to ensuring humanity’s survival—and Starship appears to be

I didn't say it was a binary choice. But given the urgency of the climate and biodiversity emergencies, they deserve our foremost attention, especially as emissions continue to climb. Moreover, space exploration is a multigenerational quest and so needs to be democratic.

All but one European Union member state have fallen foul of the date to enter the new Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings (ETS2) in the national law books. This delay sends completely the wrong signal about EU member states willingness to tackle the

“Citizens cannot pay for everything” This is how Slovak Environment Minister Tomáš Taraba put it when he indicated last week that his country intends not to implement the EU's new Emissions Trading System for road transport and buildings, also known as ETS2. While the social

Polaris Dawn has ushered in the dawn of a new phase in private space tourism. But what does this mean for us back here on Earth? In this article, Khaled Diab (Khaled Diab) examines the carbon footprint and climate impact of the burgeoning space tourism sector and