Sara Stefanini

1 week ago | carbon-pulse.com | Allison Gacad |Sara Stefanini

SB62: First day of Bonn talks derailed by fight over border carbon feesClimate negotiations have yet to formally begin in Bonn, after talks on the first day were held up by an agenda fight that hinged on unilateral border carbon fees, observers told Carbon Pulse on Monday evening. Climate negotiations have yet to formally begin in Bonn, after talks on the first day were held up by an agenda fight that hinged on unilateral border carbon fees, observers told Carbon Pulse on Monday evening.

1 week ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sara Stefanini

SB62: Sweden looking for just the right dose of ambition from Article 6.2 host countriesSweden is scrutinising national commitments to the Paris Agreement as it parses out where to pursue bilateral carbon trading agreements under Article 6.2 - with an eye to avoiding both a lack of ambition, and over-ambition, according to a government official.

2 weeks ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sara Stefanini

BRIEFING: To take Paris seriously, Article 6 must drive bigger, additional emission cuts, say new principlesThe baseline for estimating the emissions that would have been released without a carbon project in place should decline by at least 2% per year to align with the Paris Agreement's goals - rather than the current 1% floor, according to one of the authors of Oxford University's new principles for trading through Article 6.

2 weeks ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sara Stefanini

Oxford principles aim to define integrity, avoid greenwashing in Article 6 carbon marketsCountries, companies, and other organisations need to be careful how they use and account for emissions reductions traded under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the University of Oxford said in a report setting out three principles for ensuring that the new international market does not become an avenue for greenwashing national and corporate climate action.

2 weeks ago | carbon-pulse.com | Sara Stefanini

UK puts nearly £10 bln into CCUS, throwing weight behind two more clustersThe UK government is putting nearly £10 billion of funding towards carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) out to 2030, and throwing its weight behind the development of a third and fourth cluster, the Treasury announced in its Spending Review on Wednesday.