Developing countries have rebuffed the idea of a $200 billion annual climate finance target for wealthy government coffers, calling it a "joke" as ministers rushed to bridge persistent differences in ...

A top European court on Wednesday dismissed a €40.1-million damages claim by a French cement manufacturer against the European Commission and relating to the free allocation of carbon allowances, ...

The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme set to launch next year in the UK will require packaging producers to report how much they produce, and pay associated fees, though it is unclear how ...

New Zealand on Tuesday joined several countries in an international coalition to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and incentives, despite its government expecting soon to pass legislation to lift the ...

With hopes of a breakthrough on Article 6 remaining high as COP29 races towards its conclusion, data from first-moving countries and projects reveals a market poised to make full use of Article 6 ...

Power-hungry data centres in Europe will need more electricity to feed their expanding memory banks and artificial intelligence functions over the rest of the decade than the growing fleet of electric ...

The Council of EU member states on Wednesday approved a proposal to delay the bloc’s controversial anti-deforestation law by one year but did not endorse the European Parliament’s proposed amendments, ...

One month after Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa vetoed a bill that would have legalised carbon markets in the country for good, industry and activists are divided, while an energy crisis continues ...

France's newly launched biodiversity credit scheme is unlikely to scale unless the EU takes actions to incentivise corporate voluntary purchases across the bloc, consultancy CDC Biodiversite told ...

The UK could become a global hub for carbon market startups, building on the £790 million the sector has already raised — if the British government gets behind to boost the voluntary carbon market's ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide $7.7 billion for its various conservation programmes in the 2025 fiscal year, the country's agriculture secretary said Tuesday at COP29, expressing ...

There is an increasingly strong likelihood that the US will implement a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), but such a policy would likely come with challenges on the international level, ...