Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos

According to experts, carbon markets only shift responsibility from the polluters to the invisible hands of the market and fail to decrease …

Predators help to protect Earth’s blue carbon stocks, says study

Keeping population of larger fish intact is critical to carbon accumulation and long-term storage in vegetated coastal habitats such as …

Decoding carbon markets: Role of intermediaries in the web of transactions

Rising interest in carbon markets has increased the number of intermediaries and stakeholders involved

What is irrecoverable carbon? How it exacerbates global warming?

COP28 Recap: Nations failed to reach consensus on Article 6 for regulating carbon markets

Among other risks, a further delay in operationalising Article 6 could mean voluntary carbon markets and discretionary bilateral arrangements …

Men in black

Carbon market has the potential to unlock billions of dollars for countries in the Global South. But is this voluntary carbon market working for …

Seabed trawling’s impact on the climate may be wildly overestimated — new study

While preventing bottom trawling from disturbing the seabed could reduce the emissions driving climate change, how much CO₂ it would prevent is …

Transforming land use can make world carbon neutral by 2040: Study

Immediate measures on agriculture, forestry, wetlands and bioenergy can cut down a third of the emissions to keep temperatures below 1.5°C

Irregularities, fraud prompt countries to tighten grip on voluntary offset markets

The demand for offsets, however, is not likely to decline any time soon

Carbon dioxide removal: How crucial is the next decade for this novel technology

Innovation in CDR is growing; so is the gap between CDR decided by IPCC and efforts to attain them

Emissions Gap Report: Only 14% chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C even in most optimistic scenarios

Unconditional NDCs project a 22 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent gap for 1.5°C goal 

CoP26: Carbon budget report puts Net Zero euphoria in place at Glasgow

Net rise of emission for all major countries in 2021

Chief executives, investors write to world leaders: Need bold climate action

Need to change rules of the game to prompt corporate action, the open letter said

A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t the same as a tonne of new trees: Why offsets can’t save us

Avoiding the worst of climate change means stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels; offsets will not save us

Road to net zero: Developing countries can cut 70% emissions with modest investments, says World Bank

High-income countries responsible for historical emissions must rapidly decarbonise, says World Bank report

Here’s how much carbon budget is estimated to be exhausted by 2030

A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate

Article 6.2 of Paris Agreement in action: A growing number of countries are entering carbon market partnerships

Over two dozen bilateral agreements have been signed since 2020

Could video streaming be as bad for the climate as driving a car? Calculating Internet’s hidden carbon footprint

Driving a small car to the movie theatre with a friend may have lower carbon emissions than streaming the same movie alone at home

Study highlights need for tourism industry to curb emissions: Yellowstone case shows travel’s big footprint

The park generates over 1.03 megatonnes of CO2 annually, travel to and from the park contributes to 90% of it

How technology can help in capturing carbon

The technologies, a type of geoengineering, been debated over their ethical and safety concerns   

Kenya: Meta, Netflix-subscribed carbon offset project replacing local grazier practices with commercial ranching

Project running on land of Samburu, Borana and Rendille and other indigenous peoples without their consent, claims report  

Share of non-CO2 pollutants contributing to global warming almost as much as carbon dioxide: Study

World needs to target non-CO2 pollutants and CO2 pollutants to achieve climate targets, it added  

Zombie fires in a warming Arctic region a worry: Study

Arctic fires are also burning earlier and farther north, in landscapes previously thought to be fire resistant

Can carbon-negative be the next step?

Carbon-negative technologies sequester more carbon than they release. But experts say they cannot be a substitute for reduction of greenhouse gases

‘Very few countries are pricing carbon high enough to meet climate targets’

New OECD report calls for governments to raise carbon prices much faster if they are to meet their commitments on cutting emissions and slowing …