Category: Government
Leaping into action in a nascent market In Singapore, the carbon-credit offset regime is now gaining structured depth. The NEA announced on 7 November 2025 that BeZero, Calyx and Sylvera...
Brussels Sets 2040 Climate Goal After marathon overnight talks, European Union environment ministers reached an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, compared to 1990 levels. The...
• Market-cap threshold for mandatory climate disclosures raised from NZ$60 million to NZ$1 billion (about US$573 million).• Managed investment schemes removed from the regime, cutting reporting entities from 164 to...
Morocco Positions for Post-Coal Energy Future Morocco has pledged to eliminate coal power by 2040, provided it can attract sufficient international climate finance to support the transition, according to the...
• France’s new development minister Eleonore Caroit says Paris will continue backing the World Bank’s 45% climate finance target despite U.S. opposition.• The Trump administration is pressing the lender to...
• Clean energy workforce set to nearly double to 860,000 by 2030, backed by £50 billion in private investment since 2024.• National strategy outlines 31 priority occupations — from electricians...
• The Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC have jointly rescinded the 2023 climate risk management principles for large financial institutions.• Regulators said existing safety and soundness standards sufficiently address all...
• Indonesia lifts its four-year moratorium on international carbon trading through a new presidential decree.• Cross-border transactions can resume under national or international standards, tracked by a decentralized real-time registry.•...
• South Korea to require 1% SAF blending for all international departures by 2027, increasing to up to 10% by 2035.• Airlines must source 90% of annual refuelling volumes from...
Rulemaking shift to 2026 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced it will delay the initial rulemaking for the new California climate disclosure laws SB 253 and SB 261 into...
• The US has threatened sanctions on countries supporting an EU-backed global framework to cut shipping emissions.• The IMO proposal would introduce the first global pricing mechanism for maritime emissions,...
• Bureau of Land Management postpones Wyoming coal lease covering 365 million tons of reserves.• Montana auction earlier in the week drew only one bid at less than $0.01 per...
• The European Commission has delayed the adoption of sustainability reporting standards for non-EU companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) until at least October 2027.• The delay is...
Advancing High-Integrity Carbon Markets Carbon removal platform Puro.earth has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Protection Agency to advance the country’s use...
• $7 billion funding package extends Germany’s climate protection contracts to include carbon capture and storage (CCS) for the first time.• Targets heavy industries — chemicals, steel, cement, and glass...
Albany expands farm conservation finance New York is channeling $25 million into farm-based water quality projects, the largest single round of funding in the history of its Agricultural Nonpoint Source...
Brussels signs off on CBAM reform The Council of the European Union has adopted a regulation simplifying the bloc’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), an instrument designed to prevent carbon...
Record Commitments from Berlin Berlin has confirmed it provided €11.8 billion ($13.81 billion) in international climate finance during 2024, a record outlay designed to strengthen developing countries’ ability to respond...
Brussels Pushes Back Deadline The European Commission will delay implementation of the EU’s landmark deforestation law by another year, citing fears that its digital infrastructure cannot handle the compliance load....
Sacramento sets scope for sweeping disclosure regime California regulators have published a list of more than 4,000 companies that must begin disclosing greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks under...
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