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November 12, 2025
Isometric gains ICAO approval to supply carbon removal credits for airlines
Carbon registry Isometric has received approval from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to issue carbon credits under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
November 11, 2025Bangkok tightens diesel emission rules as Thailand advances climate, EV goals
Bangkok authorities impose stricter exhaust-smoke limits for diesel vehicles amid Thailand’s push for electric mobility and climate legislation.
November 11, 2025Indonesia’s geothermal governance must empower local people
Giving local governments more autonomy and prioritising human rights are key to advancing Indonesia’s renewable energy aims, write two experts.
November 10, 2025COP30 tropical forest fund may drive debt and deforestation, groups warn
A new global fund meant to reward tropical countries for protecting forests could instead drive deforestation and deepen debt in the developing world, civil society groups warn.
November 06, 2025EU agrees to weaken 2040 climate target, push ETS2 launch to 2028
After months of delay, European Union climate ministers agreed on Wednesday to a 2040 climate target that includes flexibilities, weakening the bloc’s 90% emissions reduction goal. The deal also postpones the start of the EU ETS2 to 2028.
November 05, 2025Q&A: COP30 could – finally – agree how to track the ‘global goal on adaptation’
Nearly a decade on from the Paris Agreement, there is still not an agreed way to measure progress towards its “global goal on adaptation” (GGA).
November 04, 2025Brazilian lithium pitched as ‘carbon neutral’ relied on offset project linked to deforestation
A Canadian miner’s supposed ‘green lithium’ shipments used carbon credits stemming from Amazonian offsetting project now suspended amid a federal investigation.
November 03, 2025EU’s 2040 climate goal faces uncertainty over carbon credits, shrinking sinks
The EU is considering options that would allow it to revise or weaken its 2040 climate target, originally aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from 1990 levels.
November 03, 2025Belém faces its social and natural demons as host to COP30
The lack of trees in one of the Amazon’s most revered cities, especially in poor neighborhoods, contributes to projections that Belém will face 222 days of extreme heat by 2050.
October 31, 2025How countries failed to steer shipping to net zero, and where they go next
Amid threats and tears, nations failed to sign off a ground-breaking deal to curb the sector’s huge appetite for fossil fuels