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Guyana, which has pioneered offshore oil exploration, is leveraging its inland forests to access carbon markets, a business that the government sees as more profitable than mining or agriculture, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

In December last year, McDonald’s became the latest corporation to execute plans that reduce supply chain-related electricity emissions.

China is building the world’s largest commercial floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Hainan, showing sign of growing momentum of renewable energy.

US telecom giant Verizon has signed four new power purchase agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy.

Forests in New South Wales are continuing to be cleared to a point that some could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, according to a report released in December by the New South Wales’ Natural Resource Commission.

Brussels plans to overhaul the bloc’s electricity market to prioritise cheaper renewable energy, European Union’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson has said, despite industry warnings that the reforms could smother investment in wind and solar projects.

Bursa Malaysia launched the country’s first voluntary carbon market (VCM) on December 9, with the first carbon credit auction to take place next March.

Emissions from mining cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed, researchers reported in Scientific Reports. The carbon footprint of mining one Bitcoin multiplied 126 times from 2016 to 2021. In that window, Bitcoin mining caused an estimated $12 billion in globa

The Hong Kong stock exchange has carried out the first batch of carbon credit trades on its new voluntary carbon market in the first four weeks since launch, joining a handful of Asian exchanges in tapping opportunities resulting from governments’ push to

Analysts have cut their average price forecasts for EU carbon permits for the next two years in the sign that weak economies will hit Europe and lead to lower industrial output, while the European Commission readies an increase in permit supply.