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January 14, 2025

Los Angeles fires expose deadly impact of climate-driven ‘weather whiplash’

Los Angeles is grappling with the most severe wildfires in its history, forcing tens of thousands of people to lose their homes. One of the primary causes, according to experts, is extreme weather driven by climate change.
December 23, 2024

Thailand exempts land tax to boost blue carbon in mangrove forests

Recently, Thailand amended tax laws to encourage mangrove restoration, with plans to exempt land taxes on green area, such as mangrove forests, starting in 2025.
December 13, 2024

Southeast Asia's carbon market could reach $3 trillion by 2050, says ASEAN report

Southeast Asia's carbon market potential remains largely untapped. A recent report highlights that over the past 15 years, carbon credits provided by the ASEAN region have accounted for only 7% of the global carbon market.
September 20, 2024

Vietnam’s mangroves, seaweed offer huge blue carbon potential

With a coastline extending over 3,000 kilometers, Vietnam, blessed with a unique geographical environment, is actively exploring new opportunities in blue carbon.
May 08, 2024

Vietnamese localities expand efforts to develop carbon credit market

Localities throughout Vietnam are undertaking activities to develop the carbon credit market.
February 16, 2024

Vietnam plants over 700 million trees in last three years

Afforestation is one of the most direct ways to increase carbon sink. Vietnam planted nearly 770 million trees in 2021-2023, achieving 77% of its goal to plant one billion trees in the 2021-2025 period.
January 10, 2024

Indonesia plan to restore nearly half a million acres of forests from oil palm plantations

Indonesian government officials recently ruled that 200,000 hectares of oil palm plantations are planned to be returned to the state and converted back into forests, and that figure may increase.
April 19, 2023

Finnish startup turns CO2 into carbon-negative concrete blocks that can trap emissions

Carbonaide, a spin-out from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has come up with a solution to reduce carbon footprint by transforming CO2 into carbon-negative concrete blocks that eventually become a carbon sink, or an object that is able to absorb
January 06, 2023

Australian forests could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, report finds

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.
December 28, 2022

Collapse of Finland's carbon sinks wipes out decades of efforts to reduce emissions

Finland could be subject to billions of euros in costs as the diminishing capacity of forests as a carbon sink has undermined its effort to meet the sink target set by the EU.

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