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March 20, 2025
Amazon unveils carbon credit service to advance supply chain decarbonization
Amazon, the retail giant in the U.S., announced the launch of its carbon credit service through its Sustainability Exchange platform on March 19. This service aims to help its supply chain partners achieve decarbonization.
March 14, 2025EU, Germany need short-term strategy for CO2 removal ramp-up, says think tank
Germany and the EU need a short-term strategy for enabling the necessary ramp-up of carbon dioxide removals (CDR), said the think tank German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in a report.
March 14, 2025Indigenous community slams Cambodia REDD+ project over rights violations in Cardamoms
Indigenous Chorng communities in Cambodia allege continued land restrictions and rights violations by Wildlife Alliance, the U.S.-based NGO running the Southern Cardamom REDD+ project that includes swaths of their farmlands and forest.
March 13, 2025Germany’s budding coalition agrees electricity price cuts, EV subsidies
Germany’s likely next coalition government has agreed to a substantial electricity price cut to relieve households and companies and honour national and European climate targets.
March 12, 2025Nearly a tenth of global climate finance threatened by Trump aid cuts
Nearly a tenth of global climate finance could be under threat as US president Donald Trump’s aid cuts risk wiping out huge swathes of spending overseas.
March 11, 2025Forest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests
The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge. This growth comes despite scientists’ warnings of the industry’s harm to the climate and its contribution to deforestation — increasingly in the tropics.
March 11, 2025Carbon removal demand to hit 8 billion tonnes, but only 1% delivered—3 opportunities for Asia to lead
Carbon Forward Asia, held from March 4 to 5 in Singapore, featured a panel on the second day titled “Removals: Putting the Net into Net-Zero,” which explored the opportunities and challenges for advancing carbon removal in Asia.
March 10, 2025Agroforestry stores less carbon than reforestation, but has many other benefits, study finds
A recent study in Ecological Solutions and Evidence shows just how complicated and challenging it is to achieve carbon sequestration goals through forest management — but not impossible.
March 06, 2025Vietnam grants up to 12 years of fee exemptions for green energy projects
The Vietnamese government has introduced a new electricity decree, prioritizing the promotion of power generation projects using renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, as well as energy storage systems.
March 06, 2025Chemical company BASF begins geothermal tests in bid to reduce gas consumption
Chemicals company BASF has started tests in the depths of the Upper Rhine Plain to explore the potential of using geothermal energy, business daily Handelsblatt reported.