The United Kingdom is the first country in the world to introduce the carbon footprint labelling scheme for products. In March 2007, the Carbon Trust launched the world's first batch of products labeled with carbon labels.
The Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development (TBCSD) and Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) jointly launched the carbon reduction label.
New Frontier Markets (NFM), a technology company devoted to providing access to the new low-carbon economy, announced on July 12 its launch of a blockchain platform for voluntary carbon credits. The company expects that the platform to be broadly in use i
Oil and gas giant Shell announced on July 6 that it will build Europe’s largest hydrogen plant in the Netherlands. The plant, with 200 megawatt electrolyzer, is expected to start operation in 2025, generating 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen each da
Japan plans to support India in accelerating the switch to clean energy, expanding a program it started last year for Southeast Asian countries, said Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda on July 13.
According to CGTN, China has started to build Kela photovoltaic power station, which is a part of the biggest hydro-solar hybrid power station in the world. The facility is expected to have an installed capacity of 1 million kilowatts.
A Houston-based non-profit organization, BCarbon, issued their first international soil carbon credits that using farmland to remove carbon in the atmosphere in the UK.
Carbon dioxide emissions at the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo were much lower than estimated as fewer personnel attended the event due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new study.
UK’s biggest-ever renewables auction was held on July 7 and awarded record capacity of almost 11GW of clean energy, nearly double the capacity achieved in the previous round.
Alternative investment company PAG on July 6 introduced, PAG Renewables, a new platform for the development, operation, and investment in renewable energy sectors in Asia. PAG is expected to invest over $US 1 billion in the region in the next few years.
The German Bundestag, lower house of the parliament, approved on Thursday a legislative package to speed up the expansion of renewable energy. The bill aims to increase the renewable share to at least 80% by 2030, up from its previous objective of 65%.