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A new partnership between The Energy and Resources Institute and UNMAI Carbon Solutions aims to address persistent challenges in data integrity, verification standards, and financial transparency within global carbon markets through the development of coordinated digital infrastructure and policy frameworks.

Cement production accounts for roughly 7 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, a figure that continues to position the sector among the most difficult to decarbonize due to its reliance on process emissions rather than energy use alone.

Carbon pricing under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has historically added modest but politically sensitive costs to electricity bills, yet tightening emissions caps and rising allowance prices are increasing the financial stakes as Virginia moves to rejoin the program in 2026.

A new collaboration between the University of Regina and the Thai Cement Manufacturers Association is moving carbon capture technology from laboratory development into field deployment, targeting one of the world’s most emissions-intensive industrial value chains.

Chiyoda Corporation, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, and Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore carbon capture and storage deployment across global markets.

The United Kingdom’s carbon capture and storage ambitions continue to scale, with bids submitted for more than 2 million acres of seabed in the latest licensing round led by the North Sea Transition Authority.

Carbon allowance prices in North America highlight a growing divergence in climate policy design, with California credits assessed at $29.19 per allowance compared to $65.26 in Washington state, where tighter supply has driven higher costs.

Europe’s carbon management strategy is increasingly shifting toward large-scale storage infrastructure, with Greece positioning itself as an emerging hub as…

Project Kirkenær, the first permanent geological CO2 removal initiative by Norwegian developer Carbon Centric, has cleared a key milestone with the successful completion of the Puro.earth Preliminary Assessment.

The European Commission has approved $283 million (€260 million) in Belgian state aid to support a major carbon capture and storage initiative in Antwerp, signaling renewed momentum for industrial decarbonization in Europe’s most concentrated chemical and manufacturing clusters.