Browsing: carbon

Kenya is positioning itself as a key player in global carbon markets with the launch of its national carbon registry, a platform designed to improve transparency, prevent double counting, and verify emissions reductions at a time when scrutiny of climate offsets is intensifying worldwide.

More than 30 emissions trading systems are now in force or under development worldwide, according to the International Carbon Action Partnership, and the maritime sector is increasingly caught between overlapping carbon regimes.

In the heart of Madhya Pradesh’s steel belt, furnaces burn day and night, producing the metal that underpins India’s highways, railways, and high-rises. For workers, the economic payoff is clear, but so is the environmental cost. India’s steel sector emits more than 2.5 tonnes of CO₂ per tonne of steel produced, significantly above the global average, and heavy industries remain the country’s largest industrial greenhouse gas emitters.

As hydrogen projects face rising costs and a growing list of cancellations globally, new data from DNV’s Oil and Gas Decarbonisation in the Gulf Region report underscores why the technology remains strategically central in the Middle East.

The European Investment Bank’s approval of a €3 billion Frontloading Facility underscores growing concern within EU institutions that the rollout of the second Emissions Trading System for heating and road fuels could face public resistance unless its social impacts are managed well in advance.

With carbon capture and storage infrastructure advancing unevenly across the Midwest, Iowa lawmakers are now testing whether fiscal policy should shape the state’s role as a CO2 transport corridor.

Cement remains one of the most difficult industrial sectors to decarbonize, accounting for roughly 7 to 8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, largely due to process emissions inherent to clinker production.

Britain’s National Wealth Fund (NWF) has unveiled a focused five-year strategy aiming to deploy £4–5 billion annually in projects spanning carbon capture, energy storage, battery manufacturing, and critical infrastructure.

The Sarajevo Energy Forum 2026 officially opened on January 29 at Hotel Hills, positioning itself as a regional checkpoint for how Southeast Europe intends to manage the technical, financial, and policy risks of the energy transition.

As offshore operators face increasing pressure to decarbonize, MODEC has entered a joint development agreement with Norway-based Eld Energy to advance integrated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and CO2 capture systems for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels.