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PRESS RELEASE: Carbon Pulse launches EU ETS data portal ahead of flagship reform

Published 14:14 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 14:14 on July 7, 2026 / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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Market, policy, and emissions data at your fingertips as the European Commission prepares to issue legislative proposals to reform the world’s largest compliance carbon market by traded value. Read More
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Euro Markets: EUAs give up Monday's gain amid steady day-long selling, as gas jumps on tanker attack

Published 17:17 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 17:36 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe)

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EU carbon allowances gave up all Monday's price gains from Tuesday and more, as sellers came to the fore despite the approaching reduction in EU auction volumes as the REPowerEU programme is expected to end on Thursday, while energy markets rallied after an LNG tanker was attacked overnight. Read More
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Verra moves ahead with tighter soil carbon rules for sustainable grasslands credits

Published 17:13 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 17:13 on July 7, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Sustainable grasslands carbon projects under a revised Verra methodology would need to validate soil carbon models against changes over time, rather than one-off stock measurements, according to a Tuesday announcement. Read More
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EU clean tech chief pushes back against lowering ETS emissions cap

Published 16:33 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 16:46 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe)

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Teresa Ribera, the EU’s clean technology chief, is at odds with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over how steeply carbon allowances under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should decline each year, according to multiple sources. Read More
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EU plans to cut livestock emissions 16% by 2040, stops short of binding target

Published 16:28 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 16:28 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the bloc’s livestock sector, saying technology and targeted farm support could cut emissions by at least 16% by 2040, while stopping short of proposing a dedicated emissions target for the industry. Read More
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EU auditors say flagship home renovation fund failing to cut energy use

Published 16:01 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 16:27 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Net Zero Transition (Litigation, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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Billions of euros in EU funding to improve the energy efficiency of homes are falling short of the bloc’s climate and energy objectives, the European Court of Auditors has warned in a new report published on Monday. Read More
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Kenyan carbon developer puts technology platform, factory up for sale

Published 15:57 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 15:57 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Africa), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Koko Networks, the Kenyan-based bioethanol and clean cooking developer that folded in February after failing to secure an agreement to sell credits internationally under the Paris Agreement, is selling its technology platform and factory. Read More
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Loss and damage funding gap exposes climate finance tensions ahead of Manila meeting

Published 14:51 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 14:51 on July 7, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), International (UN Climate Talks)

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Underfunding of the Loss and Damage fund risks bleeding into broader UN climate negotiations, hardening developing countries' reluctance to raise mitigation ambition without matching finance, experts warned ahead of a critical meeting this week. Read More
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Carbon finance is becoming a major revenue source for US biochar producers, survey data shows

Published 14:43 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 14:43 on July 7, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Carbon finance is playing an increasing role in the US biochar market, according to a survey-based report published Tuesday that found national production estimates rose 32% per year between 2023 and 2025 and estimated industry value nearly tripled. Read More
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Global gas demand sees little impact from Middle East war, as LNG supply bounces back

Published 14:39 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 14:39 on July 7, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels)

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Global gas demand will only slip marginally this year despite the US and Israel war with Iran, and the impact on LNG supply will be offset by the end of the year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Read More
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Chemicals industry escapes EU carbon price as free allowances cover 98% of emissions, watchdog says

Published 14:35 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 14:35 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Europe’s chemical industry has effectively paid no carbon price under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over the past decade, contradicting claims that high carbon costs are undermining the sector, according to a new investigation by a watchdog group. Read More
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Clean cooking developer secures €1.1 mln to expand biomass stove access in Mozambique

Published 13:15 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 13:15 on July 7, 2026 / / CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Europe, Middle East), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A Mozambique-based clean cooking company has secured around €1.1 million from a European clean cooking fund to expand access to biomass-fuelled cookstoves and fuel production in the country. Read More
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EU should use international credits to build carbon pricing systems abroad, policy brief says

Published 12:00 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 12:23 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), International (Paris Article 6/PACM)

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The EU should use its quota for international carbon credits to help build domestic carbon pricing systems in partner countries, rather than treating them as a cheaper route to fulfilling its 2040 emission targets, according to a recent policy brief. Read More
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INTERVIEW: SAF made from waste plastics can be "bridging fuel" for aviation, experts say

Published 11:27 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 11:27 on July 7, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Insights (Interviews), International (Aviation/CORSIA), Net Zero Transition (Transport & Heating Fuels)

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Producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste plastics could act as a “bridging fuel” in decarbonising aviation before the scale-up of other fuels with a stronger emissions saving profile, say experts. Read More
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Industrial carbon management coalition backs "strong, predictable" EU ETS

Published 11:08 on July 7, 2026 / Last updated at 11:08 on July 7, 2026 / / CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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A broad coalition of industrial carbon management stakeholders has urged the European Union to use the forthcoming review of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to preserve the market’s core architecture while directing a larger share of its revenues into industrial decarbonisation. Read More