Startup Climeworks Battles Big Oil for the $1 Trillion Future of Carbon Capture October 19, 2023 By Brian Kahn Most everyone who’s committed their career to solving the climate crisis comes to the field because they have something they...
Global Initiative Launched to Rate Corporate Carbon Offset Claims June 28, 2023 By Susanna Twidale A standard to assess companies’ claims about progress towards internal climate targets and their use of carbon offset credits was...
Canada’s Explosive Wildfires Damage Forest Set Aside for Carbon Offset Project June 26, 2023 By Natasha White and Zahra Hirji Canada’s explosive wildfire season has already pumped millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Some of that carbon...
Net-Zero Emissions Pledges by Big Global Companies Have ‘Credibility Gaps’: Report June 13, 2022 By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop Corporate plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions fall short of what is needed to combat climate change, with “major credibility...
Swiss Re and UBS Among Founding Buyers of Credits From Carbon Removal Scheme May 23, 2022 By Susanna Twidale Insurance firm Swiss Re and banking giant UBS are among five founding buyers of credits from a scheme set up...
COP26 Climate Agreement Targets Fossil Fuels as Key Driver of Global Warming November 15, 2021 By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and William James GLASGOW – U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the...
London Underwriter Becomes First to Insure California Carbon Credits May 23, 2013 By Lynn Doan Parhelion Underwriting Ltd. became the first insurer to offer a policy to protect companies from the invalidation of carbon offset...