Climate Market Intelligence

“Superhot” Geothermal Startup Mazama Raises $135 Million

Geothermal energy developer Mazama Energy announced it has raised $135 million in a Series B […]

Ineos Starts Up EU’s First Full-scale CO2 Storage Site

**The commissioning of Project Greensand establishes a scalable offshore geological carbon storage precedent, shifting industrial carbon durability from biological timescales to multi-millennial permanence.**

Oracle Signs Over 1.7GW of Clean Energy Deals in Bid to Match Data Centers with 100% Carbon-Free Energy

**Oracle's 1.7GW clean energy procurement significantly diminishes fossil-fired dispatch within ERCOT, providing indirect ecological benefits through regional emissions abatement while demanding localized land-use scrutiny.**

Climate Pledge Tops 700 Companies Committing to Net Zero by 2040

**The surge to over 700 Climate Pledge signatories drastically intensifies commercial demand for high-integrity carbon removal, placing immediate stress on ecological additionality safeguards within LULUCF and Blue Carbon projects under ICVCM Core Carbon Principles.**

Microplastics in Soil a ‘Trojan Horse’ for Toxins

**Microplastic-driven pollutant accumulation directly undermines subterranean microbial biodiversity, jeopardizing the permanence and capacity of soil organic carbon sequestration within LULUCF projects.**

Climate adaptation and resilience need its own investment language: MAS

Standardizing resilience and adaptation metrics is critical to scaling investments into ecological defense mechanisms and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) across vulnerable biomes.

Genetically engineered crops increase climate resilience of US fields

**Genetically engineered climate-resilient crops strengthen agroecological soil carbon stocks against drought extremes but complicate ICVCM environmental safeguard adherence regarding biodiversity preservation.**

Mining is Essential. It Doesn’t Have to be Wasteful.

**Sustainable extraction and mineral carbonation of mine residues transform hazardous industrial waste into ultra-permanent carbon sinks while abating local ecological degradation.**

Wildfires rage near Indonesia’s new capital as health crisis deepens

The authority overseeing Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara, confirmed on 9 September that fires had broken out within the new capital city administrative area, although the fires were around 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the core government buildings.

Europe’s Earliest Glacier Loss Day in Years Signals a Reckoning for the Alps

**Accelerated cryospheric collapse in the Alps irreversibly disrupts downstream hydrology, undermining regional ecological integrity and destabilizing mountainous carbon sinks.**

LOIM Launches New U.S. and Japan Net Zero Equity Funds

Global wealth and asset manager Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) announced the expansion of its […]

Asean Power Grid faces licensing hurdle as Singapore pursues clean power imports

Indonesia’s five-year export licence cap and Sarawak’s discretionary licence terms raise doubts over whether cross-border power projects can secure the long-term legal certainty needed for financing.

Beyond extreme heat: Understanding Asia's climate-health future

**Severe climate hazards such as toxic haze and chronic flooding in Asia signal rapid terrestrial degradation that compromises ecological stability and carbon sink viability.**

Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data

As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany. Read more on E360 →

Southeast Asia becomes top Asian market for Chinese clean technology

Chinese exports to Asean exceed US$20 billion as solar, battery and EV shipments rise.

Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge

A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth… The post Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge appeared first on Carbon Brief.

New National Academies of Sciences’ Report on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Highlights the Need for Governance Reforms

**Unregulated deployment of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) risks catastrophic disruption to pelagic and benthic ecosystems despite its theoretical potential to arrest catastrophic temperature overshoot.**

Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis

**A geopolitical supply crunch in the Strait of Hormuz temporarily dampens global gross emissions, yet delivers zero structural benefit toward permanent ecological restoration or carbon removal.**

At Least 124 Environmental Defenders Killed Worldwide Last Year

At least 124 people were murdered last year for defending their forests, farms, or waterways from destruction or degradation, according to a stark new report. Its authors say that deep cuts to foreign aid by wealthy nations have weakened human rights groups that support environmental defenders. Read more on E360 →

New labour and agricultural damages improve climate cost estimates

CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’

**Heathrow's expansion dramatically inflates the UK's residual emission profile, placing unsustainable compensatory pressure on domestic LULUCF and nature-based carbon sinks.**

A New Tool for Matching Water Solutions to Community Needs

**Algorithmic matching of localized desalination systems mitigates severe brine-effluent disruption, safeguarding critical aquatic ecosystems and adjacent Blue Carbon reserves.**

Join Columbia Climate School at Climate Week 2026

**Academic engagement at institutional convenings like Climate Week 2026 strengthens the scientific foundation required to validate nature-based carbon sequestration and ecological permanence.**

From Indigenous Loss, a Potent Legal Argument on Climate

Human rights lawyer Julian Aguon explores how warming threatens not only the survival of small island nations but also the traditions of their Indigenous peoples. He is citing these injuries in legal actions, including in a major victory at the International Court of Justice last year. Read more on E360 →

Iceland, One of Three Countries That Still Hunts Whales, Considers Ban

Iceland is one of just three countries, along with Norway and Japan, that still allows commercial whaling in its waters, but that may be about to change. The Icelandic government will put forward a bill in February that could ban the practice. Read more on E360 →

Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances

All the ambulance services in England experienced some of their busiest-ever days during this summer’s record-breaking June heatwave, according to… The post Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Marine carbon removal at a crossroads

Environmental Review Before and After 9/11

**The evolution of post-crisis environmental review processes underscores the critical need to embed long-term ecological resilience and lifecycle emissions tracking into major infrastructure redevelopment.**

El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century

**Catastrophic peatland and forest fires driven by El Niño threaten massive ecological disruption and systemic reversal of terrestrial carbon stocks across Southeast Asia.**

Compound and heterogeneous relationships between climate extremes and global net migration

**Compound climate extremes driving human displacement severely undermine local ecological stewardship and dramatically elevate non-permanence risks for carbon sinks.**

Divergence between physical and emotional heat resilience in Chinese cities

Charlotte Biren Joins the Sabin Center as Climate Justice Fellow

**The integration of environmental justice scholarship into climate law directly reinforces the ecological integrity safeguards demanded by ICVCM Core Carbon Principles.**

Several Key Problems with the Forest Services’ Proposed Repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule

**The proposed repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule places 58.5 million acres of intact public forest ecosystems at immediate risk, compromising critical North American carbon sinks and high-integrity biodiversity corridors.**

Widespread Local Opposition, Often Driven by Misinformation, Continues to Hamper Renewable Energy Development

**Proliferating local bans on renewable energy infrastructure prolong regional reliance on fossil-fueled baseloads, compounding ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss through delayed decarbonization.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for August, 2026: +0.68 deg. C

**Rapidly compounding tropospheric thermal anomalies driven by El Niño intensify non-permanence risks across global carbon sinks.**

Record Low Lake Mead: “Millennium Drought” or Inevitable Result of Demand Exceeding Supply?

**Depleting water levels at Lake Mead destabilize regional hydrology and threaten surrounding desert carbon sinks and aquatic ecosystems.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for July, 2026: +0.48 deg. C

**Persistent atmospheric warming trends (+0.48°C anomaly) exacerbate ecological stress, directly threatening the permanence of nature-based carbon sequestration.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for June, 2026: +0.46 deg. C

**The persistent +0.16°C per decade global warming trend directly threatens the permanence and stability of LULUCF and Blue Carbon sequestration sinks.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for May, 2026: +0.53 deg. C

**Rising global lower tropospheric temperatures threaten the ecological permanence of nature-based carbon sinks.**

Trump wants ‘AI Force’ to keep US AI race moving, push ahead with modern tech despite concerns

President Donald Trump says he plans to create an “AI Force” and appoint a new...

China fears US deployment of space weapons raises risks of fresh arms race: Report

The United States has publicly acknowledged that it has weapons deployed in orbit, marking a...

‘How did you come to be here?’ Study digs into origins of Zambian wildlife crime

The man in the Zambian prison recalled how he ended up there. He’d been approached by someone who had an uncle in the capital, Lusaka, who was willing to buy ivory and pangolin scales. He gave the man a phone and a number to reach him. “He promised that the money I would get would […]

Scientists transport 92 antiprotons by road for first time, store them in vessel for over a month

Scientists succeeded in transporting antiprotons by road for the first time in a purpose-built trap...

A mathematical rule against disagreement survives beyond quantum mechanics

Two people can examine the same evidence and reach different conclusions. However, if they share...

Low-cost US interceptor destroys drones without jamming their signals

A US defense startup has tested a low-cost interceptor missile designed to physically destroy small...

Canada shuts down corporate watchdog. Critics say its replacement lacks teeth

When the Canadian government earlier this year shut down its independent watchdog responsible for investigating alleged human rights abuses including environmental pollution by Canada-based companies operating overseas, it promised that a little-known office called the National Contact Point would take over that work. But critics say the National Contact Point, which has operated for more […]

Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time – despite heavy throttling of wind and solar

Renewables met more than 80 per cent of total grid demand for first time on Saturday, and might have met more than 100 pct were it not for heavy curtailment of wind and solar. The post Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time – despite heavy throttling of wind and solar appeared first on Renew Economy.

Explainer: Who will set Australia’s rules for home energy devices such as solar, plug-in batteries and EVs?

A new Consumer Energy Resources Technical Code will define the standards and capabilities required of regulated products such as EVs, batteries and PV. The post Explainer: Who will set Australia’s rules for home energy devices such as solar, plug-in batteries and EVs? appeared first on Renew Economy.

CFTC: Producers reverse net short in CCA futures, extend in RGAs

Emitters added to their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net lengths in a divergent move from market speculators, but the former group also extended an RGGI Allowance (RGA) net short to its widest position since April, according to data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).