Climate Market Intelligence

Real Science, Right Now: How High School Students Are Researching Climate Solutions

Through Columbia Climate School programs, students conducted hands-on climate research to build scientific, analytical and communication skills.

FedEx Signs $300 Million Electric Truck Deal with Harbinger

Electric truck manufacturer Harbinger announced that it has received an order from global delivery giant […]

USAID cuts carry environmental costs, new report finds

The consultancy firm One Earth Partners has published an analysis of the environmental consequences of USAID’s closure.

What will financial institutions do to China’s carbon market?

They should be able to directly trade carbon allowances this year, adding liquidity but also regulatory challenges.

Stakeholders Strongly Oppose Inclusion of Oil and Gas in Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

The majority of stakeholders responding to a consultation into the development of Canada’s Sustainable Finance […]

Stegra Seeks More Capital – Again – for Green Steel Megaplant on ‘Significantly Higher than Assumed’ Costs

Swedish green iron and steel maker Stegra announced the completion of a 100-day review of its […]

Wellington Management Wins $4.6 Billion Emerging Markets Mandate from Nest to Strengthen ESG Approach

UK pension scheme Nest announced that it has awarded investment manager Wellington Management with a […]

Amazon Signs 20-Year Deal with Constellation to Upgrade, Extend Life of Nuclear Plant

Amazon and energy producer Constellation Energy announced a new 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) aimed […]

Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?

A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world's most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but experts question whether the trees will survive. Read more on E360 →

Greenpeace Philippines cuts staff size amid restructuring and climate funding bottlenecks

The watchdog has downsized its 20-member team, with six hires planned, amid funding pressures. Greenpeace Southeast Asia says the move also reflects a “broader assessment of strategy, impact, capability and long-term sustainability”.

South Korea’s food waste rethink began with citizens demanding change

The Korean Zero Waste Movement Network has spent four decades mobilising citizens, government and businesses to prevent, separate and recycle food waste across South Korea, work that has earned it a place among the 2026 Earthshot Prize finalists.

Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis

The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a… The post Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis appeared first on Carbon Brief.

For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes

August and September passed without a single Atlantic hurricane, thanks in part to a powerful El Niño. Forecasters are now raising the prospect that the season could conclude with zero Atlantic hurricanes. Read more on E360 →

Thailand’s high-tech push faces water security risks, experts say

Growing industrial demand raises questions about water supply, while financing depends on reliable revenues and stronger governance.

What Can Fossil Corals in the Cook Islands Teach Us About Global Sea Level Rise?

Scientists are studying fossil coral reefs in the Cook Islands to reconstruct sea levels during the Last Interglacial, and hoping to improve projections of future change.

Columbia Climate School Hosts City Leaders to Address Energy Affordability and Climate Action

**Urban demand-side energy efficiency mitigates marginal fossil generation stress, indirectly lowering baseline pressures on regional biodiversity and upstream resource extraction.**

Scrutinizing the Achievement of Climate Targets, Part II: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Implementation Litigation

**Climate implementation litigation increasingly targets the integrity of sovereign land-use strategies and physical carbon sinks, penalizing unverified ecological projections.**

When Bolsonaro Tweeted, Amazon Deforestation Surged

As president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro not only weakened environmental regulations and gutted agencies charged with protecting the Amazon, he also railed against conservation. An analysis of his tweets and those of his ministers finds a link between their rhetoric and the acres of forest lost. Read more on E360 →

Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches

Scrutinizing the Achievement of Climate Targets, Part I: The Widening Reach of Implementation Litigation

As temperatures continue to rise at alarming rates, it is undeniable that current climate policies are not enough to meet the 1.5°C temperature limit of the Paris Agreement. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, global warming is currently on track to reach 2.8°C above preindustrial levels by 2100. However, if governments fully implement their […]

Short on Land, Japan Is Building Solar Farms on Old Golf Courses

**Repurposing degraded golf turf for utility-scale solar safeguards native mountainous forests, averting adverse LULUCF emissions while introducing opportunities for soil restoration.**

Analysis: Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022

An area of Amazon forest roughly the size of the US state of New Jersey has remained standing due to… The post Analysis: Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022 appeared first on Carbon Brief.

‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak

Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago, new data reveals.… The post ‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Alaska's ‘Rusting’ Waters More Acidic Than Mining Wastewater

**Accelerating permafrost degradation threatens cryosphere biodiversity and destabilizes high-latitude terrestrial carbon sinks.**

On Ancient Madagascar, Large Native Herbivores Paid the Price as Introduced Livestock Spread

**Paleo-ecological evidence of pastoralist-driven megafauna collapse and deforestation highlights the acute sensitivity of native carbon sinks to non-native agricultural expansion.**

Generative artifical intelligence for climate dialogue justice

**Deploying generative AI for climate dialogue justice bridges procedural equity gaps in nature-based interventions, empowering local stewards to directly influence LULUCF and Blue Carbon conservation design.**

A Career Spent Collecting Earth’s Seismic Clues

Göran Ekström tracks incidents like landslides and glacier collapse using tools once used only to monitor earthquakes.

Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy

**China's mainstreaming of climate directives across provincial five-year plans intensifies national LULUCF targets and ecological restoration mandates, directly impacting domestic carbon sink baselines.**

Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK

The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive… The post Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Carbon removal projects need to get justice right

**Failing to integrate environmental justice and local stakeholder stewardship into carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects directly threatens ecological permanence and project durability.**

Public support for novel carbon removal hinges on procedural and distributive fairness

The impact of financing cost differences on global energy and industry decarbonization

**Divergent global financing costs accelerate regional ecosystem degradation by prolonging reliance on extractive fossil fuel and biomass baseloads in capital-constrained markets.**

United Nations May Soon Affirm Statehood of Island States After Sea Level Rise

**The institutional recognition of submerged statehood safeguards sovereign rights over vast Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), preserving critical Blue Carbon sinks and marine biodiversity protections despite catastrophic terrestrial land loss.**

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.**

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.**

Agricultural liming a net carbon sink in Mississippi River Basin -study

Agricultural liming has acted as a net carbon sink across the Mississippi River Basin over the past century, according to a study that challenges the way the practice is treated in national greenhouse gas inventories and carbon removal methodologies.

US Navy adds M-Code GPS to shield carrier landings from jamming threats at sea

BAE Systems has secured a $16 million award to modernize GPS guidance aboard U.S. Navy...

Wind turbine taller than the Eiffel Tower aims to boost German electricity production

SCHIPKAU, Germany (AP) — A wind turbine described by its developer as the world’s tallest now rises 365 meters (1,197 feet) above the sparsely populated landscape of eastern Germany, surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower. The colossal turbine has been built at an existing wind farm in Lusatia, southeast of Berlin. Once a major […]

10 ancient weapons that reveal how sophisticated early warfare became

Ancient armies fought with more than swords, spears, and brute force. Their arsenals included weapons...

10 AI technologies reshaping healthcare from the lab to the operating room

Artificial intelligence is now moving into a far more challenging domain. It is going from...

Deep-sea ‘doomsday fish’ could inspire the next generation of stealth submarines

Sometimes nature can be the best inspiration even for robots. Cornell engineering professor Rob Shepherd...

Airbus A350F takes maiden flight with 111-ton payload and 5,400-mile range

Airbus’s A350F cargo jet has taken to the skies for the first time and completed...

US-Argentina initiative aims to boost critical mineral, oil and gas exports

A new initiative between the U.S. and Argentina is meant to bolster investment opportunities and strengthen supply chains for critical minerals that could be used in the clean energy transition, such as copper and lithium. The Andes-Atlantic Corridor, announced Sept. 23, will make it easier to funnel U.S. investment into Argentina’s mining sector and to […]

Euro Markets: EUAs make modest gain to end losing streak in thin market

EU carbon allowances prices swung modestly higher on Thursday as an early rally, followed by aggressive buying after the daily auction and some isolated buying in the afternoon helped snap a four-day losing streak.

US carbon platform signs exclusive agreement to market Swedish IFM credits

A Texas-based carbon credit marketer on Thursday announced a ten-year exclusive commercialisation agreement under which it will bring Swedish improved forestry management (IFM) to global buyers.