carbon offset

Europe News

EU open to carbon offsets on path to 2040 emissions target

The European Commission has controversially proposed allowing international carbon offsets to help meet the EU’s 2040 climate targets, raising concerns about outsourcing the emission reduction actions.

02/07/2025

Europe News

Renewed concern over direction of EU climate policy

Despite the ever increasing body of scientific and real-life evidence for the accelerating pace of global temperature rise, climate campaigners fear the EU executive is looking at ways to introduce loopholes before proposing a target to reduce Europe’s carbon footprint.

15/04/2025

Europe News

Don't bet on carbon removals alone, EU climate scientists warn

Europe must ensure that factoring a future boom in carbon capture and storage into its climate policy does not lead to “mitigation deterrence” in the present, the head of the EU’s climate advisory board has warned.

21/02/2025

Green News

Reintroducing wolves to Scotland? Approach with caution say experts

Could reintroducing wolves be a viable solution to address the climate crisis? Rewilding experts aren’t convinced.

18/02/2025

Money

Can a carbon credit-backed currency help us fight climate change?

Toco believes its novel monetary system is a solution for the climate crisis that doesn’t compromise economic growth, but sceptics question whether a lack of oversight will undermine its impact.

13/02/2025

Climate

Are carbon markets a climate solution or excuse for more pollution?

Carbon markets are one step closer to being part of global climate plans after a speedy COP decision.

12/11/2024

Business

EU faces funding crisis amid ambitious transition goals

The European Union (EU) will fall short of funding for the Strategic Agenda set for 2024-2029, which calls for investment in green and digital transitions, according to a report by Finance Watch.

17/07/2024

Green News

‘Carbon colonialism’: The dark side of carbon credit schemes

Carbon credit companies are evicting communities across Africa.

08/04/2024

Climate

Euroviews. To overhaul food production, first we have to convince the farmers

Actors across the food supply chain need to be more open to experimentation and implementation of sustainability-minded farming techniques and practices, Robin Saluoks writes.

05/04/2024

Green News

Conservationists alarmed at new market for carbon removal certificates

Wooden houses and sturdy furniture could soon receive potentially lucrative EU certification for their presumed role in reducing atmospheric CO2, but green groups are concerned that new rules on accounting for carbon removals do little to protect forests and will facilitate corporate greenwashing.

20/02/2024

Climate

How an Australian beef farm won - and lost - its carbon neutral status

The farm has been a beacon of hope for the red meat industry, which is under pressure to show that sustainable farming is possible.

19/02/2024

Green News

MEPs seek to limit use of carbon offsets for corporate greenwashing

Companies may have to think carefully before pledging to go 'carbon neutral' or reach 'net-zero' greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years as a deal between political groups in the European Parliament suggests the EU could soon introduce tougher restrictions on the use of carbon offsets.

13/02/2024

Green News

Euroviews. Not all carbon credits are created equal

A failure of carbon markets now would slow humanity's path to net zero emissions and derail financial innovation in other ecosystem services, María Mendiluce writes.

09/02/2024

Climate

Could this year’s Super Bowl be the most polluting yet?

As superstar singer-songwriter Taylor Swift comes under fire for her “excessive” private jet usage, just how damaging will the thousands of planes going to Las Vegas for this weekend’s Super Bowl really be?

09/02/2024

Green News

Student tracking Taylor Swift’s jet hit with cease-and-desist letter

Jack Sweeney uses publicly available data and says celebrities should ‘reasonably expect’ that their jets will be tracked.

07/02/2024

Living

Climate anti-heroes? Celebrities and carbon offsetting, explained

As a slew of A-listers are getting called out for their emissions, many are resorting to carbon offsetting. But is the practice effective in the fight against climate change?

03/02/2024