Category: News
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South Korea’s 2024 GHG Emissions Edge Down 2% to 691.58 Mt CO2e — but NDC Arithmetic Is Tightening Fast
South Korea’s national greenhouse gas inventory body has released a preliminary 2024 emissions total of 691.58 million tonnes CO2-equivalent, confirming a downward trend that…
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Japan Completes Third JCM ITMO Issuance in Eight Months as Palau Solar Projects Yield 194 tCO2e
Japan’s Ministry of the Environment has completed its third round of Paris Agreement-aligned internationally transferred mitigation outcome (ITMO) issuances under the Joint Crediting Mechanism,…
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WALHI Warns Kalimantan on Brink of Ecological Disaster as Deforestation Accelerates
Indonesian environmental advocacy network Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) Regional Kalimantan has warned that the island faces an ecological tipping point, with the group’s…
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Vietnam Signs Six Coordination Memoranda to Launch Domestic Carbon Exchange
Vietnam’s Department of Climate Change, operating under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, on 22 June 2026 concluded six bilateral coordination memoranda with the…
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China Repositions Coal Fleet as Renewable Grid Backstop
China’s coal power sector — operating 3,230 generation units totalling 1,171.3 GW and supplying close to 60% of national electricity as of 2025 —…
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Vietnam Signs Multi-Party Accords to Formalise Domestic Carbon Exchange Operations
Key regulators and market-infrastructure bodies convened in Hanoi on 22 June to sign a set of coordination memoranda that establish the operational and governance…
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South Korea Targets 80% HFC Reduction by 2045 as AI and Chip Cooling Demand Surges
South Korea’s government has unveiled a new technology development initiative for hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant management, driven in part by rapidly expanding cooling requirements in…
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Korea’s Department-Store Big Three Diverge on Emissions; Only Hyundai Posts Three Straight Years of Cuts
South Korea’s three largest department store operators reported sharply divergent greenhouse gas trajectories over the past three years, based on regulatory filings covered by…
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South Korea’s GIR Publishes November 2025 Emissions Trading Data
South Korea’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center (GIR; 온실가스종합정보센터) has released its monthly emissions trading statistics report for November 2025, according to a…
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South Korea’s GIR Publishes Revised December 2025 Emissions Trading Data
South Korea’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center (GIR / 온실가스종합정보센터) has released its monthly emissions trading bulletin for December 2025, according to a…