Carbon Trading

COP30: Singapore, Malawi sign preliminary carbon credits deal

MOU paves way for trading of carbon credits aligned with Article 6 of Paris Agreement

Sustainability and Environment Minister Grace Fu speaking at the Singapore Pavilion at COP30 in Belem, Brazil on Monday (Nov 17).

COP30: Singapore, Thailand looking to launch call for carbon project applications in Q1 2026

They release a list of programmes and methodologies that meet the requirements for the international transfer of carbon credits

The new framework will inform national policies required to unlock private-sector investment in carbon markets.

Sovereign-backed framework on corporates’ use of carbon credits launched

It aims to boost demand for high-integrity credits as a complement to direct emissions reductions

Singapore’s Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu (left) and Mongolian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Batbaatar Bat signed the deal on Oct 6.

Singapore signs carbon credit transfer agreement with Mongolia

This is the 10th such deal that the Republic has entered into

Attracting international capital to carbon markets at scale is also proving difficult. Concerns over greenwashing and credibility are often cited as reasons investors hesitate, notes a panellist.

Asia’s carbon market struggles with fragmentation, lack of integrity: panel

Varied capabilities of participating companies, diversity of region said to make standardisation challenging

Australian businessman and philanthropist Andrew Forrest on board the Green Pioneer.  The former oil-rig supply vessel is meant to be the first in a fleet of ammonia-powered ships.

An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron-ore giant

Fortescue’s plan includes replacing diesel-powered mining equipment with electric excavators and drills, building vast wind, solar and battery farms to power operations

The GenZero-linked project in Ghana has been awarded a project size of S$15 million. The funding will go towards restoring degraded land in the African country.

Temasek’s GenZero carbon project among four contracted to offset Singapore’s emissions

Republic will buy total of 2.175 million carbon credits from these initiatives for S$76.4 million

Dirk Forrister, CEO of Ieta, says: “It’s inefficient to have a different rule book every place you go. It just adds cost and delay.”

Harmonised framework within Asean will attract investors: global carbon trading body

Registry systems that are unified across the region with carbon market data that can be tracked and updated in real time will help enhance transparency and ensure that there is no double counting of c...

Smoke emitting from the chimneys on Jurong Island. Certifications of major carbon credit frameworks presumably reduce the due diligence required by credit buyers and increase confidence in the certified credits.

Improving carbon credit frameworks to enhance carbon project quality and financing

The current approach adopted by certain certification entities falls short in addressing reputational risks for those purchasing credits

Lush forests at the Southern Cardamom project, which protects 497,000 ha of tropical rainforest in South-west Cambodia.

Asean’s carbon market could generate US$3 trillion revenue by 2050: report

The revenue would come from a variety of carbon initiatives potentially worth up to US$267.7 billion by then