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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets? Given the persistent technical problems still facing CCS, that may not be likely.

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Keeping on the Straight and Narrow

Chris Hall

There are other areas in which the TPT will have to set their own expectations, spanning from reliance on carbon offsetting and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to transparency on climate lobbying. . C of global warming promised by signatories of the Paris Agreement. . Throwing down the gauntlet

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Energy Transition Accelerator

Chris Hall

And there are wider issues around the VCMs already in operation, such as credit pricing, third-party verification and reducing the risk of greenwashing. . While the ETA will offer a “fixed price” for corporates, there are concerns that too low a price could reduce the quality of the credits and expose the market to greenwashing risk. .