The elephant in the room at the long-awaited launch of the National Carbon Market Policy (NCMP) was the absence of a carbon tax. After Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced a carbon tax for the iron, steel and energy sectors in his Budget 2026 speech, many in the market…
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Malaysia launches national carbon market policy
PETALING JAYA : Malaysia today launched its national carbon market policy to regulate carbon trading and support the country’s shift towards a low-carbon economy.
Continue ReadingAdding seaweed to cement could forever change the most widely used material on the planet
Researchers report that seaweed can be turned into a concrete ingredient that replaces some cement while storing extra carbon as the material hardens.
Continue ReadingBuilding the case for sustainable aviation fuel
PETALING JAYA: The adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Malaysia will have wide-ranging impact on businesses such as domestic airlines, energy and petro-chemical, as well as plantation and agribusiness companies and the institutional investors who allocate capital to them.
Continue ReadingCarbon tax still finding its footing
PETALING JAYA: The planned implementation of a carbon tax in the recent Budget 2026 offered little clues that industries were looking out for.
Continue ReadingUN carbon trading confusion damps demand
Accounting concerns mean uptake of global trading mechanism has been slow The global carbon trading mechanism that was a flagship achievement of last year’s UN climate talks has been slow to take off, according to data from analytics platform Sylvera.
Continue ReadingSVT: Neste’s “green” aviation fuel contains banned palm oil
The production of palm oil contributes to deforestation, threatens wildlife and can produce even more emissions than traditional fossil fuel. The world’s largest producer of aviation biofuel, Finnish fuel firm Neste, has been using banned palm oil instead of recycled cooking oil, according to Swedish public broadcaster SVT. An SVT…
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