Asia Sustainability Wire

A news website covering the environment, climate, and sustainable development in East Asia. The region is both one of the largest sources of pollution and a leader in green energy investment—a contradiction that provides an inexhaustible news agenda. The site covers policy, corporate initiatives, climate data, and environmental projects.

Carbon Markets

Asia Shifts From Voluntary Offsets to Compliance Carbon Markets as Cross-Border Credit Deals Multiply

Across Asia, governments are moving from discretionary offset schemes toward mandatory emissions-pricing systems and Article 6 cross-border carbon credit deals, with integrity emerging as the defining concern of the region's market build-out.

Publisher · 5 min

Carbon Markets

China Launches Carbon Trading Platform for Heavy Industry

China expands its carbon emissions trading system to steel, cement, and aluminum, covering 70% of industrial emissions and 2,200 companies.

Publisher · 2 min