Climate Tech Newsletter: May 04, 2025

Climate Tech Newsletter: May 04, 2025

Welcome to last week’s edition of the CBKNY’s Weekly News Highlights. Explore the latest policies, innovations, and market trends driving the future of climate tech.

🌱 Climate Tech Insights

Indonesia’s 10GW nuclear push and the world’s most powerful fusion magnet mark a global nuclear revival, while FASB’s draft rules and IRA project cancellations signal mounting risks for carbon credit markets and U.S. climate investment.

1. A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China

   May 01, 2025 - MIT Technology Review

2. Indonesia plans 10 GW nuclear power in major renewable energy push, presidential aide says
   May 01, 2025 - Reuters

3. Global nuclear fusion project crosses milestone with world's most powerful magnet

   May 01, 2025 - Reuters

4. Protecting Indigenous land is key to climate fight: Leaders call for historic COP30 deal

   April 30, 2025 - NICFI

5. Clean energy manufacturers cancel projects as Trump-era policies take hold

   April 28, 2025 - ESG Dive

6. FASB’s draft rules could harm environmental credit markets, EDF says
   April 30, 2025 - ESG Dive

7. Blink and you'll miss the carbon removals opportunity

   April 30, 2025 - Environmental Finance

8. California faces pressure to charge more for carbon emissions
   April 30, 2025 - E&E News by POLITICO

9. $1T in corporate value at risk from climate hazards — analysis
   May 01, 2025 - E&E News by POLITICO

10. Can Mark Carney fight climate change while supporting oil and gas?

    April 30, 2025 - Corporate Knights

11. How China dominates critical minerals in three charts

    April 30, 2025 - Cipher News

12. Community solar is winning over Republican lawmakers around the US

    April 29, 2025 - Canary Media

13. Chart: Clean energy dominated global power construction in 2024

    May 02, 2025 - Canary Media

14. North Carolina factories and mills cool on clean energy transition

    April 30, 2025 - Canary Media

15. Why the future of clean energy investment is at the state level (at least for now)
    May 01, 2025 - TRELLIS

16. New code lets carbon credits be used to address Scope 3 emissions

    April 30, 2025 - TRELLIS

17. AI's Hidden Threat to Public Health

    May 01, 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

18. China Takes a Bold Leap in Fusion Energy
    April 29, 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

19. Enpal, 1Komma5, Zolar: Germany’s solar giants adapt to harsh market realities

    May 01, 2025 - Sifted

20. Will Tariffs on Solar Cell Imports Invigorate the U.S. Manufacturing Market?
    May 01, 2025 - Inside Climate News

21. Texas Moves on Nuclear Funding

    April 28, 2025 – Ignition News

22. Carbon Alpha, Mangrove Partner to Digitally Track Canada’s First Large-Scale Carbon Removal Project

    April 30, 2025 - ESG News

23. AXA Acquires 50% Stake from CIP in Europe’s Largest Battery Storage Project in Scotland
    April 28, 2025 - ESG News

24. 88% of Global Investors Show Interest in Sustainable Investing: Morgan Stanley Survey

    May 01, 2025 – ESG News

25. Scientists Crack Decades-Old Puzzle in CO2-to-Fuel Conversion

    May 01, 2025 – Climate Insider

26. Exxon plans to spend US$30B by 2030 on low emissions investments

    April 30, 2025 – Climate Insider

27. Sea Transport

    April 30, 2025 – Climate MIT

28. Netherlands Invests $726 Million in Aramis CCS as Shell and Total Shift Strategies

    April 28, 2025 – Carbon Credits

29. Global Clean Energy Growth Surpasses Demand: Is Net-Zero 2050 Closer Than Ever?

    April 28, 2025 – Carbon Credits