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Carbon Finance in Focus at Iraq's COP31 Pavilion

By John Lee. Iraq's pavilion at the 31st UN Climate Conference (COP31) highlighted pathways for financing climate projects, with a focus on carbon finance and sovereign guarantees as tools for attracting investment and partnerships. According to the Ministry of Environment, the sessions underscored how emissions-reduction commitments can be converted into investable opportunities, with carbon finance […]

Iraq signs Gas Flaring Deal with US Firm

By John Lee. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Iraq's General Company for Carbon Economics (GCCE) and US-based Morgan Hughes Energy (MHE), aimed at developing projects to capture and utilise low-pressure associated gas currently being flared at oil production sites across Iraq. The agreement was signed under the patronage of Minister of […]

Iraq Launches First Carbon Economics Conference

By John Lee. Iraq has launched its first International Conference on Carbon Economics in Baghdad on Tuesday, themed "Carbon for Development." The event, organised by the Ministry of Environment in partnership with the General Company for Carbon Economics, brought together high-level participants from the Ministry of Oil, the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), and international […]