Brazil’s Amazonas seeks REDD+ applications from conservation units, Tocantins...
Brazil's Amazonas state has called on public conservation units to submit applications to create carbon credits from avoided deforestation projects, while Tocantins state formalised its...
View ArticleWorld’s largest companies show limited progress towards Paris Agreement’s...
Global large- and mega-cap firms have shown minimal progress towards meeting the Paris Agreement's climate goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C by 2050, according to new research.
View ArticleVCM Report: Surplus weighs on market amid dipping demand
Carbon credit prices continued to soften over the past week amid dipping demand and a growing surplus weighing on the voluntary market.
View ArticleBeZero expands into primary VCM by rating carbon credits before they are issued
Carbon credit rating service BeZero is introducing scores for yet-to-be-issued units in an effort to cater for companies looking to manage risk in the primary voluntary carbon market (VCM).
View ArticleUPDATE – Brazilian wind power project downgraded, REDD initiative praised by...
One rating agency has downgraded its score for credits from a wind power project in Brazil, while another praised a REDD+ project in the country.
View ArticleMicrobes critical factor for soil carbon storage, new research confirms
Microbes are the most critical factor in determining the carbon storage capacity of soil, far surpassing other processes like decomposition, according to new research that could have significant...
View ArticleNon-profit turns to crowdfunding to get marine biodiversity credit design...
A California-based non-profit has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finalise design work of a marine biodiversity protection credit standard, the first in a series if marine ecosystem credit classes...
View ArticleUPDATE – Colombian habitat bank sells out biodiversity credits
The Meta habitat bank in Colombia has sold out all its awarded 600 biodiversity credits, ensuring the area will remain protected for three decades, and is now seeking to expand.
View ArticleFrance’s Macron shoring up support for global carbon tax on shipping
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking international support for a global carbon tax on the shipping industry ahead of a summit France is co-hosting later this month.
View ArticleLargest Paraguayan REDD+ project set to receive first batch of voluntary...
Paraguay’s largest REDD+ project is set to receive its first batch of carbon credits.
View ArticleACX, BeZero expand carbon credit ratings partnership to Gulf States
BeZero Carbon and ACX have expanded their carbon credit ratings partnership to the Middle East, an offering buyers in the Gulf States access to offset grades.
View ArticleRio de Janeiro approves tax breaks to incentivise voluntary carbon credit use
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes this week signed legislation to reduce costs for firms utilising voluntary carbon credits and position the Brazilian city as a centre of the green economy.
View ArticlePeruvian appeals court overturns Cordillera REDD+ project ruling
An appeals court in Peru has overturned a landmark ruling that would have given an Indigenous community there the right to reclaim ancestral rainforests in the Cordillera Azul National Park, which has...
View ArticleGlobal steel industry has the mettle to decarbonise by early 2040s, say...
The global steel industry could achieve net zero emissions by the early 2040s without risking stranded assets from existing coal-based blast furnaces, according to a new study by two European...
View ArticleWorld Bank says maritime carbon tax could raise up to $3.7 trillion to...
Ahead of a key meeting, the World Bank has outlined how introducing a carbon tax on international shipping could raise up to $3.7 trillion through 2050 to finance the decarbonisation of the sector.
View ArticleFormer boss of voluntary carbon firm retakes reins as new CEO quits after 3...
The former boss of a Canadian-based voluntary carbon credit aggregator has been reappointed as the company's head after the new president and CEO stepped down just three weeks into the job.
View ArticleBrazilian industry group proposes plan for national cap-and-trade programme
A business group representing Brazil's industrial sector presented a plan to the federal government on Tuesday for implementing a national cap-and-trade programme that could add 5% to the country's...
View ArticleCaribbean seagrass stores $88 bln worth of carbon annually -study
Caribbean seagrass offers various benefits worth around $255 billion annually, including $88.3 bln worth of carbon storage, according to a new study.
View ArticleFund managers pledge up to $6 mln for seaweed carbon startup
Two fund managers have pledged up to $6 million towards a startup that sequesters carbon and converts toxic seaweed into replacements for petroleum products and other industrial inputs.
View ArticleSoutheast Asia nature restoration projects crucial in climate fight, but come...
Nature restoration projects in Southeast Asia could help the region confront climate change, but these initiatives could cost an estimated $200 billion per year, says a new study.
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