COP28: Drill baby, drill: Brazil joins OPEC+, argues for climate cooperation,...
Brazil will open the largest oil and gas block auction in its history on Tuesday, a move campaigners find highly hypocritical as the COP28 summit negotiations struggle to agree on phasing out fossil...
View ArticleCOP28: ANALYSIS – Singapore, VCM stakeholders grapple with increasing number...
Singapore’s environment minister has emphasised the importance of standards in drawing up Article 6 implementation agreements with host countries, as voluntary standards and market stakeholders try to...
View ArticleCOP28: Norway pledges $50 mln for Brazil Amazon Fund
Norway has pledged to donate $50 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund to help conserve the rainforest region, its first contribution since 2019.
View ArticleCOP28: Countries reject key Article 6 texts in a major setback for carbon...
Country negotiators have failed to adopt two key texts on carbon crediting methodologies and international trade on the final scheduled day of COP28, throwing the future of markets as a climate...
View ArticleCOP28: Global Stocktake avoids fossil fuel phaseout language in historic...
A final negotiating text on the first ever Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement was agreed by countries at COP28 early Wednesday, urging a "transition away from fossil fuels in an equitable...
View ArticleCOP28: Reactions to the UAE Consensus on Global Stocktake, other outcomes in...
Here are selected party, stakeholder, and expert reactions to the UAE Consensus on the Global Stocktake (GST) and other outcomes at COP28 climate summit in Dubai, which wrapped up Wednesday.
View ArticleBolivia signs MoU with global carbon standard to expand knowledge on carbon...
Bolivia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a global carbon standard to educate stakeholders and share knowledge about the nation's carbon market activity.
View ArticleMicrosoft signs carbon removal offtake agreement with biochar producer
Tech giant Microsoft has collaborated with a biochar producer for large-scale removal of carbon emissions with credits to be delivered within the next six months, the company announced.
View ArticleANALYSIS: UN Article 6 crediting faces “severe” credibility threat, parties...
After COP28 talks ended in turmoil, UN carbon crediting under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 provision is now not expected until 2026, with the way forward complicated by political divisions,...
View ArticleRecord investment, revenue in clean cooking sector in 2022 -report
The clean cooking sector last year reached record levels of investment and revenue, according to a report by the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA).
View ArticleRegen Network weighs taking on board Terrasos biodiversity credits
Environmental trading platform Regen Network is lining up a vote among its community members to decide whether to start listing units generated by Colombia-based Terrasos as a first outright...
View ArticleLiving on the edge: Study examines carbon sequestration impact of trees...
Increased clear-cutting of rainforests has meant trees on the edges of these areas are significantly different from those growing more in the centre, a study has found, with implications for carbon...
View ArticleResearchers chart path to help make tropical forest restoration more...
Researchers have charted an incentive-lined path to help make forest restoration financially viable in developing countries, overcoming longstanding challenges of high upfront costs and uncertain returns.
View ArticleCAF leads charge for high-integrity voluntary carbon market in Latin America...
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) is advising regional policymakers and regulators on how to embed a high-integrity voluntary carbon market within national strategies and...
View ArticleEnvironmental brokers, carbon credit project financier announce CO2 removals...
An environmental markets brokerage and a carbon project financier have joined forces to launch a new investment vehicle aimed at the CO2 removals market.
View ArticleVCM Report: Carbon credit retirements surge late in year, with older and...
A surge in retirement of carbon credits last week set voluntary demand on course to match 2022 levels, while trading volumes were boosted by rock bottom prices for pre-2018 REDD avoided deforestation...
View ArticleBrazilian state to launch concession for large-scale reforestation via carbon...
The Brazilian state of Para will launch a public concession on 10,000 hectares of forest by the end of year, expected to generate millions in carbon credits through reforestation, local media reported...
View ArticleUN confirms Colombia as host for 2024 biodiversity COP
Next year’s COP16 will be hosted by Colombia, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has confirmed.
View ArticleEnvironmental trading platform seeks views on new watershed carbon credit...
A blockchain-based environmental trading platform has opened a public comment window for its newly developed credit class and methodology for watershed carbon, it announced Monday.
View ArticleFEATURE: UAE-based firm chalks up secretive carbon credit development deals,...
A UAE-based carbon project developer has drawn global focus in signing over a dozen confirmed agreements to source carbon credits from African, Latin American, Caribbean, and Asian countries since the...
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