Oil company buys into Brazilian REDD+ project
An Australian oil and gas company producing offshore Brazil has signed up for a five-year partnership with a local REDD+ project certified by Verra.
View ArticleICVCM revises down number of voluntary carbon credit methodologies assessed...
Nearly all the assessements of voluntary carbon market methodologies currently under review for the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) stamp of high integrity, accounting for some 850 million credits, will...
View ArticleUS startup announces partnership to expand Brazilian farmers’ access to...
A California-based soil carbon startup has partnered with a Brazilian agribusiness company to expand access to carbon financing for farmers and ranchers in Brazil through scaling regenerative...
View ArticleFebruary voluntary carbon credit retirements keep market on track to reach...
Retirements of credits from the four largest voluntary carbon registries reached nearly 18 million last month and were almost equal to issuances in February, maintaining the momentum seen in January,...
View ArticleBanks advance work on transition credits to accelerate, bridge financing gap...
HSBC and Standard Chartered are working to develop a novel approach aimed at financing and accelerating the phaseout of coal power plants by introducing transition carbon credits, advancing existing...
View ArticleVCM Report: Voluntary carbon buyers sitting on sidelines despite high levels...
Prices failed to budge, liquidity was thin last week, and there was a mix of opinion about the direction of the voluntary carbon market, with sources reporting a flood of new offers posted while others...
View ArticleConserving Brazilian mangroves would save 50% more carbon than previously...
Global models under-estimate avoided CO2 emissions from mangrove conservation in Brazil but over-estimate their soil organic carbon (SOC) density due to limited reliance on field data, according to a...
View ArticleExponential biochar carbon removal growth to split in two directions, report...
Expectations of exponential growth in the biochar carbon removal market will split between a low-cost artisanal approach focusing on smallholder farmers in the Global South and high investment large...
View ArticleShell inks biochar carbon removals offtake deal with Swiss developer, to...
Oil major Shell has entered into a five-year agreement with a Swiss carbon project developer to source carbon removal credits generated from a biochar facility in Mexico, while also inking a separate...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Brazilian rainforest state to build bridge between smallholder...
A Brazilian state is working to enable access to the carbon market for smallholder farmers by rewarding them for protecting the Amazon and setting up an intermediary agency to facilitate access to...
View ArticleMultinational commodity supplier targets Scope 3 emissions in Argentina
A multinational commodity distributor has teamed up with a regenerative farming specialist to help scale its carbon emissions measurement programme and reach more producers in Argentina, it announced...
View ArticleGreen Climate Fund approves $500 mln for climate projects, discusses REDD+
The UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved $489.8 million of funding across 11 climate projects in developing countries this week, which will total $1.26 billion with co-financing.
View ArticleANALYSIS: Role of VCM, legislative snags delay Brazil ETS passage
Questions around the role of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and legislative complications continue to delay a landmark law establishing a national cap-and-trade system in Brazil, potentially...
View ArticleVCM Report: KSET liquidation sparks sell off in voluntary carbon spots and...
Standardised voluntary carbon spot contracts for old CORSIA and related futures tumbled this week from already low levels, in the wake of asset manager KraneShares announcing it will liquidate its KSET...
View ArticleANALYSIS: Colombia’s tax reforms slow demand for voluntary carbon credits as...
Colombian reforms of offset use against its carbon tax have weakened demand for voluntary credits in the country, and a strong rise in issuances from domestic standards has done little to...
View Article‘Trial by media’ fears hit voluntary carbon market after Verra shuts out...
Concerns have been raised about what some are calling 'trial by media' in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) after Verra said it froze the registry account of a developer in the wake of allegations made...
View ArticleRegen Network sells two-thirds of biodiversity credits from jaguar pilot
Environmental trading platform Regen Network has sold two-thirds of the biodiversity credits available from a jaguar conservation pilot over a 10,000-hectare area in the Ecuadorian jungle, it said on...
View ArticleSoy production linked to “shocking” land clearance in Brazil’s Cerrado and...
Nearly 60,000 hectares of forest was cleared in Brazil's Cerrado and the Amazon in late 2023, with likely ties to the supply chains of some of the world's largest soy exporters, including Bunge and...
View ArticleBolivia proposes Amazonian mechanism as a non-market approach to climate...
Bolivia supports creating a regional Amazonian mechanism for climate change mitigation and adaptation through sustainable forest management, but would avoid carbon markets, according to remarks by...
View ArticleGlobal biodiversity fund approves first grants
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) has approved its first grants, agreeing to spend $40 million on four projects in Brazil, Gabon, and Mexico, administrator Global Environment Facility (GEF)...
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