Smartphone sequestration: App targets small forest owners for California offsets
Historically, small landowners have had a difficult time accessing carbon markets in which to sell their forest-based offsets.
Read MoreUK-based service offers to convert carbon offsets into EU Allowances (spoiler: it’s not possible)
A new service is offering to “reformat” carbon offsets into more valuable EU Allowances – a conversion that isn’t actually possible based on the European carbon market’s existing rules.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Momentum for LPG cookstoves fueled by health, emissions impact
Carbon finance can accelerate the adoption of cleaner cooking with LPG in developing countries, with a number of credit-generating projects underway, though infrastructure rollout remains a core challenge, say experts.
Read MoreVCM Report: CCP-tagged voluntary carbon credits fail to ignite market, hopes pinned on slow burn impact
The first voluntary credits tagged with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label nudged higher last week, after the ICVCM approved its methodologies, but expectations that the integrity-stamped units would immediately spark demand were snubbed out.
Read MoreHigh monitoring costs seen hindering nature restoration efforts in Latin America
Nature restoration practices across Latin America lack effective tools to quantify their outcomes due to prohibitive monitoring costs, which hamper the long-term success of the projects, a study has revealed.
Read MoreEuro Markets: EUAs trade in slim range after early gas-fuelled tumble as market fights for direction
European carbon prices slumped early on Monday morning in line with weakening energy markets, as warmer weather and a predicted rise in renewable power generation raised the prospect of reduced demand for thermal output, before the day developed into a battle for direction with aggressive sellers facing off against determined resistance.
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