Japanese offset provider secures $3 mln in funding round

Published 09:35 on May 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:35 on May 9, 2024  / Chia-Erh Kuo /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Voluntary

A Japanese offset provider that promotes regional decarbonisation initiatives has secured 480 million yen ($3.08 mln) in a recent funding round, it announced Thursday.

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Gold Standard teams up with industry body to aid carbon project development in Indonesia

Published 07:59 on May 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:59 on May 9, 2024  / Nikita Pandey /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Voluntary

Voluntary carbon certification body Gold Standard and the Indonesia Carbon Trade Association (IDCTA) have set up a taskforce to develop carbon market regulation and infrastructure in the Southeast Asian nation, aligned with domestic and international markets, the body announced Wednesday.

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Malawi issues letter of authorisation to sell 1.5 mln carbon credits at auction

Published 03:03 on May 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 03:03 on May 9, 2024  / Mark Tilly /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Malawi’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change has authorised a private firm to auction the country’s carbon credits on the international market, according to local media reports.

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INTERVIEW: Poor demand from Global North hampers biodiversity credit uptake in Africa

Published 01:50 on May 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:50 on May 9, 2024  / Giada Ferraglioni /  Africa, Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

European and North American companies are not keen to invest in biodiversity credit initiatives in Africa, as the continent strives for innovative funding solutions alongside carbon credits to preserve its nature, a conservation finance expert has told Carbon Pulse.

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Expanded ETS proposal, extensive oil production cloud Brazilian climate policy -report

Published 22:47 on May 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:47 on May 8, 2024  / Graham Gibson /  Americas, International, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

The enhanced eligibility of REDD+ credits in partially-approved ETS legislation in Brazil, alongside increased investment in oil production, could contradict the country’s climate policy ambitions, according to a report published Wednesday.

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Surge of patents in CDR technologies this year signals market set for rapid growth

Published 18:01 on May 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:05 on May 8, 2024  / Paddy Gourlay /  International, US, Voluntary

An explosion of patents has lit up the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) market, signalling the nascent market is on the cusp of entering into the growth stage.

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Carbon removal competition selects 20 finalists to compete for $50 mln prize

Published 13:00 on May 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:26 on May 7, 2024  / Bryony Collins /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A global competition to support innovators developing carbon removal solutions has announced its cohort of 20 finalists set to compete in the last stage, with $50 million up for grabs for the winning team able to demonstrate sustainable and cost-effective carbon removal from the atmosphere or ocean.

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INTERVIEW: Developer sells clean cooking credits for $30 through use of more conservative methodology

Published 12:00 on May 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:40 on May 9, 2024  / Bryony Collins /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Voluntary

A developer of clean cookstove projects in Kenya has sold its first tranche of credits to a multilateral buyer for several times the typical value of cookstove credits on the voluntary carbon market, with the credits the first to be issued for a biomass project in Africa under a new methodology.

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Indonesia environment minister lashes REDD+ project developer for spreading carbon regulation “misinformation”

Published 07:24 on May 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 07:24 on May 8, 2024  / Mark Tilly /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Indonesia’s minister for environment and forestry has defended the country’s much-criticised carbon trading regulations, whilst reprimanding comments made by the head of one of the country’s largest REDD+ project developers.

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INTERVIEW: Papua New Guinea Article 6 trade hinges on carbon regulations being finalised

Published 02:37 on May 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:37 on May 8, 2024  / Mark Tilly /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Papua New Guinea’s participation in the Article 6 carbon market depends upon regulation that governs the scheme being finalised, though there is still no time table for when that will happen, according to the head of its Climate Change Development Authority (CCDA).

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