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- Sun 23:57Swedish investment company Crown Energy has expanded its backing of Kaya Climate Solutions, an Angola-based developer of nature-based carbon projects, as part of its strategic pivot away from fossil fuels and into sustainable markets, the company said in its 2024 annual report.
- Sat 19:42A Brazilian community association has accused a local carbon offset project developer of harassment and unauthorised use of traditional lands in the Amazon, escalating tensions over benefit-sharing the country’s jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) schemes.
- Sat 18:53Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has signed an agreement with a local carbon offset firm to compensate for all greenhouse gas emissions linked to the institution's operations in 2023 and 2024, as part of broader efforts to decarbonise the country’s judiciary.
- Sat 18:44Maine has enacted a new law requiring forest landowners to report their participation in carbon credit programmes, becoming the second US state to establish a public tracking system for forest-based offsets.
- Qatar-based Global Carbon Council (GCC) will in July launch an interoperable and integrated carbon market and national registry infrastructure to speed up the implementation of Article 6.2 under the Paris Agreement, its chief operations officer told Carbon Pulse on Friday.
- Carbon Pulse has made a string of new hires across Europe and Latin America that will add to its already industry-leading coverage of carbon and nature markets across the regions, as well as bolster its data journalism offering.
- Sat 02:30Dutch carbon project developer DGB Group reported a wider annual loss for 2024 and received a disclaimer of opinion from its auditor, raising concerns about financial governance even as the company marks progress in project validation and revenue generation.
- Sat 02:16Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutors Office (MPF) has published a series of recommendations for its members to follow in order to protect the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities during the development and planning of carbon credit projects.
- Fri 22:02Kenya could access $5-8 billion in carbon credit revenues under Article 6 and the UN’s CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme – but only if the government makes strategic public policy choices, according to the head of Kenya’s carbon industry grouping.
- Fri 16:45Liberia plans to pass its climate change law by the end of this year, which will have provisions for the country’s carbon market, an official told a conference Friday.
- Fri 16:17Two UN bodies and an Africa-focused trust fund announced Thursday the launch of a $15 million investment initiative aimed at tackling deforestation in the Congo Basin.
- Fri 14:53Verra is looking for more carbon projects to pilot the open-source digital platform it recently launched at a mangrove project in Senegal, as part of the standard body’s effort to shift from analog to digital, according to a company executive.
- Fri 02:15Tech behemoth Microsoft on Thursday reported that its total greenhouse gas emissions have risen by more than 23% from 2020 levels, driven by the rapid expansion of its AI and cloud infrastructure, even as the company significantly increased investments in carbon removals and clean energy.
- Fri 01:31RJ Reynolds Vapor Company and its parent British American Tobacco (BAT) are facing a proposed class action lawsuit in California alleging they misled consumers by falsely claiming that their Vuse vape products are carbon neutral by using offsets tied to questionable forestry projects.
- Fri 01:16A regional Brazilian development bank announced this week it will offer R$7.8 billion ($1.4 bln) in sustainable credit to projects in areas including environmental recovery, low-carbon agriculture, and green hydrogen, among others.
- Fri 01:15A Sao Paulo-based carbon trading firm and an agricultural producer in Brazil’s Cerrado region are collaborating on a large-scale soil carbon project.
