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- Thu 23:49Panellists on Wednesday said the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is under pressure to address long-running integrity concerns, debating whether contribution claims and stricter baseline approaches could help stabilise confidence in the system.
- Paraguay has unveiled the implementation plan for its Article 6 partnership with Taiwan, prioritising electric mobility and reforestation as the backbone of a joint carbon credit pilot, local media reported.
- Thu 20:58The Council of EU member states and the European Parliament struck a political deal on Thursday to delay and simplify implementation of the bloc’s regulation on deforestation-free products, pushing back core obligations by a year to give companies and national authorities more time to prepare.
- Thu 20:50Researchers and practitioners have outlined eight recommended actions to strengthen ecological restoration planning and long-term project performance, presented as part of a new framework.
- Zimbabwe has opened negotiations with several countries to develop bilateral agreements for carbon credit trade under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, including Singapore, Switzerland, and Malaysia, a government official said Thursday.
- Thu 15:09Tokyo-based Japan Impact Investment Network (J-IIN) is considering how companies and investors can boost biodiversity – as well as carbon sequestration – while restoring forests, a webinar heard Thursday.
- Thu 14:24A study published Thursday has highlighted structural price inequalities at the heart of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), showing that carbon credits generated in advanced economies command nearly 30% higher prices than otherwise similar projects in emerging and developing countries.
- High-integrity natural climate solutions (NCS) carbon credits are essential to effective, efficient and equitable climate policy, including under Paris Article 6.4, write eleven scientists and researchers in response to a recent Nature comment.
- Thu 14:00Verra has issued the first carbon credits bearing the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label under its revised improved forest management (IFM) methodology, the US-based standards body said Thursday.
- Thu 12:44A roadmap for financial institutions to develop mangrove-positive lending approaches has been launched by a financing initiative focused on these coastal trees.
- Thu 09:51Decades of forest loss and mining expansion worsened the deadly floods and landslides that hit parts of Indonesia and killed hundreds of people late last month, according to the government and environmental groups.
- A UK-backed climate programme will help Indonesia develop carbon market infrastructure via a 15-month technical assistance contract as the country seeks to close a $473 bln climate finance gap by 2035.
- Thu 08:48Carbon credits of a low quality saw their prices rise last month, moving close to an average $6 per tonne, according to updated analysts indices.
- Thu 07:51Australia’s carbon market integrity body has released a draft version of its improved native forest management (INFM) method ahead of the formal consultation period kicking off next month.
- Thu 07:04A global advisory and project developer have signed an agreement with an intergovernmental group to drive growth in nature-based carbon projects in Southeast Asia, they announced Thursday.
- Thu 05:46A global food company this week partnered with an Indian developer on a five-year regenerative agriculture project aimed at cutting emissions across its corn supply chain and improving outcomes for farmers.
- Thu 02:52The Chinese government has given the greenlight to three new methodologies for its domestic offset programme, all nature-based solutions (NbS).
- Thu 00:10The rural US, which accounts for 19% of the population, produces a disproportionate amount of emissions, according to a new report published on Tuesday that highlights the opportunities to decarbonise such regions.
