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- Thu 23:22Development partners – The Restoration Seed Capital Facility (RSCF), implemented by UN Environment Programme, has named French nature-based solutions developer Hummingbirds as its first Project Development Partner, aiming to accelerate private investment into forest restoration projects across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, it announced this week. Under the partnership, RSCF will provide early-stage finance to help build a pipeline of investment-ready projects spanning REDD+, afforestation and reforestation, improved forest management, and blue carbon. Hummingbirds specialises in de-risking early-phase nature-based carbon projects through pre-feasibility and pilot-stage financing.
- Thu 23:19Disputed lands - In Brazil, the most recent scandal involving carbon projects is still being reported and investigated. Marco Antonio Melo, a farmer disputing land ownership with the Brazilian government, said he has received R$15 mln ($2.9 mln) for the use of land where allegedly fraudulent carbon credits were being generated. In addition, he received quota payments from funds managed by Reag, which was placed under intervention by the Brazilian Central Bank. According to reports, these funds were artificially inflated by R$45.5 bln with assets from project developers Global Carbon and Golden Green. Melo also said he still expects further payments from the project controlled by the family of Daniel Vorcaro, owner of the intervened Banco Master, Folha de S. Paulo reported. The disputed lands in Apui, in the state of Amazonas, are likely to have their carbon credit generation project blocked by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra), according to Globo Rural.
- Thu 22:41Agroforestry is gaining traction across the US Midwest, but gaps in conservation policy are limiting wider uptake despite growing farmer interest, a new report said.
- Thu 22:40An investment advisory body published guidance on integrating deforestation into institutional net zero strategies.
- Form a line - The UNFCCC has released new forms to support the transition of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) activities (PA and PoA) to the Article 6.4 mechanism under the Paris Agreement. Titled 'Request for Review of Provisional Issuance for Article 6.4 Mechanism Programmes of Activities and Projects Transitioned from CDM', the form standardises how reviews of provisional issuance can be requested for transitioned programmes of activities, project activities, and component projects. It specifies who may request a review, the required project identifiers, monitoring period details, issuance batch information, and valid grounds for review.
- Thu 18:08Grassland carbon sink estimates risk systematic error, with a new study finding that remote sensing misclassifies grassland pixels at least 15% of the time depending on the land cover product and error type, potentially affecting carbon accounting results.
- Thu 18:03Project developers working under a UK nature-focused carbon standard face tighter rules around additionality, following an update published Thursday.
- Thu 17:48Colombia's largest commercial bank and one of the country's most prominent oil producers partnered with a local developer to advance one of the country's first large-scale sustainable grazing carbon projects, they announced Wednesday.
- The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is showing stronger alignment between credit integrity and price, but outdated supply and persistent misconceptions continue to undermine quality and investor confidence, according to experts.
- Thu 13:00A Seattle-based reforestation company has announced the sale of the majority of their carbon removal (CDR) credits for a US-based biomass burial project.
- Thu 12:54A public-private partnership focused on restoring Africa’s Miombo woodlands has launched its first four carbon removal projects across southern and eastern Africa, targeting more than 50 million carbon removals over their lifetimes.
- Thu 12:28A confidential paper for the European Commission, seen by Carbon Pulse, sets out how long-lived wood and other bio-based materials in buildings could earn EU carbon removal certificates, detailing which building components would qualify, how to count stored carbon, and what rules should govern additionality, monitoring, and liability.
- Thu 12:10Species can be negatively impacted by afforestation and reforestation, particularly if projects prioritise carbon sequestration over biodiversity conservation, new research said this week.
- Thu 11:10Indonesia’s carbon market is complex and weak on incentives, with an emission calculation system considered not yet fully accurate, according to a new survey of industry professionals.
- Thu 10:40China's crop straw resources hold great potential for carbon removal projects, but achieving a green premium takes further participation in the international CDR market, a new report has found.
- Thu 08:00Carbon removals (CDR) must follow a like-for-like (LfL) rule if they are to help stabilise global warming in the long run rather than merely offset emissions in the short term, according to a new report by climate NGO Carbon Gap.
- Thu 01:01Retirements of credits with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) standard have more than doubled since 2024 in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), analysts estimate.
- Thu 00:43Issuance imminent – The first carbon credit issuance timelines for Isometric’s ARR projects as well as Renoster's Apollo IFM initiative were outlined during a webinar on Wednesday, where Elias Ayrey of Renoster and Christopher Kilner of Isometric discussed Isometric’s new IFM Deferred Harvest protocol. Speakers said Isometric has several reforestation projects currently undergoing validation and verification, a process that typically takes three to four months once the full project documentation is submitted, putting initial credit issuance in the near term. Credits from the Apollo project are expected later this year once participating landowners have been enrolled for about a year.
- Thu 00:41Presidential meeting - Paraguay’s president Santiago Pena held talks with environment minister Rolando de Barros to review progress on the country’s environmental agenda, highlighting the need to fully implement its carbon market framework to position Paraguay as a regional green business hub, according to the President's office. The meeting underscored early results from the carbon credit law, which has unlocked $10 mln in investments in the Chaco region and supported certification processes covering over 400,000 ha.
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France meets Belize - The French government has launched a public tender to support the development of carbon markets in Belize, financed by the EU under the Euroclima programme. The tender is divided into four lots: a technical study on blue carbon readiness; a forest carbon, agroforestry, and payment for ecosystem services technical study; a solar mini-grid and e-mobility technical study focused on Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement; and creating a carbon knowledge and risk toolkit. Interested parties may see the full tender documents and submit proposals via the PLACE platform by Mar. 6. Belize has in recent years expressed keen interest in developing carbon markets, with a particular focus on national blue carbon initiatives. The national legislature is currently considering a Climate Change and Carbon Market Initiatives Bill that would regulate carbon markets, including aspects of Article 6 engagement – such as creating an authorisation application form, a national registry, an MRV system for GHGs, and new institutional arrangements.
- Thu 00:40Scandal continues – Sao Paulo State University (Unesp) has denied developing the methodology used by companies for a carbon project under investigation by Brazilian authorities, Folha de S. Paulo reported. Contracts involving R$45.5 bln ($8.6 bln) in allegedly fraudulent carbon credits linked to the Amazon were allegedly based on an analysis attributed to Unesp, according to carbon firm Global Carbon. The purchase and sale agreements for the credits were signed by Alliance Participacoes, a company controlled by the family of Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master. Vorcaro has been arrested, and Banco Master is under investigation for alleged embezzlement in what authorities said could be one of the largest financial fraud cases in Brazilian history.
- Thu 00:30To achieve the goal of reducing emissions by 51% by 2030, Colombia needs to promote fiscal reform to increase the price of carbon and reduce harmful subsidies, as well as increase the government's involvement in voluntary and compliance-led biodiversity credits, according to a new OECD report.
