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- Wed 23:39Restoring seagrass in coastal habitats could lead to trillions of dollars in carbon credits, US-based researchers said.
- Wed 22:49Chile has received a $15 million results-based payment from the World Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) after verifying more than 3 mln tonnes of emissions reductions from native forests under its REDD+ programme.
- Wed 22:41Brazil restoration project – Brazilian forest project developer re.green and pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk announced an alliance to establish a 500-ha restoration project in the Amazon, according to a Tuesday social media post. The project aims to generate 100,000 carbon removal credits aligned with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) over 20 years of implementation. Activities include natural regeneration, planting of native species, and timber management in the Paragominas forest located in the northern Brazilian state of Para.
- Wed 22:08An American improved grazing project developer announced its second independent verification in June, furthering the success of this first-of-its-kind project in the US.
- Wed 19:37A coalition of academic institutions, non-profits, and private businesses has rebranded itself and launched a new fellowship programme to help scale high-integrity carbon markets, the group announced Tuesday.
- Wed 17:31Few markets have faced as severe a reputational battering as the REDD+ avoided deforestation sector in the last couple of years, but new standard body Equitable Earth (EE) plans to restore faith in saving tropical forestry with a fresh approach that is already set to protect an area the size of Portugal, the chief executive told Carbon Pulse this week.
- Wed 14:54Protected areas (PAs) in the Brazilian Amazon prevented the deforestation of more than 29 million hectares between 1985-2024, playing a critical role in biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation, according to a pre-print study.
- Wed 14:00An Israel-based agricultural technology company has issued its first verified carbon removal (CDR) credits, with plans to “disrupt the global CDR market”, according to its CEO.
- Indonesia is set to launch its carbon credit registry in two weeks, as part of the country's push to drive finance towards the protection of its vast forests, the country's forestry minister confirmed during London Climate Action Week on Wednesday.
- Wed 11:41A project developer has said it will list biodiversity and carbon tokens by August from a project spanning 8.7 million hectares in the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
- Wed 10:36Twelve investors and one supporter have endorsed the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), sharing a joint statement at London Climate Action Week (LCAW) and calling for more signatories ahead of the UN’s upcoming biodiversity talks in October.
- Wed 09:24Demand for both removals and reduction credits from companies taking part in a corporate target setting scheme could top 1 billion in 2035, according to forecasts based on a recent update to the programme's rules.
- Wed 09:02It's a deal - Japanese energy company Eneos will purchase credits from Tokushima Forest Bank's domestic forest projects through a long-term sales agreement. Those J-Credits will be generated through sustainable forest management activities, Eneos said in a statement, without disclosing more details. The energy major also plans to source carbon credits from agricultural projects under the J-Credit programme.
- Wed 08:58Mitigating reversal risk in carbon markets beyond the standard project life horizon will be possible with a new market-wide 'Permanence Trust' mechanism to be piloted later this year, said experts at London Climate Action Week.
