NACW25: Mexican forest carbon credit supply bottlenecked by market infrastructure

Published 23:52 on March 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:52 on March 26, 2025  / and /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, Mexico, Nature-based, Voluntary

The burgeoning supply of Mexican forest carbon credits hasn’t been able to keep up with demand, voluntary carbon market players told conference attendees, as they pointed to challenges with verification and existing methodologies.

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Argentina sees first South American biogas project achieve CAR listing

Published 21:06 on March 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 21:06 on March 26, 2025  / /  Americas, South & Central, Voluntary

An Argentine project has this month been listed with the Climate Action Reserve (CAR) registry, according to government reports on Tuesday.

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INTERVIEW: Galicia to pass carbon market bill by mid-April

Published 16:42 on March 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:42 on March 26, 2025  / /  EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

The autonomous region of Galicia in Spain will soon pass carbon markets legislation that aims to draw investment into local communities while encouraging finance flows from within and outside the region, a top environment official told Carbon Pulse.

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Venezuelan ag guild leader proposes carbon markets to modernise the sector

Published 21:04 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 21:04 on March 24, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

The leader of a Venezuelan agricultural association is pushing for the government and farmers alike to embrace international carbon markets, according to local media.

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LATAM Roundup: Colombian CO2 tax offsetting mechanism rebounds in 2024

Published 19:37 on March 24, 2025  /  Last updated at 19:37 on March 24, 2025  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

The offsetting mechanism within Colombia’s carbon tax saw increased use last year over 2023, two years after a national restriction was introduced, according to new Q4 2024 statistics.

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Brazilian ministries, development bank launch $26 mln call for reforestation proposals

Published 23:36 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:36 on March 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) and Ministry of Development and Family Farming (MDA), as well as its national development bank (BNDES), on Friday launched three public calls for proposals to restore a critical deforestation area.

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Ghana’s Article 6 pipeline teeming with projects, expects ITMO transfer by H2

Published 23:00 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:16 on March 22, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, South Korea, Switzerland, Voluntary

Ghana has received 70 projects for review in pursuit of eventual authorisation or endorsement, including 45 applications for Article 6 projects with sovereign nations, according to a report published Friday by the country’s Carbon Markets Office (CMO).

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INTERVIEW: Brazilian forests need mainstream finance, not just carbon markets

Published 15:00 on March 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:08 on March 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil must engage non-carbon market instruments and more traditional finance flows to conserve and restore its forests, the chair of a Brazilian private social investment foundation has said.

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Mexican state’s bamboo could generate $170 per hectare annually from VCM -study

Published 22:40 on March 20, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:40 on March 20, 2025  / /  Americas, Mexico, Nature-based, Voluntary

A Mexican state that has pioneered bamboo plantations could glean around $170 per cultivated hectare, according to a study published Wednesday by a national research institute.

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BRIEFING: US states can help unlock domestic DAC growth, with or without federal support

Published 20:44 on March 19, 2025  /  Last updated at 20:44 on March 19, 2025  / /  Americas, US, Voluntary

US states have several mechanisms they can leverage to push direct air capture (DAC) development and adoption forward, with or without federal government support, according to panellists at a conference in New York on Tuesday.

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