Argentine J-REDD programme could issue around 10 mln credits in Q4

Published 14:48 on October 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:48 on October 15, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A large-scale provincial Argentine jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) initiative is expected to issue around 10 million credits as early as this year, though some legal and socioeconomic questions remain.

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LATAM Roundup: A big week for the Paris Agreement’s Article 6

Published 23:54 on October 14, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:54 on October 14, 2024  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Switzerland, Voluntary

The week ending Oct. 13, which saw the UN Supervisory Body (SBM) for Article 6.4 circumvent negotiators to help operationalise Paris carbon markets, also welcomed key Article 6 statements out of Chile, ranging from new projects to potential use cases for Paris Agreement credits.

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ANALYSIS: In ‘new school’ LATAM carbon markets, regulators push growth as ‘old school’ cracks down

Published 22:15 on October 14, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:15 on October 14, 2024  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, South & Central, Voluntary

Regulators in up-and-coming Latin American voluntary carbon markets (VCM) are working with the private sector to scale up operations, while market observers point to increasingly hands-on measures curbing the market in ‘old school’ VCM players like Colombia and Brazil.

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BRIEFING: Carbon price levers, private sector mix in Chile’s all-in recipe for climate action

Published 14:38 on October 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:38 on October 11, 2024  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, International, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

A range of carbon pricing measures and the private sector will come together in Chile’s market-led model of climate action, ministers said at the Chile Carbon Forum this week in Santiago.

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UN body skips over Paris negotiators in a bid to secure consensus on Article 6.4

Published 14:17 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:06 on October 11, 2024  / and /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The UN body mandated to determine rules governing the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 opted early Thursday to bypass negotiators and bring its standards for carbon methodologies and removals into force – in a “risky” and “bold” move that was widely welcomed for its potential to drive agreement at next month’s COP29, despite concerns about its long-term implications.

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Chile, World Bank launch carbon pricing programme, will support ETS

Published 23:14 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:25 on October 14, 2024  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, International, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

Chile and the World Bank have launched a multi-year programme to support the development and harmonisation of carbon pricing initiatives in the South American country, representatives of both entities announced at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

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Argentina tackles voluntary carbon market law, ETS plans ongoing

Published 22:52 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:52 on October 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Argentine legislators are drafting a national voluntary carbon market (VCM) law, coinciding with plans for an ETS, according to speakers at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

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Verra, market stakeholders to launch Chilean carbon group

Published 17:59 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:59 on October 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Chilean voluntary carbon market (VCM) stakeholders are launching a national carbon association in partnership with VCM standard and registry Verra, as per an announcement at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

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Voluntary carbon markets need comparable assets to function -Chilean official

Published 23:46 on October 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:46 on October 8, 2024  / /  Americas, South & Central, Voluntary

To function smoothly, carbon markets need increased transparency and more fungible assets, a Chilean official from the Ministry of Finance said at Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Tuesday.

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BRIEFING: Chile welcomes nearly a dozen projects into Article 6 pipeline

Published 23:06 on October 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:22 on October 10, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Switzerland

Chile has nearly a dozen Article 6.2 projects in various stages of development and is working to develop an official taxonomy of priority project types, Carbon Pulse heard at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Tuesday.

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