Nature-based carbon project developer raises capital to expand with smallholders  

Published 00:30 on February 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:18 on February 24, 2024  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

An India-based developer of regenerative agriculture voluntary carbon projects with smallholder farmers has raised a Series A round to further expand its global footprint and bolster its technology offering.

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Compliance markets will bring guardrails, scale to voluntary carbon as the two converge -experts

Published 16:51 on February 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:51 on February 21, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, Carbon Taxes, China, EMEA, EU ETS, Japan, Middle East, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

The regulatory backbone of compliance mechanisms will help to support and scale the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as the two increasingly overlap, with buyers moving away from individual project assessment to rely instead on the oversight of schemes like CORSIA and Article 6 as a benchmark for credit quality, experts told a webinar Wednesday.

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Investment houses club together to widen access to growth capital for climate in the UK

Published 00:01 on February 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:12 on February 21, 2024  / /  EMEA, International, Voluntary

A climate tech venture investor is joining forces with a specialist investment manager to increase the pool of growth capital available to environmental-focused companies in the UK.

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Tokyo tops global list of cities requiring vast afforestation to combat high emissions

Published 18:06 on February 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:06 on February 20, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Middle East, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Tokyo would need to plant over two billion trees to offset the more than 320 million tonnes of CO2 it emits every year, making it the city the most in need of afforestation to counteract its carbon emissions, new research finds.

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INTERVIEW: CO2-to-acid startup partners with chemicals distributor for global reach

Published 14:00 on February 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:04 on February 16, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

A climate tech startup is partnering with a chemical producer for the distribution and sale of its first product – a carbon-negative version of acetic acid made using CO2 captured from large emitters.

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Glaring investment gaps to meet UK’s net zero target, including on CCUS, natural capital -report

Published 08:00 on February 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:28 on February 19, 2024  / /  EMEA, International, Nature-based, UK ETS, Voluntary

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and nature-based solutions are highlighted as two sectors in dire need of greater investment to achieve the UK’s net zero target, says a new report, which recommends how the public and private sectors can work together to catalyse higher levels of green finance.

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Cote d’Ivoire signs landmark forest rehabilitation agreement

Published 18:53 on February 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:59 on February 19, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The government of Cote d’Ivoire has signed a landmark agreement with an investor consortium for forest rehabilitation, which will generate carbon credits through agroforestry.

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INTERVIEW: Land restoration company counts on capital injection to scale nature credits model

Published 12:10 on February 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:10 on February 19, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

A UK-based land restoration company is counting on capital from an investment fund to help scale its model of buying up land for natural capital purposes.

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Aviation knuckles down on increasing green fuel supply as United grows SAF fund

Published 15:23 on February 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:23 on February 15, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

New corporate partners are joining the push by United Airlines to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by way of a dedicated fund, as e-fuel company OXCCU moves to start construction on its first demonstration plant in the UK.

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INTERVIEW: Premium cost of building low-emission gas power plants offset by CO2 sales, says developer

Published 14:31 on February 14, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:33 on February 14, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, International, US, Voluntary

A developer of gas-fired power plants able to capture CO2 from the combustion process says that the premium cost of the facilities will be offset by the sale of CO2 for industrial applications.

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