FEATURE: Occupy movement – UK strives to unlock tenanted land for nature-based revenue generation
Efforts by the UK government and industry to incentivise more tenants to get involved with nature-based, revenue-generating schemes will be key to enabling environmental uplift on about a third of the nation’s farmed land, but doing so will require structural changes to tenants’ ties that often go back generations.
Read MoreAirline touts success at curbing non-CO2 climate impact by using AI mapping
A leading airline has been testing AI technology to reduce airplane contrails when flying at altitude, with positive results, suggesting that the technology can be a cost-effective way to help to reduce the climate impact of aviation and potentially also generate contrail reduction-based carbon credits.
Read MoreFEATURE: Property developers face growing pressure to account for carbon, boosting interest in credits
The slow-moving real estate sector is likely to have to increasingly turn to purchasing carbon credits, as it faces growing pressure to offset the residual emissions of developments and to operate in more emissions-regulated environments, even as many in the industry are sceptical about the credibility of carbon credit projects today.
Read MoreUAE partners with technology providers to deliver blockchain system for carbon credits
An inaugural national system for carbon credits using blockchain technology is being launched in the UAE through a partnership between the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) and two technology providers.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Nature bank facilitates trading of nature-positive assets by tracking land improvements
The first nature improvement assets are expected to be issued this year by a provider of digital infrastructure for the burgeoning nature-based financing market, which sees itself challenging some of the conventions of the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Developers take the plunge on direct ocean carbon capture
Direct ocean carbon capture using membrane contactors that bring a solvent into contact with seawater to siphon off the CO2 offers a promising way to capture carbon from the ocean, which is at levels around 50 times greater than the amount in the atmosphere and providing a focus for several developers of innovative climate mitigation projects.
Read MoreFEATURE: UK peatland market needs key building blocks to boost liquidity, reassure buyers
The market for UK peatland restoration projects is growing fast but needs clear parameters in the way of more regular verifications, contractual obligations, and better reporting guidelines for businesses in order to improve market liquidity and carbon credit sales.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Voluntary and compliance markets to converge as carbon pricing becomes mainstream, says exchange
The founders of a carbon exchange are counting on an upswell of compliance carbon pricing to drive demand for carbon credits in the coming years, with the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) expected to speed a global expansion and ratcheting up of carbon pricing schemes and the eventual convergence of the voluntary and compliance markets.
Read MoreVerra biodiversity methodology to provide global framework with localised modules
Verra’s SD VISta Nature Framework and biodiversity methodology will provide an overarching global framework for projects to meet, complemented by localised modules based on biomes or eco-regions, and may also incorporate the issue of biodiversity significance.
Read MorePlan Vivo to strike balance between accessibility and credibility with biodiversity credit protocol
The biodiversity credit protocol expected to be launched by Plan Vivo later this year will strive to offer an approach with scientific credibility that is also accessible to communities and can be rolled out at scale, heard a recent conference on nature-based solutions.
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