ICE launches satellite platform to track cocoa and coffee deforestation
Energy and commodities marketplace Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will utilise its investment in a satellite data startup to ensure its coffee and cocoa trade meets EU deforestation standards.
Read MoreFintech startup debuts debt financing tool for voluntary carbon project developers
A fintech company has introduced a tool that enables carbon project developers to simulate the effects of different debt scenarios on their cash flow, the company announced.
Read MoreBrazilian voluntary carbon certifier opens public call for verification bodies
A Brazil-based voluntary carbon standard has opened a public call for the registration of validation/verification bodies (VVBs) interested in participating in its certification programmes.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New carbon removals initiative aims to foster more transparency
An initiative focused on providing technical assistance and capacity building for carbon removal (CDR) firms is pushing to establish a more transparent, accountable, and effective ecosystem, its founder told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCarbon data firm partners with environmental monitoring outfit to advance real-time emissions measurement
A voluntary carbon data firm has partnered with an environmental monitoring systems provider to develop a new digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) for the emissions monitoring industry, they said in a press release.
Read MoreLarge economies face significantly different challenges to decarbonising steel -report
China, India, and the US face vastly different challenges on the path to decarbonising the hard-to-abate steel sector, according to a new report.
Read MoreVerra starts testing new Scope 3 programme with three voluntary carbon methodologies
Verra has begun the piloting of its Scope 3 Standard (S3S) programme, a new scheme that will certify value chain interventions and issues voluntary carbon units that companies can use as part of their value chain emissions accounting.
Read MoreZimbabwe evaluates voluntary carbon credit potential in industrial hemp farming
Government stakeholders and private sector representatives met in Harare, Zimbabwe this week to discuss strategies to generate carbon credits from hemp production, according to local media.
Read MoreDRC confirms withdrawal plans for oil exploration in key peatland, forest carbon areas
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has stepped back from plans to auction oil concessions on protected areas in the Congo Basin with carbon project potential, according to a press release.
Read MoreGold Standard unveils new voluntary carbon mangrove methodology with remote sensing
Gold Standard has revealed its first methodology for mangrove projects, which enables remote-sensing for measurement and impact quantification.
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