ICE launches satellite platform to track cocoa and coffee deforestation

Published 14:04 on August 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:04 on August 28, 2024  / /  EMEA, Nature-based

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.

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Fintech startup debuts debt financing tool for voluntary carbon project developers 

Published 12:50 on August 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:50 on August 28, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

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.

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Brazilian voluntary carbon certifier opens public call for verification bodies

Published 09:10 on August 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:10 on August 28, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

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.

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INTERVIEW: New carbon removals initiative aims to foster more transparency

Published 15:45 on August 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:45 on August 27, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, US, Voluntary

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.

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Carbon data firm partners with environmental monitoring outfit to advance real-time emissions measurement

Published 13:25 on August 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:25 on August 27, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, US, Voluntary

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.

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Large economies face significantly different challenges to decarbonising steel -report

Published 12:07 on August 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:08 on August 27, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, International, Other APAC, US, Voluntary

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.

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Verra starts testing new Scope 3 programme with three voluntary carbon methodologies

Published 13:05 on August 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:05 on August 26, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

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.

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Zimbabwe evaluates voluntary carbon credit potential in industrial hemp farming

Published 14:30 on August 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:30 on August 23, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

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.

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DRC confirms withdrawal plans for oil exploration in key peatland, forest carbon areas

Published 12:40 on August 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:40 on August 23, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

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.

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Gold Standard unveils new voluntary carbon mangrove methodology with remote sensing

Published 08:47 on August 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:47 on August 22, 2024  / /  EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Gold Standard has revealed its first methodology for mangrove projects, which enables remote-sensing for measurement and impact quantification.

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