New UN initiative to unlock ocean-dependent industry financing
The UN has begun developing a global platform aimed at mobilising billions of dollars in blended and private capital from ocean-dependent industries, it announced Sunday.
Read MorePeruvian conservation credits could command $50/t under Article 6 -developer
Peru could more than double the going rate for its conservation carbon credits by focusing on bilateral Article 6 agreements and integrating new methodologies into the national registry, a REDD+ project developer said on a panel at the Peru Carbon Forum last week.
Read MoreBiodiversity Credit Alliance begins scoping of independent oversight mechanism
The Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA) on Thursday announced it is beginning work to design an independent review mechanism for voluntary biodiversity credit markets.
Read MoreFEATURE: Water credit market takes first steps as scarcity hits crisis point
Emerging frameworks in the voluntary water credit market are paving the way for fresh private capital to address the ongoing water crisis, with early movers looking for local buyers.
Read MoreLatin American governments step toward formal structuring of biodiversity credit markets
Last week, the ministries of environment of Peru and Chile announced state-led frameworks to regulate emerging biodiversity credit markets, one official detailed to Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Peru’s national carbon registry to add first VCM, Article 6 projects
Peru’s national carbon registry (RENAMI) is on the cusp of registering its first voluntary carbon market (VCM) project and first Article 6 project under a bilateral agreement, Carbon Pulse heard from a senior official on the sidelines of the Peru Carbon Forum in Lima on Wednesday.
Read MorePeru adds five new carbon methodologies to national registry
Peru will include, by the end of this week, five additional methodologies from the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in its National GHG Emissions Reduction Registry (RENAMI), the country’s top climate official announced on Wednesday.
Read MoreColombia ups funding for local environmental authorities, restoration goals for 2026
Colombia’s Ministry of Environment has doubled funding for local environmental authorities and the restoration of an additional 100,000 hectares of degraded land by next year in response to increased deforestation in key protected areas.
Read MoreNature-based CDR buyers’ club describes “promising” first wave of proposals
A US-based carbon removal (CDR) buyers’ coalition focused on nature-based solutions has received an unexpectedly high volume and quality of responses to its inaugural request for proposals (RFP), according to early insights from the process published Friday.
Read MorePeruvian court rules in favour of Indigenous community’s land rights, raising stakes for large REDD project
A Peruvian court has ordered the country’s government to define the boundaries of Kichwa ancestral lands located within two state-designated protected natural areas (PNAs), sources told Carbon Pulse, a move that could have potential repercussions for one of the largest REDD projects in the world facing a similar lawsuit.
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