Major Canadian financial, food companies undertake soil carbon project for new net zero agriculture group

Published 21:26 on October 11, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:26 on October 11, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, Nature-based, Voluntary

A collection of Canadian financial and food firms on Tuesday launched a new alliance to slash emissions from the country’s agri-food sector by 2050, with the group hoping that helping improve soil carbon measurement and reporting will help achieve the goal.

Read More

Voluntary carbon credit platform nets $2 million in early funding for diversified sales approach

Published 19:15 on October 11, 2023  /  Last updated at 23:44 on October 11, 2023  / /  Voluntary

A San Francisco-based voluntary carbon market sales company on Wednesday announced it has secured $2.25 mln in pre-seed funding for its plan to offer a diverse portfolio of credits in alignment with academic guidance.

Read More

RGGI states increase allowance volume for Q4 sale, as Virginia prepares to exit

Published 18:42 on October 10, 2023  /  Last updated at 18:42 on October 10, 2023  / /  Americas, US

Allowance volumes offered at RGGI’s Q4 auction will increase to the highest point since the first quarter of this year, the power sector cap-and-trade scheme’s notice showed Tuesday, with Virginia primed to participate in its last ever sale.

Read More

RGGI Market: RGAs inch up as programme review uncertainty takes hold

Published 21:27 on October 9, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:27 on October 9, 2023  / /  Americas, US

RGGI Allowance (RGA) prices made modest gains following last week’s rollercoaster in response to the latest Third Program Review meeting, as participants indicated that market interest was fading amid directional uncertainty and forecasts of a warm winter.

Read More

Paraguayan Congress approves carbon credit regulation bill by wide majority

Published 18:30 on October 5, 2023  /  Last updated at 18:55 on October 5, 2023  / /  Americas, South & Central, Voluntary

Paraguay’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday voted to pass the country’s first national legislation regulating the voluntary carbon market with almost no opposition, sending the bill to President Santiago Pena for final approval.

Read More

Paraguayan Senate passes carbon credit regulation bill with amendments

Published 19:09 on September 22, 2023  /  Last updated at 19:09 on September 22, 2023  / /  Americas, South & Central, Voluntary

Legislation outlining regulation of the voluntary carbon credit market passed Paraguay’s Senate this week by a significant margin following a number of amendments, and now goes to the country’s Chamber of Deputies before it can become law.

Read More

Soil carbon a cheaper alternative to direct air capture, developers argue

Published 21:34 on September 21, 2023  /  Last updated at 21:34 on September 21, 2023  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Soil carbon projects could prove a cheaper alternative to direct air capture (DAC) technology for CO2 removal buyers, according to developers in the space, who say testing of ground storage is making older sequestration methods more reliable.

Read More

New York official discloses timeline for final regulation, compliance obligations in cap-and-invest system

Published 23:25 on September 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 23:26 on September 20, 2023  / /  Americas, US

New York is aiming to finalise its economy-wide cap-and-invest (NYCI) regulation next year and implement compliance obligations for regulated entities shortly thereafter, a government official said Wednesday.

Read More

WCI jurisdictions should pursue Pan-American carbon market linkages, Quebec official says

Published 23:00 on September 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 23:20 on September 20, 2023  / /  Americas, Canada, South & Central, US

North American jurisdictions participating under the linked WCI cap-and-trade market should pursue future linkages with Latin American states, and the only barrier to carbon markets integrating across the Western Hemisphere is price differential, a Quebec government official said Wednesday.

Read More

Voluntary carbon market must be more proactive in countering industry criticism, stakeholders argue

Published 01:31 on September 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 01:31 on September 20, 2023  / /  Voluntary

Proponents of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) need to push back against criticisms of the industry more vociferously and refute accusations of poor environmental integrity, an event heard this week.

Read More