Fires fuelled record global forest loss in 2024, report says
Last year saw a record surge in global forest loss, with fires overtaking agriculture as the main driver of tropical primary forest destruction, being responsible for nearly 50% of the total loss, according to a study published Wednesday.
Read MoreGold Standard provides further updates on cookstoves, CCPs, Article 6 crediting framework
Gold Standard clarified updates on Tuesday to its crediting framework, concerning cookstoves project developers using the fraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB), new requirements for those looking to secure CCP labels, and its planned alignment with Article 6.
Read MoreLand-based CO2 assets challenge national property regimes -experts
Jurisdictions all over the world are grappling with longstanding legal definitions of state property linked to the particularity of CO2 ownership – with the resulting legal flux injecting uncertainty into the voluntary carbon market (VCM), Carbon Pulse has heard from experts in several countries.
Read MoreSouth Africa to launch biodiversity offsets portal
South Africa is preparing to launch a digital biodiversity offsets “portal” on May 22 as a way of trying to increase financing for nature, a minister said on Monday.
Read MoreClean cooking model to debut customisable online format -scientist
The open-source MoFuSS fuelwood consumption model, used by clean cooking projects in voluntary and Article 6 carbon markets, will in the coming months launch a user-friendly yet highly granular and customisable online format, according to one of its architects.
Read MoreSecurity of EU food imports severely threatened by warming, nature loss -study
More than half of each of the EU’s six imported food commodities come from countries that are vulnerable to climate change, while half of them – wheat, maize, and cocoa – are also at significant risk of biodiversity-related impacts cutting off their supply, a new study has found.
Read MoreAfrican financial regulators navigate whether to synchronise, separate voluntary carbon markets
The emergence of national voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in Africa is sparking disagreement over whether financial regulators should create harmonised or country-specific frameworks, according to top officials speaking to Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreDeveloper imminently expects first CCP label for cookstove carbon credits, targets $20/t
A cookstove project developer expects its carbon credits to be soon labelled with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP) stamp of high integrity, the first in the market from the sector, after slashing emissions reduction claims via a new accounting method, it announced Tuesday.
Read MoreNations to launch government-led coalition to scale use of high-integrity carbon credits
The governments of Kenya, Singapore, and the UK will soon launch a government-led coalition to unlock demand and scale the use of high-integrity carbon credits, Kenyan officials announced in Nairobi on Monday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Kenyan Article 6, CORSIA trading squeezed by NDC ambition
Kenya’s supply of ‘correspondingly adjusted’ (CA) credits is severely constrained by ambitious commitments in the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) UN climate targets, according to speakers at the Kenya Carbon Markets Conference in Nairobi on Monday.
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