Voluntary carbon registries can foster healthy competition once Article 6.2 registry starts up -UN expert

Published 14:12 on October 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:06 on October 31, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Japan, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

Independent carbon credit registries will continue to play a role, and foster healthy competition, even after a centralised UN registry is created under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, according to a member of the UN group mandated to determine the international carbon market rules. 

Read More

Biodiversity credit company announces data partnership

Published 11:14 on October 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:14 on October 29, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, South & Central

A biodiversity credit project developer and a data provider have announced a partnership with the aim of scaling projects in countries across Africa, South America, and Europe, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Read More

Biogas tech provider acquires dMRV firm

Published 00:06 on October 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:06 on October 29, 2024  /  Africa, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Other APAC, Voluntary

A biogas technology provider serving the agricultural sector has acquired a digital MRV firm.

Read More

NDCs fall “miles short” of emission cuts to meet Paris goals, UNFCCC warns

Published 09:00 on October 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:23 on October 27, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

Existing national contributions to the Paris Agreement are unsurprisingly inadequate, at most leading to a mere 2.6% decline in global greenhouse gas emissions over the 2020s, according to a UN report released on Monday.

Read More

COP16: African organisation, German nature tech outfit to market $35 mln of nature units

Published 18:27 on October 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:27 on October 26, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA

Africa’s largest conservation organisation and a Germany-based nature tech company are set to issue 14,000 nature units, for a total value of approximately $35 million, generated through conservation projects across four African countries, Carbon Pulse has learned.

Read More

First Ghana Article 6 deal timeline shifts to early 2025

Published 13:00 on October 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:00 on October 26, 2024  /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Ghana is on track to transact its first batch of Article 6 carbon credits before the end of Q1 2025, according to government officials.

Read More

Canadian financier receives over 1 mln Article 6 credits from Rwandan cookstove project

Published 16:55 on October 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:55 on October 25, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Canada, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A Toronto-headquartered carbon project financier announced Friday that it has received a second tranche of more than 1 million Article 6 authorised credits from its Rwandan cookstove project.

Read More

INTERVIEW: Real-time MRV promises greater transparency amid nature-based carbon credits scrutiny

Published 17:10 on October 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:10 on October 24, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Real-time atmospheric monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) could help restore credibility to nature-based carbon projects, the CEO of a greenhouse gas monitoring firm told Carbon Pulse.

Read More

Oil and gas exploration expected to rise despite COP28 commitments

Published 15:57 on October 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:58 on October 24, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Other APAC, UK ETS, US

Oil and gas exploration licensing is set to surge despite COP28 pledge to phase out fossil fuels, according to a new report.

Read More

1.5C climate goal slipping out of reach, UN warns ahead of COP29 summit

Published 15:00 on October 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:45 on October 24, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

The goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C is slipping quickly out of reach, although it is still “technically possible” – and relatively inexpensive – for the world to roughly halve emissions within this decade, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned on Thursday.

Read More