Voluntary carbon registries can foster healthy competition once Article 6.2 registry starts up -UN expert
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 MoreBiodiversity credit company announces data partnership
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 MoreBiogas tech provider acquires dMRV firm
A biogas technology provider serving the agricultural sector has acquired a digital MRV firm.
Read MoreNDCs fall “miles short” of emission cuts to meet Paris goals, UNFCCC warns
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 MoreCOP16: African organisation, German nature tech outfit to market $35 mln of nature units
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 MoreFirst Ghana Article 6 deal timeline shifts to early 2025
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 MoreCanadian financier receives over 1 mln Article 6 credits from Rwandan cookstove project
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 MoreINTERVIEW: Real-time MRV promises greater transparency amid nature-based carbon credits scrutiny
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 MoreOil and gas exploration expected to rise despite COP28 commitments
Oil and gas exploration licensing is set to surge despite COP28 pledge to phase out fossil fuels, according to a new report.
Read More1.5C climate goal slipping out of reach, UN warns ahead of COP29 summit
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.
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