Qatari organisation selects first Article 6 project for ITMO auction

Published 13:55 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:55 on October 10, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A Qatar-based organisation has selected a first Article 6 project for inclusion in an Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) auction on a blockchain platform, it announced Thursday.

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Multi-donor initiative pledges $2.5 bln to help Cameroon halt deforestation

Published 11:57 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:57 on October 10, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, EMEA, International, Nature-based, US

A UN-backed multi-donor coalition this week committed $2.5 billion over the next decade to support Cameroon in transitioning away from traditional land-use practices towards deforestation-free production models.

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African nature credit buyer’s club to launch with target of ‘millions of dollars’

Published 09:00 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:05 on October 10, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA

The BIRA Coalition has announced it is forming a buyer’s club that aims to raise millions of dollars through nature credits generated by large-scale projects in Sub-Saharan African countries, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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INTERVIEW: The key ingredients for selling cookstove credits at $35/t

Published 12:00 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:17 on October 9, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

Realism, ratings, and relationships are the key ingredients to attract investment in the voluntary carbon market, the buyer of cookstove credits at $35 per tonne told Carbon Pulse this week.

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BNP Paribas, French NGO launch impact loan vehicle for coral reef conservation, target $35 mln

Published 11:12 on October 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:12 on October 8, 2024  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA, Other APAC

A French NGO has partnered with a business accelerator managed by BNP Paribas to launch an impact loan facility for scaling blended finance towards marine conservation efforts in the Global South, aiming to raise $35 million.

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BRIEFING: Article 6 needs streamlining and specifics, fewer constraints, says carbon industry

Published 21:02 on October 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:39 on October 8, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6

UN negotiators should facilitate private sector involvement in Article 6 through measures designed to streamline deal-making, authorisation, and transaction, but should not over-emphasise central infrastructure or interpret the Paris Agreement to preclude REDD projects, according to a carbon trading industry body.

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INTERVIEW: African pilots plan to generate biodiversity credits across 300,000 ha

Published 11:28 on October 7, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:28 on October 7, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA, International

An initiative to generate biodiversity credits across more than 300,000 hectares in Uganda and Zambia has been speaking with authorities about creating enabling policy, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Global climate fund to invest up to $1 bln to decarbonise industry sectors in developing countries

Published 01:18 on October 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:18 on October 4, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA

One of the largest climate funds in the world announced on Thursday that it would invest up to $1 billion in technologies that reduce emissions from the industrial sector in developing countries.

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Rwanda, Sweden plan Article 6 cooperation

Published 22:16 on October 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:16 on October 3, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6

The Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) and the Rwandan Ministry of Environment signed an MoU on Thursday for a cooperative partnership under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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ANALYSIS: Article 6 can supplement finance goals at COP29

Published 15:22 on October 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:22 on October 3, 2024  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Middle East, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Article 6 is meant to create a UN carbon crediting and trading system, but it can also support adaptation and the overarching New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) financing target at COP29, experts have told Carbon Pulse.

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