Ghana to sell 24 mln Article 6 credits

Published 22:59 on March 2, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:59 on March 2, 2025  /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6

Ghana will auction 24 million carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, aiming to finance sustainable development while reducing emissions, President John Mahama announced in his State of the Nation Address last week.

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Carbon Pulse continues to strengthen reporting teams with new hires, promotions

Published 22:42 on February 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:55 on February 28, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Aviation/CORSIA, Bavardage, Biodiversity, Canada, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Japan, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, Other Content, Paris Article 6, RINs & LCFS, Shipping, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, UK ETS, US, Voluntary

Carbon Pulse has further strengthened its team of carbon market, climate policy, nature, and biodiversity reporters with a series of new hires and internal promotions.

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Cookstoves consortium secures €4 mln for carbon credits project in Zambia

Published 12:45 on February 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:45 on February 28, 2025  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A London-based development group and a Belgian management company have invested Є4 million to help scale a clean cookstoves Article 6.2 project in Zambia.

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Cookstove credits could represent major supply source for CORSIA -industry

Published 11:55 on February 28, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:05 on February 28, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Voluntary

Cookstove credits could represent a major source of supply under ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), particularly under the first phase, offering airlines a cost-effective entry point to offset their emissions, according to an industry alliance.

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Apple faces class action lawsuit over use of “ineffective and redundant” carbon offsets

Published 17:47 on February 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 19:20 on February 27, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Tech giant Apple has been threatened with class action lawsuit in the US over allegations that it misled consumers by marketing its smartwatch as carbon neutral through the use of “ineffective and redundant” offsets.

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Millions of CORSIA-eligible cookstove credits will be ready by Q3, says developer

Published 16:23 on February 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:23 on February 27, 2025  / /  Africa, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Voluntary

Cookstove carbon credits from a large clean cooking programme in Africa will be verified and made available for CORSIA Phase 1 by the end of the third quarter of the year, said the head of the project developer, paving the way for millions of eligible units to come on to the market per year.

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Bloomberg, General Index expand voluntary carbon market partnership, over 200 credit price assessments added to Terminal

Published 14:28 on February 27, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:28 on February 27, 2025  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA, International, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

Bloomberg and benchmark provider General Index (GX) have expanded their strategic collaboration to enhance access to voluntary carbon market (VCM) price data on the Bloomberg Terminal, the companies announced on Thursday.

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FEATURE: BRICS see opportunity to rise as non-Western counterpoint in climate policy

Published 17:53 on February 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:53 on February 26, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, China, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, South & Central, US, Voluntary

The large BRICS emerging economies could reshape the international climate policy landscape, but expectations of this non-Western coalition should be “moderate” despite its recent embrace of carbon markets, according to experts speaking to Carbon Pulse.

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Software firm partners with carbon project platform to support CDR efforts through forward credit purchases

Published 11:24 on February 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:24 on February 26, 2025  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A carbon project platform has partnered with an SaaS firm specialising in process intelligence to support the scaling of carbon removal initiatives through forward purchases of carbon credits.

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Venture exec reveals biggest biodiversity investment opportunities

Published 10:37 on February 26, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:37 on February 26, 2025  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA

A Switzerland-based venture capital investor has revealed the startup specialisms it considers the most investable in biodiversity, ranging from AI to regenerative agriculture.

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