Mozambique govt awards licence to UAE developer for massive blue carbon project

Published 15:39 on September 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:39 on September 5, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Mozambique’s Ministry of Land and Environment has given approval to a Dubai-based firm to restore mangroves along the degraded coastline in the Zambezia province of the African nation and generate carbon credits, the developer announced Thursday.

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Egypt approves local carbon registry, 12 projects for trading

Published 00:03 on September 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:03 on September 5, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Middle East, Nature-based, Voluntary

Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved a domestic standard’s carbon registry and allowed 12 projects from the registry for trading on the national voluntary carbon market (VCM) platform.

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Korean securities firm secures partnership for international mitigation projects

Published 08:15 on September 4, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:15 on September 4, 2024  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, EMEA, South Korea, Voluntary

One of the largest securities firms in South Korea has decided to pursue international emissions reduction projects through a newly established partnership, it announced Wednesday.

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Malawi has sold fraction of 1.5 mln forest carbon credits generated in past five years, govt says

Published 16:05 on September 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:04 on September 4, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

The government of Malawi has generated 1.5 million carbon credits from forest-based projects and schemes over the past five years, but sold only a small share of these at a little over $1 per tonne, according to government sources quoted in local media.

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Kenyan wind power project embroiled in land dispute, unable to sell carbon credits -media

Published 10:18 on September 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:39 on September 3, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Voluntary

One of the largest renewable energy projects in Kenya, involved in a land dispute with the local community for about a decade, has been unable to trade carbon credits issued from the project, according to a local media source.

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Benin project seeks to raise €1.5 mln for cookstoves carbon project

Published 18:08 on September 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:08 on September 2, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Voluntary

A clean cooking project in Benin has opened a call for crowdfunding, looking to raise €1.5 million for a cookstoves carbon project in the west African country.

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African alliance launches programme to mobilise $10 mln in nature-based solutions

Published 16:22 on September 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:22 on September 2, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

The African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) has launched an initiative seeking to channel $10 million towards nature-based solutions over the next three years in collaboration with the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) among others.

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BRICS countries agree to partner on carbon market development

Published 20:59 on August 31, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:59 on August 31, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, International, Middle East, South & Central, Voluntary

Representatives from the BRICS bloc of emerging economies on Friday agreed to work together on carbon markets.

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South African high court hears appeal over state-owned gas plant

Published 15:28 on August 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:28 on August 30, 2024  / /  Africa, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

A South African court of appeal will hear a case on Friday in a years-long challenge by environmental groups to a large-scale gas-to-power plant over its lifecycle climate impacts.

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DATA DIVE: Brazil by far the most affected by Verra’s new consolidated REDD+ carbon methodology

Published 13:46 on August 29, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:46 on August 29, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Data Dive, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Brazil’s carbon sector is set to be most affected by the changes to the REDD+ project assessment methodologies by credit certifier Verra, according to new data analysis carried out by Carbon Pulse.

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