Article 6 cookstove carbon credit supply builds in Verra registry, but few retirements
More than 2.4 million cookstove carbon credits have been tagged with an Article 6 authorisation label in the Verra registry but only a tiny number have been retired, data shows Friday.
Read MoreNGOs call for cancelling ‘disastrous’ oil permit in Rep. of Congo’s most biodiverse protected area
Human rights activists in the Republic of Congo (RoC) and other NGOs have called for the revocation of an oil exploration permit in Conkouati-Douli National Park, saying it will gravely threaten the most biodiverse protected area in the country.
Read MoreAlarm bells in Central Africa as Congo Basin forests face 27% reduction by 2050
The Congo Basin, central to global carbon sequestration efforts, is under severe threat from deforestation and unsustainable exploitation, with projections indicating a potential 27% reduction in forest cover by 2050 unless immediate action is taken, experts have warned.
Read MoreVoluntary carbon platform to auction 1.5 mln Article 6 credits from Malawi cookstoves
A voluntary carbon trading platform will auction 1.5 million Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) at a minimum of $10 per tonne generated by clean cooking projects in Malawi, it announced Thursday.
Read MoreHuge REDD carbon project planned in Mozambique
A large REDD voluntary carbon project that will span 4 million hectares has been given the go-head by the government of Mozambique.
Read MoreRecycling shifts focus away from effective ways to tackle plastic crisis -report
Industry promotion of recycling through instruments like plastic credits distracts from the urgent need to reduce overall production, with less than 10% of plastic recycled globally, according to a sustainable finance think-tank.
Read MoreCote d’Ivoire receives $35 mln for forest carbon emissions reductions under World Bank programme
Cote d’Ivoire has received $35 million from the World Bank for successfully reducing 7 mln tonnes of carbon emissions, according to a release Tuesday.
Read MorePlan Vivo, consultancy set to launch nature-based pilots across Asia and Africa
Nature and carbon standard Plan Vivo has partnered with a UK-based consultancy to launch a series of nature-based pilot projects in Asia and Africa towards the end of the year.
Read MoreNative forest restoration firm sells first voluntary carbon credits from global accelerator
A native forest restoration firm announced on Tuesday that it had sold the first carbon credits generated from its global accelerator.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Nascent methane certification market set for surge with new EU reporting rules
New EU reporting requirements for imports of certain goods could soon fuel a small, nascent voluntary trading market for one potent climate-warming pollutant — methane — and help to clamp down on its emissions.
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