Green industrial production set to migrate to renewables-rich countries -study

Published 10:00 on April 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:51 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International

The production of energy-intensive green steel, chemicals, and hydrogen is likely to migrate from countries with limited renewables resources to those with abundant supply over the next two decades — but that does not have to result in a deindustrialisation for those that lose the operations, according to a study published on Wednesday. 

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Rabobank, Plan Vivo refute Ivorian carbon credit double counting claims

Published 01:59 on April 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:13 on April 24, 2024  /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Rabobank and Plan Vivo have pushed back against reporting by investigative journalism outlet Follow the Money (FTM), which revealed that Cote d’Ivoire had asked the Dutch bank to suspend its carbon credit origination activities in the country’s Nawa region over double counting fears.

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CORSIA credits could be worth over $50/t based on airline demand signals, says offset project financier

Published 00:37 on April 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:16 on April 24, 2024  / and /  Africa, Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, Canada, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

Prices for first phase CORSIA carbon credits could be valued above $50/tonne based on indications of airline demand, a project financier said Tuesday.

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UN SG calls on G20 to lead the way on phasing out fossil fuels and increasing finance

Published 20:30 on April 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:38 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International

G20 countries must lead the way in “dramatically” accelerating the fossil fuels phase-out, providing certainty and predictability to markets, and boosting climate action support for poorer countries, the UN secretary general said in a speech on Tuesday.

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Voluntary carbon credit issuances outpace retirements in Q1 to further inflate oversupply, weigh on prices -analysts

Published 19:37 on April 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:37 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Middle East, Nature-based, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

Despite a historically large number of retirements in the voluntary carbon market in Q1 2024, oversupply continues to balloon amid issuances rising at a faster clip, keeping credit prices at bay, analysts said Tuesday.

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INTERVIEW: African nature data platform could launch within a year

Published 17:32 on April 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:52 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity

The African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) is spearheading efforts to establish a comprehensive nature data platform for the continent, in a bid to drive investment into nature-based solutions, an executive has said.

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Giant REDD project Kariba left in limbo as investigation by Verra drags on

Published 16:38 on April 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:38 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, International, Switzerland, Voluntary

The future of a troubled REDD avoided deforestation project in Zimbabwe has been left in limbo six months after it was suspended from the Verra registry.

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FEATURE: Increasing conflicts are a natural consequence of worsening climate change

Published 14:33 on April 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:33 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Middle East, Nature-based

Climate change is exacerbating many of the conditions that fuel conflict — from drought in the Middle East worsening food insecurity and inflation, to access over strategic resources like lithium and cobalt becoming a key source of tension — amid lagging efforts to curtail emissions.

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UN special rapporteur calls for moratorium on voluntary carbon markets to stop human rights violations

Published 12:12 on April 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:12 on April 23, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The UN’s special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous People has called for a moratorium on voluntary carbon markets to stop human rights violations.

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Donors push “exotic” clean cookstoves in Africa instead of valuing carbon projects that work, says envoy

Published 18:13 on April 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:39 on April 22, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Wealthy donor countries are too set on “exotic” carbon projects on the African continent like clean cooking and do not pay enough for more “pragmatic” solutions, according to a Sierra Leonian climate envoy speaking Thursday at the 2024 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington DC.

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