NA100 publishes guide on engaging with priority sectors
A guide for investor members of the Nature Action 100 (NA100) initiative on engaging with companies in eight priority sectors has been published by non-profit Ceres.
Read MoreEU businesses and governments look to Mauritania to fulfill their hydrogen ambitions
EU firms and governments are promoting green hydrogen infrastructure in Mauritania, in a push that could account for most of the bloc’s 2030 target for green hydrogen imports and capitalise on the country’s proximity, cheaper production costs, favourable regulatory environment, and vast solar and wind energy potential.
Read MoreAfrica biodiversity advisor warns against relying too heavily on private financing, credit markets
Relying on private financing such as environmental credits as the main means to scale funding of nature could be “a risky strategy”, a top advisor to African biodiversity negotiators said Tuesday.
Read MoreSBTi has no plans to validate voluntary carbon credit use towards corporate emissions targets
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) will not bow to pressure and validate the use of voluntary carbon credits to help a company achieve its emission targets, the body confirmed to Carbon Pulse Tuesday.
Read MoreVCM Report: Market pauses as ICAO delays approval of new standards, ICVCM wades through voluntary carbon methodologies
Trade in the voluntary carbon market stumbled last week under a cloud of uncertainty created by key organisations.
Read MoreWater overlooked in voluntary sector but market potential tops 1.6 bln carbon credits a year, finds report
The total global potential for voluntary carbon credits generated from water-related projects could top 1.6 billion tonnes of CO2 a year, but the sector has been overlooked by project developers and investors, partly because of a lack of methodologies, finds a new report.
Read MoreMicrosoft inks latest purchase of 95,000 voluntary CDR credits after string of deals
Microsoft has signed a pre-purchase agreement with a Swiss carbon project developer for 95,000 voluntary carbon removal (CDR) credits from a biochar facility in Mexico, following shortly after Shell struck a similar deal.
Read MoreDutch civil rights group warns “wider investigation” findings will follow Kenyan REDD carbon project scandal
A Dutch civil rights campaigner group has placed the avoided deforestation voluntary carbon sector on red alert with a pledge to soon publish a ‘wider investigation’ on offsetting and human rights, which builds on its covert probe that uncovered sexual offences by senior staff at a Kenyan project.
Read MoreAfrican cookstove carbon project developer attracts $18 mln in funding
A cookstove manufacturer and project developer has attracted $18 million from a carbon investor and a private equity group to fund the production and distribution of cookstoves across Africa that will generate voluntary credits.
Read MoreGlobal biodiversity fund approves first grants
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) has approved its first grants, agreeing to spend $40 million on four projects in Brazil, Gabon, and Mexico, administrator Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced Wednesday.
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