EXCLUSIVE: Coalition launches new common language, framework for managing permanence in carbon markets
Researchers, environmental organisations, and carbon market experts are urging the industry to look beyond traditional buffer pools and adopt a wider range of tools to ensure the long-term durability of nature-based carbon credits – using a new “unified framework”.
Read MoreJapanese corporate seeks partners to develop direct ocean carbon capture tech
A Japanese corporate giant is seeking more partners to pioneer direct ocean capture (DOC), after announcing it was developing a pilot plant following two years of research by an institute in Finland.
Read MoreFEATURE: “A logical destination” – govt-led forestry carbon projects remove market friction, command premiums
Forestry-based carbon projects that are government-led and factored into national accounting systems can achieve landscape-scale change, with credit prices trading at a premium, say experts.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Scientist optimistic restoration will outpace deforestation in next 30 years
Global data shows early signs that ecosystem restoration rates could exceed those of deforestation, according to the founding chair of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, who is optimistic this milestone could be reached within 30 years.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY: Retirements and issuances rise while CORSIA prices slide
Carbon credit issuances and retirements bounced up in May year-on-year across the voluntary carbon market while benchmark CORSIA prices fell 22% to end the month around $10/tonne, their lowest level since June 2024.
Read MoreUS platform seeks 100k tonnes from Global South
A US climate platform is seeking more than 100,000 carbon removals (CDR) and super pollutant mitigation credits, with a particular focus on projects in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and island nations, it announced.
Read MoreSB64: BRIEFING – Plans for COP30 presidency’s twin roadmaps spark divergent reactions
The Brazilian COP30 presidency’s deforestation roadmap, presented in an early form on Monday, has been well received by a coalition of the willing, while the endeavour to draft a fossil fuel transition plan has sparked some backlash, Carbon Pulse heard in Bonn.
Read MoreColombia regulates offsetting mechanism of national plastics tax
The Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit published a decree regulating the offsetting mechanism for the national tax on single-use plastics.
Read MoreFinancial organisations join forces to scale carbon, nature investments
Two UK-based investment advisory and management firms have merged to accelerate investment in large-scale nature restoration projects across the Global South, they said on Tuesday.
Read MoreMajor insurers back LNG expansion in marine biodiversity hotspot
Most of the world’s biggest insurers have refused to rule out support for the expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in the Coral Triangle, despite evidence of the threat it poses to marine biodiversity, according to a new report.
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