COP30: Peatland finance initiative launches two pilots
An initiative aimed at unlocking financing for peatland conservation and restoration has launched pilots in Peru and Uganda, it announced on Monday.
Read MoreCOP30: Brazil, France back taskforce to boost oceans in national climate action plans
France and Brazil announced on Tuesday they are in favour of an ocean taskforce to help raise national efforts to conserve and restore marine habitats.
Read MoreCOP30: Peru’s registry to approve first durable CDR methodology in Q1
Peru’s national carbon registry, which has approved nine methodologies to date, will include several more by February spanning waste, land use, and durable carbon removal (CDR).
Read MoreBoreal planting in Canada could deliver 3.9 bln tonnes CO2 removals by 2100
Large-scale tree planting in Canada’s northwestern boreal region could remove around 3.9 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2100 under realistic deployment assumptions, research published last week has found.
Read MoreUK standard seeks feedback on avoided deforestation methodology, suspends algae methodology
A UK-based standard is seeking feedback on a new avoided deforestation methodology designed for smallholder farmers, while also announcing the delay of a methodology to treat algae.
Read MoreSuriname doubles down on attempts to market REDD+ outcomes as ITMOs in NDC 3.0
Suriname has reiterated plans to sell UN-verified REDD+ results under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement as Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), while exploring alternative climate finance measures, according to its third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Conservation abandonment is a rock many don’t want to overturn
The abandonment of protected areas and market-based conservation is likely to be accelerating globally, undermining efforts to tackle the biodiversity crisis and requiring urgent attention, academics have said.
Read MoreCOP30: 15 govts pledge to recognise 160 mln ha of community land
Fifteen governments formally committed this week to recognise 160 million hectares of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community land.
Read MoreCOP30: UK firm launches forest carbon tool to boost confidence in VCM, compliance markets
A London-based carbon data company on Tuesday launched a biomass data platform at COP30 aimed at improving forest carbon measurement accuracy and credit integrity across both voluntary and compliance markets.
Read MoreMDBs release principles to track nature finance
A group of multilateral development banks (MDBs) has published principles for tracking financial flows supporting nature, in a bid to support the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
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