Stakeholders rush to defend VCM integrity efforts in debate over carbon offset credibility
Panellists on Wednesday said the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is under pressure to address long-running integrity concerns, debating whether contribution claims and stricter baseline approaches could help stabilise confidence in the system.
Read MoreParaguay outlines roadmap to operationalise Article 6 MoU with Taiwan, expected prices ranging $15-40/t -media
Paraguay has unveiled the implementation plan for its Article 6 partnership with Taiwan, prioritising electric mobility and reforestation as the backbone of a joint carbon credit pilot, local media reported.
Read MoreEU reaches deal to delay, streamline deforestation law
The Council of EU member states and the European Parliament struck a political deal on Thursday to delay and simplify implementation of the bloc’s regulation on deforestation-free products, pushing back core obligations by a year to give companies and national authorities more time to prepare.
Read MoreResearchers map eight actions for future-focused ecosystem recovery
Researchers and practitioners have outlined eight recommended actions to strengthen ecological restoration planning and long-term project performance, presented as part of a new framework.
Read MoreFinance for Biodiversity coalition sees uptake of nature policies, few investment targets -report
Nearly all of the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) pledge signatories have embedded nature into their policies over the past five years, though only 20% have set concrete investment targets, the coalition said in a report.
Read MoreWEF recommends tech firms buy biodiversity offsets
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recommended seven areas of nature-positive priority actions for technology companies with activities including biodiversity offsets.
Read MoreAdvanced economies earn 28% more for identical carbon credits, finds new research
A study published Thursday has highlighted structural price inequalities at the heart of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), showing that carbon credits generated in advanced economies command nearly 30% higher prices than otherwise similar projects in emerging and developing countries.
Read MoreUpgraded open-access platform maps deep-sea mineral exploration
New improvements were unveiled on Thursday for a global monitoring platform mapping vessels linked to deep-sea mineral exploration, offering what its creators described as the first global window into activity in one of the planet’s last industrial frontiers.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Strengthening, Not Discarding, Nature-based Carbon Credits
High-integrity natural climate solutions (NCS) carbon credits are essential to effective, efficient and equitable climate policy, including under Paris Article 6.4, write eleven scientists and researchers in response to a recent Nature comment.
Read MoreVerra issues first CCP-tagged credits under improved forest management methodology
Verra has issued the first carbon credits bearing the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label under its revised improved forest management (IFM) methodology, the US-based standards body said Thursday.
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