Canadian nature-based solutions failing to realise full climate, water potential -researchers
A majority of nature-based solutions (NbS) projects implemented in Canada over the past 15 years have focused narrowly on biodiversity conservation despite possessing significant untapped potential to simultaneously address climate change, water security, and other societal challenges, according to new research.
Read MoreMajor firms deepen climate commitments as carbon credit adoption rises, report finds
More than half of the world’s largest companies now have net zero targets and nearly half plan to use carbon credits as part of their climate strategies, according to a report released Tuesday, highlighting the continued mainstreaming of voluntary carbon markets among major corporates.
Read MoreWashington state adopts updated forest offset rule for cap-and-invest programme
Washington state regulators adopted revisions to the US forest offset protocol under its cap-and-invest programme on Tuesday, finalising changes intended to make the crediting framework more applicable to the state’s forests while responding to comments on permanence and Tribal land constraints.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Contracted durability mechanisms could shore up nature-based removals under new SBTi corporate climate standard
A carbon project developer has pitched contracted durability mechanisms as a way to manage reversal risk, suggesting these buffer pool alternatives could equalise nature- and tech-based removal credits under the newly-introduced requirements of the Science-based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) latest Corporate Net-Zero Standard.
Read MoreMarine protected areas are expanding but need better implementation to meet 2030 target -report
Countries are falling short in implementing marine protected areas (MPAs), jeopardising the global goal of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Read MoreNodal launches new CORSIA, future and options contracts
Nodal Exchange launched several new environmental futures and options contracts, including for CORSIA.
Read MoreFEATURE: New SBTi corporate climate standard sets meaningful internal carbon pricing goalposts, say experts
The introduction of specific price anchors for companies choosing to set an internal carbon price under the newly released Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard, will help to ‘avoid race-to-the-bottom dynamics’ and provide viable financial support to many carbon projects, according to experts.
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Carbon Pulse launches the Biodiversity Portal
Track submissions of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and interest in biodiversity credits ahead of COP17 through the Biodiversity Portal.
Read MoreCOMMENT: From public good to bankable cash flow – the real role of nature credits, and banks
Nature credits can support private investment in restoration, but only when embedded within a broader framework of regulatory obligations, subsidy reform, and high-integrity market rules.
Read MoreGlobal biochar output nearly triples in two years as carbon market participation widens -industry report
Global biochar production has nearly tripled in the past two years and is projected to reach more than 9 million tonnes annually by the end of the decade, as the carbon removal technology moves from an emerging industry into large-scale commercial deployment, according to a new market report.
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