INTERVIEW: Contracted durability mechanisms could shore up nature-based removals under new SBTi corporate climate standard

Published 12:00 on June 16, 2026 / Last updated at 12:43 on June 16, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Interviews), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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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.

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Marine protected areas are expanding but need better implementation to meet 2030 target -report

Published 00:01 on June 16, 2026 / Last updated at 12:15 on June 15, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature & Biodiversity (Policy)

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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.

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Nodal launches new CORSIA, future and options contracts

Published 20:20 on June 15, 2026 / Last updated at 20:20 on June 15, 2026 / / Americas (Compliance Markets & Taxes, US & Canada), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Transport & Heating Fuels), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Nodal Exchange launched several new environmental futures and options contracts, including for CORSIA.

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FEATURE: New SBTi corporate climate standard sets meaningful internal carbon pricing goalposts, say experts

Published 16:51 on June 15, 2026 / Last updated at 16:51 on June 15, 2026 / and / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), CO2 Management (CCUS, Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Insights (Features), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure, Power/Electrification, Transport & Heating Fuels), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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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.

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PRESS RELEASE: Carbon Pulse launches the Biodiversity Portal

Published 15:26 on June 15, 2026 / Last updated at 16:08 on June 18, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), International (UN Nature & Biodiversity Talks), Nature & Biodiversity (Corporate, Markets, Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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Track submissions of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and interest in biodiversity credits ahead of COP17 through the Biodiversity Portal.

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COMMENT: From public good to bankable cash flow – the real role of nature credits, and banks

Published 07:00 on June 15, 2026 / Last updated at 14:42 on June 10, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature & Biodiversity (Markets, Policy), Other Content (Contributed Content)

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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.

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Global biochar output nearly triples in two years as carbon market participation widens -industry report

Published 05:25 on June 15, 2026 / Last updated at 05:25 on June 15, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), CO2 Management (Engineered Removals), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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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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US-based startup launches carbon removals business, first projects due this year

Published 22:11 on June 14, 2026 / Last updated at 22:12 on June 14, 2026 / / Americas (US & Canada), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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A newly launched CO2 removals developer has emerged with plans to build a portfolio of community-focused forestry and biomass projects.

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Sydney investment firm rolls out global natural capital fund

Published 22:00 on June 14, 2026 / Last updated at 14:08 on June 12, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe), Nature & Biodiversity (Markets), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS)

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A Sydney-based investment manager and forestry firm launched its first global natural capital strategy fund, which will invest across forestry, agriculture, carbon, and biodiversity markets.

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Blue carbon guidance risks overlooking Indigenous and community tenure rights, researchers warn

Published 16:10 on June 12, 2026 / Last updated at 16:10 on June 12, 2026 / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature-based Carbon (Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Guidance underpinning the rapidly expanding blue carbon sector frequently overlooks key tenure rights and international obligations to Indigenous peoples, coastal communities, and small-scale fishers, potentially exposing local groups to dispossession and exclusion from project benefits, researchers have warned.

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