COMMENT: After COP29, companies can no longer sit on the sidelines

Published 21:59 on November 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:59 on November 25, 2024  /  Americas, Climate Talks, Contributed Content, International, Nature-based, Other Content, Paris Article 6, US, Voluntary

As COP29 concludes, the progress on Article 6.4 signals potential for a robust global carbon market, but with a $1 trillion annual funding gap, companies must step up, leveraging emerging solutions like streamlined carbon credit auctions to decarbonise and secure a competitive, sustainable future.

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DOCUSERIES: Inbetween Stories – Exploring the intersection of technology and climate change

Published 11:31 on November 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:31 on November 8, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Bavardage, Biodiversity, Canada, Contributed Content, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Other Content, US, Voluntary

Inbetween Stories, a six-part docuseries by Carbon Pulse reporter Allison Gacad, takes a critical look at the knowledge, capital, and humanity behind Metro Vancouver’s climate solutions, exploring the intersection of technology and climate change. Watch all episodes for free.

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COMMENT: Pakistan’s “hope” for carbon trading renewed – an update from the ground

Published 20:15 on November 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:15 on November 5, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Contributed Content, International, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Syeda Hadika Jamshaid is looking ahead to Pakistan’s first ever policy guidelines for carbon trading, set to be released at COP29 in Baku.

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ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: The time is right for a forest moonshot in the US

Published 02:04 on September 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 02:04 on September 21, 2024  / /  Americas, Contributed Content, Nature-based, Other Content, US, Voluntary

Despite bipartisan support and progress in implementing natural climate solutions, the U.S. needs a significant, coordinated effort, or “moonshot,” to increase reforestation, protect forests, and manage lands sustainably to meet national climate goals, overcome current barriers, and prevent the loss of millions of acres of forest by mid-century, writes Sacha Spector, Program Director for the Environment at the Doris Duke Foundation.

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COMMENT: Embracing nature in corporate strategy

Published 16:23 on September 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:23 on September 17, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, Contributed Content, Other Content

One year on from the launch of the TNFD framework, the data and technology to measure, report and act on nature exists already and is improving by the day. The message from stakeholders is clear: embedding nature into decision making is becoming an expectation not an option. The time to act is now, writes Natcap’s Sebastian Leape.

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COMMENT: Closing the CBAM scrap loophole – A critical move for climate & competitiveness 

Published 19:38 on July 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:18 on July 6, 2024  /  Carbon Taxes, CBAM, Contributed Content, EMEA, EU ETS, Other Content

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) currently fails to equally apply carbon costs to imported aluminium products, allowing re-melted aluminium to bypass these costs and undermining the competitiveness of European aluminium recyclers, but there is still time for the bloc’s decision-makers to close this loophole.

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COMMENT: As America confronts unique environmental challenges, carbon credits cannot be left on the sidelines

Published 21:31 on June 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:31 on June 26, 2024  /  Americas, Contributed Content, Other Content, US, Voluntary

Communities across America depend on environmental remediation projects, such as Superfund cleanups and plugging oil wells, which require sustained financial commitment and innovative tools like carbon credits. While offsets effectively support these efforts, critics wrongly dismiss them as mere public relations tools, threatening the progress of essential environmental initiatives.

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COMMENT: ‘Hamlet’ and the Tragedy of Climate Change

Published 22:30 on May 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:35 on May 21, 2024  /  Contributed Content, Other Content

Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” written centuries before the first IPCC report, serves as a timely caution, writes Andurand Capital Management’s Mark Lewis, likening Hamlet’s tragic procrastination to the world’s current delay in addressing the record-breaking greenhouse gas emissions that are propelling us towards climate catastrophe.

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ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Companies and Carbon Credits: From Anecdote to Evidence

Published 22:00 on April 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:28 on April 25, 2024  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Contributed Content, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Other Content, South & Central, Voluntary

The SBTi’s recent announcement about offset use against Scope 3 emissions was a significant milestone for the VCM, but it is already rekindling the debate between market proponents and critics. What does the evidence regarding carbon credits say, and why does this matter for nature?

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COMMENT: A Q&A on EU ETS2

Published 23:00 on April 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:07 on April 16, 2024  /  Contributed Content, EMEA, EU ETS, Other Content

Stefan Feuchtinger, Head of Market Research and Analysis at Vertis Environmental Finance (VEF), answers all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask about the upcoming EU ETS2.

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