ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Companies and Carbon Credits: From Anecdote to Evidence
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?
Read MoreCOMMENT: A Q&A on EU ETS2
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.
Read MoreCOMMENT: The elephants in the room of the EU’s 2040 climate plan
The EU’s 2040 climate action proposal is the start of a dialogue with all stakeholders that will bring controversial and inconvenient topics to the table – topics usually called the “elephants in the room.” In hopes of getting these talks going on the right foot, Veyt’s Hege Fjellheim identifies some of these elephants.
Read MoreREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Carbon Project Development Services – Blue Carbon
Blue Carbon’s primary aim is to develop “Mitigation Outcomes” that are transferable as ITMOs through the mechanisms provided by Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. This includes both an Article 6.2 and 6.4 approach, as deemed appropriate. Having signed several exploratory MOUs and agreements with countries particularly across Africa, Blue Carbon is seeking PDD development services that will support project development.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE – Shades of REDD+: Two clashing visions for Article 6
To get bridge controversies around Article 6 it may be worth to take a step back and evaluate the different expectations for an effective role of carbon markets that nourish the clashing positions. Is the priority controlling all aspects of the implementation of Article 6 or to enable countries to define the rules that enable large-scale investments into mitigation?
Read MoreCOMMENT: Six key questions the carbon market needs to resolve to deliver for nature – one year on
Twelve months ago, Respira’s Ed Hewitt posed six questions for the carbon market to resolve so it could deliver more for nature. How did these matters progress in 2023? And what’s the outlook for 2024 and beyond? Hewitt revisits the questions he asked and gives a status update for each.
Read MoreCOMMENT: No climate justice without carbon credits
Climate Action Reserve President Craig Ebert provides a response to what he calls “the misguided focus on low-quality credits and the elusive supply chain mitigation”.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Out with the bad, in with the good carbon market
The voluntary carbon market faced strong headwinds in 2023 – a reckoning due to carbon credit quality problems. The silver lining that could arrive in 2024: A market correction that can support a new VCM 2.0, rebuilding a market that is good for the planet and for people, writes Donna Lee of Calyx Global.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: REDD can be high quality – Here’s how
Experts discuss the challenges and potential reforms in using REDD as a credible option for offsetting emissions, emphasising the need for high-integrity credits and improved methodologies to ensure environmental and social integrity while addressing criticisms and safeguarding Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Update of the EU ETS free allocation – polluting for free during a climate crisis
The proposed revision of EU ETS free allocations fails to deliver social and environmental change, write Lidia Tamellini of Carbon Market Watch and Aymeric Amand of Sandbag.
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