COMMENT: Best foot forward – starting on the road to scaling carbon removals
Understanding the scalability of different carbon removal methods is a crucial first step on this journey towards achieving the billions of tonnes of removals a year needed to meet international climate targets, write Ted Christie-Miller and Victoria Harvey of BeZero Carbon.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Tropical forest conservation is tricky to measure, but we’re running out of time
Recent claims around the effectiveness of rainforest carbon credits are being hotly debated right now. And rightly so. Companies have reportedly paid over $1 billion for these credits, and they are being used to offset ‘real’ emissions. So, if they’re not genuine, that’s a massive problem for climate action, warns Edward Mitchard of mapping provider Space Intelligence.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Know your market – building trust to scale the global carbon markets
The voluntary carbon markets needs to continue developing the necessary infrastructure to increase the supply of credible projects and incentivise market participation, writes Robin Green of Carbonplace.
Read MoreSPONSORED: Post-COP27, Carbon Markets Turn Focus to Pricing -CME Group
Following COP27, carbon markets are focused on a pricing benchmark. CME Group GEO futures are seeing increased interest as a tool to manage carbon pricing risk.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Behind the bears, we see plenty of bulls
Why I remain bullish on the verified carbon markets, writes Melissa Lindsay, founder of Emstream and Emsurge.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Along the curve – searching for value in the voluntary carbon market
Carbon market broker Matt Udberg of ICAP assesses trading patterns in the voluntary carbon market as a shift in volume from physical markets to futures brought an influx of new counterparties over 2022.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Preliminary results are in – good intentions for HFLD credits risk undermining climate change mitigation
ART/TREES and CORSIA must urgently restrict the use of HFLD credits to safeguard environmental integrity, argue several consultants critical of decisions by both bodies to enable HFLD credits to be used to offset fossil fuel emissions.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Nature Positive must build on lessons learned from implementing the mitigation hierarchy
There is a risk that references to nature positive goals will become a tactic used to distract consumers and the public from a continued failure to manage development impacts on biodiversity. This risk must not be overlooked as implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework begins, write a group of biodiversity and conservation experts.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Offsetting aviation emissions is greenwashing if the overall climate impact of flying is not taken into account
Airlines need to stop their continued underestimation of flight emissions and policies need to be put in place to ensure high quality carbon credits are used, writes Niklas Kaskeala of Compensate.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Carbon market myths busted!
Much of the media and NGO community have recently muddied the waters around the global carbon market by repeating a set of myths around the market, writes Charles Bedford of Carbon Growth Partners.
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