EU needs to find “middle ground” for CORSIA credit eligibility, says rating agency
EU-approved CORSIA Phase 1 supply, based on provisional eligibility criteria, could reach as many as 160 million credits across the three-year period, according to a rating agency, but the company urged that Brussels takes a more moderate stance as this total is unlikely to be anywhere near as high in reality.
Read MoreVoluntary carbon registry lists first Paris Agreement-aligned activity
A voluntary carbon registry has listed its first Paris Agreement-aligned project, a clean cooking initiative in Senegal that is set to expand to cover several different programmes in the coming years, it was announced on Thursday.
Read MoreWorld Cup given red card for carbon emissions
This summer’s World Cup will emit more than twice as much CO2 as the carbon footprint of the last football bonanza in Qatar in 2022, finds research published on Thursday.
Read MoreCorporate net zero targets need clearer split between controllable cuts and external barriers -report
Companies should split net zero targets between emissions cuts they can deliver themselves and reductions that depend on wider system change, as part of a more honest approach to corporate climate commitments, according to a report published Thursday.
Read MoreMachine learning-guided composting could turn global organic waste sector into carbon sink -researchers
Optimising composting practices using machine learning could transform the global organic waste sector from a net greenhouse gas emitter into a carbon sink while conserving nutrients for agriculture, according to a new study.
Read MoreLACS26: INTERVIEW – Verra sees Misiones approval as slingshot for new wave of jurisdictional REDD+ programmes
Several governments across Latin America and the Caribbean are studying how to replicate Argentina’s Misiones programme after it became the first jurisdictional REDD+ initiative approved under Verra’s Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework, the standard’s regional representative told Carbon Pulse.Â
Read MoreMining drives 34 times more offsite forest loss than direct clearing in sub-Saharan Africa -study
Mining activities across sub-Saharan Africa have triggered far more deforestation beyond mine boundaries than within them, with every hectare of forest directly cleared for mining associated with nearly 34 additional hectares of offsite forest loss, according to a new study.
Read MoreOcean finance has risen sharply but remains far below levels needed for climate and conservation goals -analysis
Ocean finance has grown over the past decade, but funding remains concentrated outside some of the sectors most directly tied to decarbonisation and climate resilience, according to a new analysis.
Read MoreLACS26: Climate ambition, regulatory certainty could command premium in international carbon markets, experts say
The climate ambition of host countries and the stability of their regulatory frameworks are increasingly emerging as factors that could influence the price of internationally-traded carbon credits, as buyers and proponents seek to manage sovereign risks beyond the control of project execution, legal experts said this week during the Latin America Climate Summit (LACS) in Mexico.
Read MoreFAO guidance seeks alignment on tree crop mapping data
New guidance published this week seeks to improve the consistency and transparency of spatial data used to monitor deforestation-linked commodity supply chains.
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