INTERVIEW: Swedish biodiversity company eyes collaboration with EU on nature markets

Published 13:42 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:42 on January 22, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

A Swedish company plans to collaborate with European institutions to help shape an EU-level nature market, with its biodiversity credit methodology among those that could be used under the scheme, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.

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Industrial clusters can accelerate decarbonisation, but obstacles to clean energy persist -WEF

Published 13:12 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:12 on January 22, 2025  / and /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, EMEA, International

Creating industrial clusters can help to accelerate the rollout of clean energy infrastructure, helping to achieve economies of scale, share the risks, aggregate and optimise demand, and attract capital, according to a report released on Wednesday.

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Crown Estate to deliver £20 mln to sustainable farming

Published 11:53 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:53 on January 22, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

The UK natural asset manager Crown Estate has announced £20 million ($25 mln) in funding to support farmers in enhancing nature recovery as part of its broader biodiversity strategy.

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EU’s ‘competitiveness compass’ to include decarbonisation roadmap

Published 11:41 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:41 on January 22, 2025  / /  EMEA

The European Commission’s upcoming ‘competitiveness compass’, due to be presented next week, will serve as the “North Star” for EU policymaking in the next five years, and include a joint roadmap for decarbonisation and competitiveness, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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BNP Paribas recommends rare species metrics

Published 11:13 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:13 on January 22, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

France-based bank BNP Paribas has recommended two metrics for assessing the impacts of human activity on rare species, in a bid to get a more complete picture of biodiversity.

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DATA DIVE: Significant interest in CCP-tagged carbon credits towards end of 2024

Published 11:00 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:01 on January 22, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Data Dive, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

December saw a major jump in the retirement of credits tagged with Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)’s CCPs quality label, registry data analysed by Carbon Pulse shows.

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Danish firms partner on 500k-tonne BECCS facility near Copenhagen

Published 09:56 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:56 on January 22, 2025  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

A Danish waste-to-energy company has partnered with a fund manager to build a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) site near Copenhagen that could generate carbon credits for corporate buyers, the two firms announced on Tuesday.

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Verra releases CORSIA carbon credit label guidance

Published 09:10 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:10 on January 22, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Voluntary carbon standard Verra has released a guidance document that provides instructions for how project developers can request labels for credits eligible under the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

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Commodity trader teams up with non-profits in bid to raise carbon finance for Amazon protection

Published 06:00 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:18 on January 22, 2025  / /  Americas, EMEA, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A multinational commodity trader has combined with two non-profits to launch an initiative aimed at mobilising billions in private-sector investment for Brazilian rainforest protection, including via REDD+ finance.

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Verra approves first carbon credits from improved agricultural land management

Published 02:28 on January 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 02:28 on January 22, 2025  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

Verra has approved the first Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) from an offset project developed based on improved agricultural land management (IALM) practices.

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