CWNYC24: Turkish exchange set to offer certified carbon credits in coming weeks

Published 18:11 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:11 on September 23, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

Turkiye’s energy exchange EPIAS has teamed up with an international carbon standard to enable the first exchange-based trading of certified credits on its platform, they announced after signing an agreement in New York on Monday.

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CWNYC24: Verra’s shift from paper to digital will speed up certifications, says executive

Published 18:03 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:38 on September 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

Verra is digitalising its most used methodologies from a largely paper-based system, in an effort to speed up the certification process for project developers while strengthening integrity, the voluntary carbon standard’s chief technology officer said at Climate Week NYC on Monday.

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INTERVIEW: Carbon credits are financial instruments and will be regulated as such in Egypt

Published 16:38 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:38 on September 23, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

The Egyptian voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a capital market and will be regulated as such to ensure its financial credibility, Egypt’s top finance regulator told Carbon Pulse in an interview.

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VCM Report: Liquidity ticking higher, but voluntary carbon prices remain in the doldrums

Published 15:58 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:58 on September 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Optimism continued to creep back into the voluntary sector last week, although most avoidance prices remained depressed as the market polarised between the cheap and the good quality.

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Researchers put forward blueprint for equitable benefit-sharing from carbon projects

Published 15:20 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:20 on September 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Research published Monday outlined how carbon projects can ensure transparent compensation for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and local communities (LCs) in a bid to move past recent criticism of the voluntary sector.

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Frontier inks fresh deal worth millions for river-based carbon removal

Published 14:57 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:57 on September 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, Voluntary

Carbon removal buyers club Frontier has agreed a deal worth over $25 million for credits linked to river de-acidification from a Canadian firm.

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Carbon project developer to deploy MRV solution across 12 ARR projects in the Americas and the Pacific

Published 14:22 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:22 on September 23, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

A project developer for Indigenous-led conservation projects will partner with an atmospheric-based digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (aMRV) solution provider to map 1 million acres across 12 Afforestation, Reforestation, and Restoration (ARR) projects.

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Denmark challenges EU Commission on export of banned pesticides

Published 14:18 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:18 on September 23, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

The Danish government has stepped forward to ask the European Commission to alter a law that allows EU companies to export pesticides banned in the bloc.

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Euro Markets: EUAs continue recovery on gas gains as market anticipates options expiry

Published 13:25 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:23 on September 24, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

European carbon prices strengthened on Monday as they built on Friday’s recovery, taking cues once again from a stronger TTF gas market, though analysts continued to point to technical indicators that could see prices break to the downside and highlighted possible volatility ahead of Wednesday’s options expiry.

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Temporary ‘off-ramps’ could assist countries on decarbonisation journey -academics

Published 12:48 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:48 on September 23, 2024  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Voluntary

Temporary mitigation “off-ramps” could help countries manage the significant challenges associated with the rapid decarbonisation experts say is needed to meet global net zero emissions targets.

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