BRIEFING: Colombian govt consults on overarching regulation, changes rules for land-use-based carbon projects
Colombia’s environment ministry has published a long-awaited draft decree on social and environmental safeguards for mitigation activities in the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector, which also covers several provisions on project registration, benefit-sharing, baseline alignment, and crediting periods.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Chocolate factory, biochar developer seek some sweet supply chain decarbonisation
A Californian bean-to-bar chocolate company helped co-found a biochar tech platform through which it plans to decarbonise its cocoa supply chain while converting agricultural waste into biochar.
Read MoreBRIEFING: REDD+ backers see governance risks as barrier to investment
Governance challenges are emerging as the main barriers to scaling investment in conservation projects, with market participants warning that financial risks increasingly stem from social and institutional factors rather than carbon accounting.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Cracking the financing problem behind biodiversity credits
Biodiversity credit projects can overcome the “valley of death” stopping some pilots in their tracks by following bankability principles, a market actor said on Wednesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Malaysia bets on Article 6 for conditional cuts in carbon market policy
Malaysia has launched its National Carbon Market Policy (DPKK), setting out a framework to develop a domestic market and tap international finance under the Paris Agreement to help deliver on conditional emissions reduction targets.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Canada nature plan draws cautious backing as nature finance investment pathways remain unclear
Canadian nature finance experts agree that the country’s recent nature strategy is a step in the right direction, but say uncertainty remains on how potential financing tools, including nature credits, could be designed and deployed.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Colombian govt must be “arbiter rather than bystander” of carbon markets, official says
Colombia’s left-wing government is not anti-carbon markets but resists unrestrained “market logic”, advocating instead for a strong regulatory framework, according to a top official – even as critics claim the government has failed to perform the oversight functions it already has.
Read MoreECS26: BRIEFING – Voluntary carbon seeing growth in multi-year offtakes as buyers become more selective
Brokers in the voluntary carbon market are seeing a growth in multi-year offtakes from corporate buyers who have become more selective in their procurement, and are seeking nature-based removals in particular, they told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Pricing biodiversity in carbon markets can boost nature tech revenues amid sector headwinds
Measuring biodiversity co-benefits in carbon markets could offer nature tech companies an opportunity to increase revenues, at a time when the sector is set to face headwinds due to funding challenges, according to experts.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Airlines face CORSIA bottleneck as government approvals lag
Airlines preparing for compliance under the UN’s international aviation offsetting scheme are running into a shortage of host country approvals needed to use carbon credits, even as project supply continues to grow.
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