BRIEFING: Vietnam issues rules for Article 6 carbon trading, caps exports
Vietnam this week issued a decree setting out detailed rules for carbon trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, setting caps on exports and clarifying government oversight.
Read MoreNACW26: BRIEFING – AI cutting carbon project development costs, but not necessarily integrity risks
Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how voluntary carbon markets function – from project design and monitoring to certification and pricing – but its growing role is exposing both new efficiencies and new integrity risks.
Read MoreCMS COP15: BRIEFING – 133 parties back protection for 40 more migratory species, oceans in focus
Governments agreed on Sunday to expand protections for 40 migratory animal species and adopted a broad package of measures, with a strong focus on ocean conservation, including precautionary limits on deep-sea mining and recognition of marine flyways, marking the close of a major legally-binding UN treaty on conservation.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Paraguay in conversations to implement Article 6.2 agreements with all major buyers, officials say
Paraguay’s government is ramping up efforts to finalise and operationalise Bilateral Agreements (BAs) with existing partners, while holding discussions with major buyer countries in international trade under Paris Agreement Article 6.2, two senior officials told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Opinion split over role of voluntary credit integrity initiatives, UK govt consultation finds
Stakeholders across the UK’s carbon and nature markets hold differing views on whether the government should use voluntary integrity initiatives as best practice guides, the government said on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Blue carbon demand holds, but integrity, financing hurdles persist
Challenges around additionality, financing, and limited demand are emerging as key constraints for scaling blue carbon markets, even as interest in high-quality projects remains strong, experts said on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Corporates urged to move beyond deforestation-free to nature-positive strategies
Companies should move beyond deforestation-free compliance towards nature-positive strategies as EU sustainability rules expand, panellists said during a Tuesday webinar.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Restoration push grows, but policy contradictions threaten delivery, specialists say
Efforts to scale up ecosystem restoration are accelerating across regions, but ongoing approval of extractive activities, weak coordination, and limited enforcement capacity are raising doubts over whether countries can meet 2030 targets, specialists said during a webinar this week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Stacking carbon, biodiversity good for MRV but not for markets, EU summit hears
Stacking carbon, biodiversity, and water at the MRV level would improve efficiency for participants in the EU’s public certification scheme for carbon removal activities, however markets for each credit type should be kept separate, a summit heard on Thursday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Momentum builds for EU nature market regulation as WWF backs push
Broad consensus is emerging that the forthcoming EU market for nature credits should be made mandatory, with WWF echoing calls for regulatory measures during a webinar.
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