BRIEFING: Stalled plastic treaty talks may need procedural changes, observers say
Reviving stalled talks on a first-ever global treaty to curb plastic pollution may require changes to the negotiation process, though even a compromise could now be difficult to achieve, according to observers.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Income uncertainty looms over India’s land-based carbon projects
One of the biggest challenges facing India’s land-based projects is the difficulty of guaranteeing income for smallholder farmers given the volatility of carbon credit prices, a conference heard this week.
Read MoreBRIEFING: With or without carbon projects, climate-ambitious countries risk credit rating downgrade
When countries put in place macroeconomically damaging climate and nature policies, carbon revenues may not be high enough to calm credit rating agencies, so sovereign nations must either plan alternate sources of revenue or strike deals with investors, Carbon Pulse has heard.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Reforestation projects constrained by uncertainty, despite buyer-developer price alignment, experts say
Uncertainty over risk, credit quality, and financing is continuing to hold back the reforestation carbon market despite signs that buyers and developers may be more aligned on price than expected, a webinar heard Tuesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Asia’s share of voluntary carbon supply shrinks as market pivots to quality
Asia’s share of global voluntary carbon credit supply has fallen in recent years even as demand for high-quality offsets remains, a webinar heard Tuesday, with governments and companies pointing towards jurisdictional forest programmes to unlock supply.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Rising integrity demands to reshape rice carbon projects as MRV technologies advance
Growing scrutiny over the credibility of international carbon credits is raising the bar for rice carbon projects, with compliance buyers demanding increasingly sophisticated monitoring systems to verify emission reductions.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Scrutiny grows over deep-sea mining permits ahead of UN talks
A new round of talks around deep-sea mining is set to take place in Jamaica next week amid growing tensions, as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) moves forward with an investigation into special permits.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Japan pushes forward with biodiversity credit market exploration
The Ministry of the Environment in Japan hopes to define a quantification system for biodiversity in the next three years and possibly introduce some practical measures for a domestic credit market around 2030, an official told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: EU Commission urges faster action on marine protected areas amid push for ocean policy integration
Europe’s marine protected areas (MPAs) remain largely underconnected, jeopardising biodiversity recovery, while efforts to integrate ocean health across EU policies continue to face challenges, according to Commission officials.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Mexico, Colombia finalising ETS rules ahead of 2026 rollouts, Chile continues Article 6 expansion
While Mexico and Colombia finalise key components of their emissions trading systems (ETS) ahead of publishing implementing decrees this year, Chile advances on operational rules for Article 6 and its integration with other environmental market mechanisms, officials from the three countries said during a panel on Wednesday.
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