LCAW26: FEATURE – Nature rises higher on climate week agenda as UK temperatures soar
The nature agenda has come into its own at London Climate Action Week (LCAW) 2026 with numerous events spotlighting biodiversity credits and nature finance taking place across the capital as UK temperatures reach record June highs.
Read MoreFEATURE: Colombian safeguards draft decree could suffocate existing nature-based carbon projects if enacted, market players say
Provisions on crediting periods and the ownership of carbon credits in a draft decree regulating land-based mitigation activities could place even greater financial strain on an already weakened Colombian carbon market if enacted, stakeholders have told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: New era pending? Major corporate standards progress nature measurement revamp
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) have furthered efforts to embed an influential set of state of nature metrics across their frameworks, which they said could usher in a new era for corporate disclosures.
Read MoreFEATURE: Corporates excited about new SBTi climate standard’s nod to market instruments
Companies are “excited about finally having clarity” on using market instruments to show progress towards their climate targets under the newly released Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard, say consultancies referring to the standard’s “incredible ripple effect”.
Read MoreFEATURE: New SBTi corporate climate standard sets meaningful internal carbon pricing goalposts, say experts
The introduction of specific price anchors for companies choosing to set an internal carbon price under the newly released Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) Corporate Net-Zero Standard, will help to ‘avoid race-to-the-bottom dynamics’ and provide viable financial support to many carbon projects, according to experts.
Read MoreFEATURE: “A logical destination” – govt-led forestry carbon projects remove market friction, command premiums
Forestry-based carbon projects that are government-led and factored into national accounting systems can achieve landscape-scale change, with credit prices trading at a premium, say experts.
Read MorePCF26: FEATURE – Carbon finance in Peru should complement int’l aid, officials and partners say
Peru’s carbon market should be self-sustaining instead of relying excessively on foreign aid, without necessarily replacing international funds, officials and institutional partners told Carbon Pulse this week at the Peru Carbon Forum in Lima.
Read MorePCF26: FEATURE – 25 years on, Cordillera Azul epitomises struggle to balance conservation, carbon market protocols, and Indigenous rights
The non-profit in charge of Peru’s 25-year-old Cordillera Azul National Park (PNCAZ) turned to carbon finance over a decade ago to sustain its operations, creating a REDD+ mega-project – but following a turbulent few years beset with baseline challenges, methodology questions, and litigation surrounding free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) from Indigenous communities, it is mulling its next steps.
Read MoreFEATURE: Bipartisan US reforestation bill could strengthen pipeline for carbon, nature projects -experts
A bipartisan US proposal to expand reforestation infrastructure support could ease long-standing supply bottlenecks constraining nature and carbon projects, observers told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU quietly shifts from pricing agriculture emissions to voluntary carbon farming
The European Commission is pivoting towards voluntary carbon farming and nature credits in its post-2030 climate agenda, while a long-discussed agriculture emissions trading system (ETS), informally dubbed ETS3 or AgETS, has effectively been shelved.
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