FEATURE: Paraguay goes all-in on Article 6
Confidence in achieving Paraguay’s emissions-reduction goals stated in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), partially on the back of the country’s jurisdictional REDD+ programme, is enabling the government to authorise all generated credits freely for international transactions.
Read MoreFEATURE: High-integrity blue carbon faces “core tension” between science and scale
Efforts to scale high-integrity blue carbon projects are being constrained by a fundamental tension between scientific rigour and market viability, according to a Singapore-based project developer working on a mangrove restoration initiative in Indonesia.
Read MoreFEATURE: Voluntary, mandatory, or a third way – Developers push hybrid models for EU nature credit market
Project developers are urging the EU to resolve the dilemma between a voluntary or mandatory system for nature credits by exploring hybrid approaches, as they gear up to enter the emerging market.
Read MoreFEATURE: Paraguay national J-REDD+ launch imminent, heavy reliance on CORSIA
A national jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme covering at least 480,000 hectares, with expansion potential to 3 million, is on the verge of being officially launched by the Paraguay government, which has told Carbon Pulse that its main target market is the international aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA and other international markets.
Read MoreFEATURE: Bolivia opens creaking door as it cautiously enters carbon markets
Amid sweeping economic, political, and ideological shifts following a historic leadership change, carbon markets have emerged as a central topic of debate in Bolivia as it grapples with a deep crisis and lacks institutional capacity for climate finance.
Read MoreFEATURE: Colombian ETS a cautionary tale for Latin America
Colombia’s Emissions Trading System (Spanish: PNCTE) is one of the oldest planned cap-and-trade initiatives in Latin America – but it should serve as a warning rather than a model for others, due to weak policy foundations, scarce data, and poor stakeholder coordination, experts told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreFEATURE: US targets EU’s anti-deforestation regulation as policy review looms
Officials from the Trump administration have been in the EU this week, reportedly pushing for a full US exemption from the bloc’s anti-deforestation regulation ahead of the European Commission’s upcoming review.
Read MoreFEATURE: A market at crossroads – What’s next for nature MRV companies?
Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) companies have faced funding challenges over the past two years, with some experts describing this trend as an “MRV winter”, while others see it as a normal, or even positive, sign of market maturation.
Read MoreFEATURE: Carbon scandals lay bare Brazil’s land tenure fragility
Recent controversies linked to forest carbon projects have reignited debate over one of Brazil’s most complex governance challenges: land tenure regularisation.
Read MoreFEATURE: Market welcomes GHG Protocol’s new land use standard, but forestry gap and implementation questions raise concerns
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s long-awaited Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) has been broadly welcomed as a major step forward for corporate carbon accounting of agriculture- and land-related emissions, though questions remain over implementation details, traceability rules, and the exclusion of forest carbon.
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