FEATURE: Madagascar carbon, nature projects carrying on despite coup
The ongoing political turmoil in Madagascar following a military takeover earlier this month, is not expected to disrupt carbon market-related activities or forest-based project implementation, government and private sector actors told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreEBNS25: FEATURE – Potential regulation of EU nature market draws mixed reactions
The idea of regulating the EU’s potential nature credit market provoked contrasting opinions among observers at the European Business and Nature Summit (EBNS) in Finland last week.
Read MoreFEATURE: Danone-backed biodiversity credit plan pushes ahead despite opposition
A plan for a Danone-owned bottled water company to offset its factory expansion into an English woodland with off-site biodiversity net gain (BNG) units and credits is looking for approval despite a community outcry.
Read MoreCOL-CLIMA25: FEATURE – Colombia’s carbon tax drives oil distributors to cheaper nature-based credits
Colombia’s oil distributors are driving a surge in nature-based carbon credit retirements as the country’s CO2 tax offsetting scheme interacts with abundant cheap supply and recent policy changes.
Read MoreCWNYC25: FEATURE – Business case for nature finance clear to private investors, but disconnect remains to solutions providers
Investment managers and corporate leaders are increasingly recognising the business case for nature finance, and sector players are pushing to keep that momentum going by connecting capital with nature-based solutions providers.
Read MoreFEATURE: Danger of ‘under-crediting’ and project collapse under Verra’s new VM0048 methodology, say developers
Verra’s new REDD methodology for reducing deforestation risks ‘under-crediting’ projects due to its overly stringent approach to baselining land marked as indigenous-owned, leading to some projects potentially becoming unviable and moving to another standard, sources say.
Read MoreFEATURE: Launch of new nature equity investing model with over $1 mln so far committed
A new model for valuing improvement in nature is being developed by a company soon to be incorporated in Luxembourg, which has $1.3 million so far committed from private investors and is partnering with non-profit Oncafari to protect nature in Brazil.
Read MoreFEATURE: New methodology may see food banks generate carbon credits via methane avoidance
A global non-profit has submitted its methodology for measuring the volume of methane emissions avoided by food bank distributions to a carbon standard and is in talks with national governments about Article 6.
Read MoreFEATURE: EU sustainability reporting simplification a mixed bag for biodiversity
The EU’s move to slash sustainability reporting rules has been criticised by some as a backpedal for nature, while others are confident proposed changes retain the regulation’s important principles.
Read MoreFEATURE: Carbon markets can be key to tackle rising environmental crime in the Amazon
Crime in the Amazon is increasingly pivoting from drug trafficking to environmental damage – but carbon projects could incentivise local peoples to ward off criminal organisations, if they are well-managed with strong carbon prices, according to experts.
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