INTERVIEW: Bhutan restoration programme forecasts nearly 2 mln NbS credits
An initiative seeking to restore 50,000 hectares of Bhutanese land over the next 10 years intends to generate almost two million carbon credits and create a secondary mechanism to enable payment for ecosystem services, an international conservation organisation said.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Loss of Ontario climate targets could colour federal carbon pricing negotiations
Ontario dropping requirements to set and report back on emissions reductions won’t spell immediate disaster for its carbon market, but the move will neither propel the province towards greater climate accountability amid ongoing carbon pricing negotiations at the federal level, according to a carbon policy lead.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Rising timberland prices squeeze buyer returns as nature-based credits offer partial relief
Growing investor demand for timberland assets is driving significant price increases, threatening to squeeze returns for buyers, amid hopes that nature-based credits can help fill the gap, an asset manager told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: India’s biochar race will be won on logistics
Logistics of moving biomass from scattered farms to centralised pyrolysis units remains the biggest challenge to scaling production in India’s increasingly crowded biochar space, a project developer told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Australia’s permanent exit arrangement gets the balance right, large contract holder says
The head of a carbon project developer with one of the biggest outstanding carbon abatement contracts (CACs) volumes has welcomed the new permanent exit arrangements announced by the Australian government last week.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New marketplace aims to democratise access to carbon credits via bank partnerships
A new marketplace is set to launch in the new year aiming to broaden access to carbon credits for small businesses through partnering with Spanish banks.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Indian livestock methane project bets on cheap feed additive to deliver 30 mln credits
A dairy tech start-up is counting on a cheap, patented feed additive and a fleet of handheld methane sensors to deliver up to 30 million credits and turn climate action into cash for India’s dairy farmers, its CEO told Carbon Pulse on Friday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Japanese shipping major looks to expand CDR portfolio
One of Japan’s largest shipping companies is looking at investment opportunities in the emerging carbon removal (CDR) space to diversify its project portfolio, a company official told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Canada needs to close clean tech R&D loop with domestic procurement
Canada needs to turn to domestic, public procurement amid its trade rift with the US, addressing the long-standing gap between its investment in clean technology R&D and deployment, said an executive from a Toronto-based innovation hub.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Carbon removal specialist registry ready to play role in EU market
A carbon removal-focused registry is hoping to become one of the approved certification schemes under the EU’s Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) scheme, an executive told Carbon Pulse in Barcelona.
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