INTERVIEW: ICVCM chief sees short-term pain, long-term gain from shift to CCP-aligned methodologies
Project developers in developing countries face short-term economic strain as carbon credit methodologies are brought into line with the Core Carbon Principles (CCP), but the move is already yielding higher prices and renewed buyer confidence, said Amy Merrill, CEO of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Carbon removals marketplace seeks to close the gap between a ‘great idea’ and ‘bankable project’
A carbon removals marketplace is aiming to help developers advance projects with “promising fundamentals through to signed deals” with large-scale corporates, which it says is urgently needed to scale the market in order to meet looming climate targets.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: How France could overcome its biodiversity credit challenges
France’s biodiversity credit system could help unlock some private finance for ecosystem restoration, but only if it solves the fundamental problem of who will buy the credits at scale, an expert at IUCN has said.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: New ITMO registry seeks at least 100 mln CDM carbon credits, 5 mln transfers across May
More than 5 million credits from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are expected to sign up to a new carbon registry this month that hopes to attract up 800 million of the UN registry’s units before they face oblivion at the end of the year.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Nature investment platform for Southeast Asia soft launches
The Nature Catalyst investment platform for Southeast Asia soft launched on Monday while revealing agreements to scale nature-based solutions (NbS) with four companies.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: African forest nations need viable carbon market route
African countries with major forest resources should be able to use international carbon markets to finance nature protection, the head of a Tanzania-based forestry project developer told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Saudi Arabia ready to ship renewable hydrogen to Europe in 2027
Saudi Arabia will soon be ready to produce green hydrogen-derived ammonia for a fraction of the costs currently seen in Europe, but slow EU policy implementation and trade bottlenecks are still holding back large-scale offtake and investment decisions, according to Acwa, a Saudi-listed developer.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Delivery certainty, long-term deals key to biochar CDR growth
Long-term procurement, delivery certainty, and measurable co-benefits are becoming increasingly important to scaling biochar carbon removals, a senior executive at the world’s largest biochar carbon removal producer by delivered volume told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Former top EU climate official pitches MSR as liquidity “buffer” for bloc’s carbon market
The EU Emissions Trading System’s Market Stability Reserve (MSR) should be turned into an active “buffer” – fuelled by international carbon credits and domestic removal units – that can be mobilised to boost liquidity and temper price spikes in the bloc’s carbon market, according to former top climate official Jos Delbeke.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Colombian players push carbon market reforms to election frontrunners
Industry stakeholders are presenting proposals to revive Colombia’s domestic carbon market to presidential candidates, including the elimination of an offsetting cap, and instituting a carbon credit price floor.
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