INTERVIEW: 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: 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: 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: 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.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Brazilian state launches water credit system
A northeastern state in Brazil is preparing to launch a system to enable the generation, certification, and trading of voluntary water credits across the country.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: AI startup developing platform to assess integrity of marine biodiversity credits
A France-based data company is developing a product to support the integrity of ocean conservation projects backed by innovative financial instruments, including biodiversity credits, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Waste-based materials firm issues first plastic avoidance carbon credits
A waste-to-materials developer has Tuesday issued carbon credits under a new methodology quantifying emissions avoided from replacing fossil-based plastics, an executive at the firm told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Date palm carbon project startup deepens Egypt’s shallow pool of developers
A startup focused on date palm land management and afforestation is aiming to enter the small world of Egyptian carbon project developers, adding new programmes; independent validation, verification, certification, and pricing; and majority revenue shares for farmers.
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