INTERVIEW: Patchy emissions data risks slowing global carbon trading, UN reviewer says
Inconsistent methodologies and uneven data for calculating national greenhouse gas inventories are emerging as a constraint for the development of international carbon markets, a UN technical expert warned.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Developer urges EU to integrate global crediting standards into bloc’s nature market
The EU’s market for nature credits should enable alignment with major international standards, according to a developer advancing project certification under Verra’s framework.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Thailand on track to set up national biodiversity credit market in four years
Thailand is working on a roadmap to establish a national voluntary biodiversity credit market within four years, informed by major standard frameworks, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Spain’s boutique ARR carbon sector needs compliance demand to support rural residents
The small-scale afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) sector is already well established in Spain, but it needs domestic and EU regulators to add it into carbon compliance systems to attract demand and funnel investment into rural areas, a developer told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Risks, potential of OECMs in South and East African Indigenous territories
A group of researchers is investigating the potential of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Indigenous territories in the Eastern and Southern Africa region to meet global conservation targets, while warning against potential risks for communities, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: German developer shifts away from nature credit market amid demand concerns
A Germany-based project developer is moving away from nature markets amid concerns over weak demand, even as the European Commission pushes ahead with plans to establish an EU-wide crediting system.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: EU nature market should place greater emphasis on certificates
The European Commission’s two-step approach for an EU-wide nature market should place more value on the certificate phase, as it is essential to scale up financing, an expert told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Brazilian developer debuts in ERW methodology, expanding CDR portfolio
A Brazilian developer well known for its reforestation projects has generated its first carbon credits for enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in agriculture, marking a step in diversifying its carbon removal (CDR) portfolio.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Companies shift towards collective regenerative agriculture action
Companies are shifting towards collective action to address growing nature-related risks to agriculture, as threats to supply chains become immediate rather than long-term, according to the head of a regenerative agriculture financing network.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: NbS project developer says stronger permanence from ANR
A project developer has said assisted natural regeneration (ANR) can deliver significantly stronger permanence than traditional reforestation, positioning the approach as a high-integrity option in carbon markets.
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