INTERVIEW: Uncertainty over Microsoft CDR purchases unlikely to derail nature-based carbon removal market
The market for nature-based carbon removals will withstand Microsoft’s possible pause in carbon removal (CDR) activity, with investor appetite and a broader base of corporate buyers looking to support the sector, according to an expert.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Lawmaker backs EU ETS price corridor to shore up green investment
French centrist MEP Pascal Canfin sees a price corridor for the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a realistic way to marry market flexibility with the predictability investors need, telling Carbon Pulse it can be designed inside existing market rules without being challenged as a new tax.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Due diligence rules pose legal risk to carbon market actors in Colombia
A global shift toward cross-border due diligence rules in environmental value chains has not missed Colombia or its carbon market, creating legal vulnerabilities for financial institutions and potentially carbon credit buyers, according to a Colombian environmental attorney.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Colombian govt shelves Article 6 regulation proposal, project pipeline advances
Although the Colombian government has deprioritised enacting an Article 6 regulation amid the end of the presidential term in August, its main implementation technical partner is developing a project pipeline, preparing for its eventual one-go rollout.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Frontier wants more corporates to buy into carbon removals
A pause in Microsoft’s carbon removal purchases should galvanise corporates to buy into a market that sorely needs them, the market’s second largest buyer told Carbon Pulse.Â
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Sri Lanka’s carbon market ‘a world of opportunity’ held back by state inertia, says local developer
Sri Lanka has no meaningful carbon market today, but has the potential to unlock millions of tonnes of compliance-grade credits if bureaucratic delays and financing gaps are resolved, according to a Colombo-based developer.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: 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: New Indigenous-led global fund targets ‘valley of death’ in clean energy projects
A newly-launched global Indigenous-led investment vehicle is aiming to close a persistent financing gap for renewable energy projects on Indigenous lands, with its backers arguing that current models continue to exclude communities from the economic benefits of the energy transition.
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: 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.
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