INTERVIEW: Ecuador ramping up efforts for carbon markets to sprout, piloting projects
Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment and Energy is allowing carbon projects and guiding proponents on how to handle the country’s current legal conditions, Carbon Pulse heard from a well-placed environmental consultant.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Social, cultural ecosystem value metrics would improve nature markets
Biodiversity credit markets should assess and price in nature’s importance to people, according to an academic who has made a methodology to measure the cultural and social value of ecosystems.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Volatile carbon prices drive interest in CO2 utilisation
Near-term uncertainty about robust carbon pricing is strengthening the business case to capture CO2 for re-use in applications like sustainable aviation fuel and microbial oils to displace fossil-based feedstocks, said a stakeholder in an EU-funded project for a circular CO2 economy.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: OECMs to be integrated into UN protected areas framework after COP17
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) could further integrate Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) into its framework at COP17, as governments show growing interest in using them to meet biodiversity targets, WWF told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Cracking the financing problem behind biodiversity credits
Biodiversity credit projects can overcome the “valley of death” stopping some pilots in their tracks by following bankability principles, a market actor said on Wednesday.
Read MoreFEATURE: Microsoft “a partner, not just a buyer” for nature-based CDR, as possible investment pause stokes confusion
On the back of reports that major carbon removals (CDR) buyer Microsoft may be temporarily halting its CDR purchases, nature-based CDR developers have highlighted the significance of its ‘partnership’ model of project investment.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: How could Microsoft’s credit buying ‘pause’ impact different engineered CDR sectors?
Reports from earlier this month that Microsoft may be easing away from new investments in the carbon removal (CDR) sector caused alarm for developers, though some pathways stand to be relatively more exposed to a drop-off in forward buying from the tech giant.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Turkish COP champion hopes to connect carbon markets, emission cuts with daily lives
Turkiye’s COP31 high-level champion is hoping to help translate the carbon market “architecture” established in recent years into “real-world delivery”, primarily through harmonisation, during this year’s UN climate summit.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Australian low emissions technology investment reaches A$35.2 bln -report
Australian investment in low emissions technologies has grown to A$35.2 billion ($25.2 bln) over the last five years, according to a report, however some Safeguard facilities say they are constrained to invest in cleaner production practices due to a range of factors.
Read MoreDATA DIVE: ACCU holdings shrink following Safeguard surrender deadline
Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) holdings fell by 4.2 million units in the March quarter following the surrender deadline of the Safeguard Mechanism, according to regulator data published Wednesday.
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