FEATURE: Carbon projects with hard currency needs face FX risk
Fluctuations in foreign exchange (FX) markets affect emerging economies engaged in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), and can threaten proponents’ access to finance, even as sustainable development projects continue to rely on outside hard currencies.
Read MoreAI could expand access to carbon markets for sustainable rice farming, says report
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to lower barriers to accessing carbon finance for sustainable rice projects, according to a new report.
Read MoreFormer Gabon environment minister beefs up board of CTrees
Lee White, the former environment minister of Gabon in central Africa who was briefly placed under house arrest in August last year amid a miliary coup, has been appointed to the board of directors of CTrees.
Read MoreExperts call for COP16 to address Amazon crimes destroying nature
Experts on the Amazon have urged action from politicians at the COP16 conference to combat the policies fuelling demand for products from activities like gold mining that are driving biodiversity loss.
Read MoreInvestors should start with materiality when addressing Scope 3 emissions -report
Financiers should adopt a materiality-based approach when addressing the Scope 3 emissions of assets, according to a report published this week.
Read MoreWetland restoration project in Italy to sell biodiversity tokens, two European companies to buy
A wetland restoration project in Italy is set to generate the first batch of tokenised biodiversity credits, with two large European companies ready to buy them, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Navigating the imminent CORSIA carbon credit supply crunch
As the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) entered its first phase in 2024, airlines are grappling with an imbalance in the supply and demand of carbon credits – a challenge that could well continue into the second phase, according to one expert.
Read MoreVCM MONTHLY DATA: Olympics lift August voluntary carbon retirements to break seasonal trend
Credit retirements across the four main registries in the voluntary carbon market saw an unseasonal boost in August, driven by strong activity from the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
Read MoreIndian developer signs Ghana deal for Paris-aligned cookstoves carbon project
An Indian developer has partnered with the government of Ghana and a Singapore-based asset management fund for the production and distribution of 1 million improved cookstoves across the African nation over the next five years, the company announced this week.
Read MoreAustralia’s Climate Change Authority to hold off advising 2035 target until after US election
The Chair of Australia’s Climate Change Authority (CCA) has told local media it will not provide its official advice regarding the country’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) until after the US election, media reported Thursday.
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