ICVCM ruling deals major blow to LATAM voluntary carbon credits

Published 19:36 on August 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:36 on August 6, 2024  / /  Americas, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Mexico, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) barred several methodologies from its integrity stamp on Tuesday, rejecting a renewable energy methodology responsible for a substantial proportion of Latin American credit supply.

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VCM Report: SBTi uncertainty casts doubt over voluntary carbon market as N-GEO hits fresh low

Published 15:47 on August 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:47 on August 5, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Voluntary

Liquidity remained thin and participants cited an uncertain outlook for the voluntary carbon market in the wake of a series of ‘confusing’ technical documents published by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) last week, which confirmed that a final decision on carbon credit use under the organisation’s corporate standard will take place at the end of 2025.

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FEATURE: Egypt’s Article 6 bet could cash in, but doubts remain around additionality

Published 17:52 on July 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:52 on July 26, 2024  / /  Africa, Aviation/CORSIA, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Middle East, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Egypt is slated to receive $6 billion in loans from the World Bank by 2027 contingent in part on meeting Article 6 carbon trading infrastructure milestones – but the North African country’s proclivity for renewables projects could compromise credible additionality.

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Slow progress at UN Article 6.4 carbon crediting meeting as summer lull sets in

Published 19:06 on July 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:06 on July 18, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Paris Article 6

The UN body mandated to determine rules governing the Paris Agreement’s carbon crediting mechanism has inched closer to providing a basis text for discussion at COP29, in one of the last opportunities to finalise recommendations ahead of the summit in November.

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Chile to experience severe supply crunch of tax-eligible carbon offsets in 2024

Published 16:38 on July 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:38 on July 17, 2024  / /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, South & Central, Voluntary

The South American country, which as of 2023 accepts select carbon credits in lieu of payment of its $5 per tonne tax, will see minimal supply emerge in 2024 despite hopes that the mechanism would take off once liable entities had sufficient time to source offsets.

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Cape Town raises $2 mln from Kyoto Protocol waste-to-energy projects

Published 19:55 on July 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:55 on July 15, 2024  / /  Africa, Carbon Taxes, CBAM, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms

South Africa’s legislative capital has raised R$36 million ($2 mln) by auctioning credits generated under the Kyoto-era UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) from projects that convert landfill-origin methane into electricity.

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LATAM Roundup: New regional players lay carbon pricing groundwork

Published 18:17 on July 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:17 on July 8, 2024  / /  Americas, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, South & Central, Voluntary

Now on a weekly basis, Carbon Pulse rounds up developments in Latin American and Caribbean carbon markets for the week ending July 7, during which new players have emerged and are taking steps to scale their involvement in international markets, while mitigation schemes remain much the same in Colombia and Brazil.

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Former CQC boss Newcombe denies wrongdoing allegations, calls them part of plot by investor to seize control of firm

Published 15:55 on June 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:20 on June 28, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Bavardage, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

The former CEO of project developer C-Quest Capital (CQC) Ken Newcombe has denied the allegations of wrongdoing made against him, calling them part of a plot by a major investor to seize control of the company.

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FEATURE: Voluntary carbon market embraces ozone projects despite public policy qualms

Published 19:21 on June 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:47 on June 21, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Voluntary

Protecting the ozone layer has been a global priority for decades, but as the voluntary carbon market (VCM) continues to credit the destruction of ozone-depleting substances (ODS), and countries move to fill gaps in multilateral governance, the competing or complementary roles for public- and private-sector engagement on the matter are in flux.

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Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market appoints first CEO

Published 10:54 on June 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:49 on June 20, 2024  / /  Bavardage, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Voluntary

The private sector-led Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has named its first CEO.

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