Investors should pressure large advertising companies to refuse to work for environmentally damaging clients -think tank
Investors in publicly listed advertising holding companies should hold them to greater account over their carbon-intensive clients, says a report about the environmental impact of the industry.
Read MoreSurvey respondents tell Verra to get a move on integrating new approaches
Voluntary carbon stakeholders have pressed certifier Verra to work faster on adopting its various new initiatives and make sure they are aligned with parallel work being done to improve the integrity of the market.
Read MoreCompliance markets will bring guardrails, scale to voluntary carbon as the two converge -experts
The regulatory backbone of compliance mechanisms will help to support and scale the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as the two increasingly overlap, with buyers moving away from individual project assessment to rely instead on the oversight of schemes like CORSIA and Article 6 as a benchmark for credit quality, experts told a webinar Wednesday.
Read MoreTokyo tops global list of cities requiring vast afforestation to combat high emissions
Tokyo would need to plant over two billion trees to offset the more than 320 million tonnes of CO2 it emits every year, making it the city the most in need of afforestation to counteract its carbon emissions, new research finds.
Read MoreVCM Report: Integrity drive undermined by large trade in near-worthless voluntary carbon credits
Prices barely moved last week and trade thinned to curtail some early exuberance of a revival of the voluntary carbon market this year after a trough in the second half of 2023, although retirement levels remained healthy.
Read MoreEgypt approves certifiers for stalled national voluntary carbon market
Egypt’s nascent voluntary carbon market (VCM) received a push on Wednesday as the country’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) officially approved three verification and certification bodies.
Read MoreCarbon intensity, not colour, will determine future of low-carbon hydrogen -report
There needs to be a better understanding of the global value chain of hydrogen production and governments must make regulations based on its carbon intensity rather than colour, a report by an energy consultancy said Thursday.
Read MoreUAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil announce “troika” to raise global climate ambition
The host of last annual UN climate summit, the UAE, has teamed up with Azerbaijan and Brazil where the next two events are due to take place, to form a partnership aimed at raising global climate ambition, they said Tuesday.
Read MoreUAE firm partners with Indonesian developer on mangrove restoration project
An Indonesian carbon project developer has signed an agreement with a Dubai-based firm to restore around 6,500 hectares of degraded mangrove forest in Aceh province.
Read MoreVCM Report: Voluntary carbon market struggles for direction awaiting CORSIA and ICVCM clarity
Standardised voluntary carbon market prices continued on a sideways trajectory last week as participants mulled the work being done by the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM), while also awaiting clarity on which units will be eligible for the current CORSIA phase.
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