Exchange sets out to create ASEAN regional carbon market framework

Published 11:00 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:00 on October 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Bursa Malaysia, the Malaysian stock exchange, is pushing for a common carbon framework for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, it announced Thursday.

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Japanese offset developer secures local partners for expansion in Thailand

Published 09:13 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:13 on October 10, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Japan, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

A Japanese offset developer has secured partnerships with local partners to expand its presence in Thailand’s voluntary carbon sector. 

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Biomass production threatens 10 mln ha of forests in Indonesia, study says

Published 02:00 on October 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:03 on October 9, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

Over 10 million hectares of intact tropical forests in Indonesia are threatened by biomass power developments, including 127 Key Biodiversity Areas, according to a report.

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Argentina tackles voluntary carbon market law, ETS plans ongoing

Published 22:52 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:52 on October 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Argentine legislators are drafting a national voluntary carbon market (VCM) law, coinciding with plans for an ETS, according to speakers at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

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LATAM Airlines supporting carbon, biodiversity projects while in search of SAF -panel

Published 18:51 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:51 on October 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Aviation/CORSIA, Nature-based, Voluntary

LATAM Airlines is looking to support carbon and biodiversity projects in Latin America as it strives to meet its sustainability goals without any regional sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its immediate disposal, the airline’s sustainability manager said Wednesday.

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Verra, market stakeholders to launch Chilean carbon group

Published 17:59 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:59 on October 9, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Chilean voluntary carbon market (VCM) stakeholders are launching a national carbon association in partnership with VCM standard and registry Verra, as per an announcement at the Chile Carbon Forum in Santiago on Wednesday.

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Climate Impact Partners, Deloitte launch programme to fund UK seagrass restoration

Published 11:06 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:06 on October 9, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

Voluntary carbon market experts Climate Impact Partners and Deloitte launched on Wednesday a programme to unlock financing towards seagrass recovery in the UK, as part of a wider seagrass carbon code currently under development in the country.

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INTERVIEW: India can be massive carbon removals supplier, but lacks local demand

Published 11:04 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:04 on October 9, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

India has great potential to be a leader in the global supply of carbon removals credits, but the country is also facing a total lack of domestic demand for such credits, a carbon removals accelerator told Carbon Pulse on the sidelines of a carbon summit this week.

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Shanghai unveils local voluntary methodology for salt marsh restoration

Published 10:38 on October 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:38 on October 9, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, China, Nature-based, Voluntary

Shanghai has introduced a voluntary methodology for salt marsh restoration to create carbon credits under a regional offsetting programme.

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UK miner developing blue carbon methodologies in Chile

Published 23:58 on October 8, 2024  /  Last updated at 23:58 on October 8, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A UK-based mining company said Tuesday that it is developing new methodologies for blue carbon projects that aim to increase the carbon sink capacity of Chilean coastlines.

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