Cover crops offer only modest climate benefits with mixed yield impacts, study finds
Widespread adoption of cover crops and no-tillage farming on global croplands could reduce greenhouse gas emissions but often at the expense of crop yields, according to a new study.
Read MoreBrazil’s Petrobras broke CO2 injection record, continued REDD+ purchases in 2024
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras injected a record volume of CO2 and continued its purchases from a REDD+ project, according to its annual climate report published Friday.
Read MoreNature-based CDR buyers’ club describes “promising” first wave of proposals
A US-based carbon removal (CDR) buyers’ coalition focused on nature-based solutions has received an unexpectedly high volume and quality of responses to its inaugural request for proposals (RFP), according to early insights from the process published Friday.
Read MoreResearchers call for a biodiversity loss tax in Indonesia
A Jakarta-based research institution released a policy brief this week that calls for taxing individuals and companies if they destroy Indonesia’s biodiversity.
Read MoreCommodities trader ramps up financing for large blue carbon project
A commodities trader has raised its pre-financing support for a large mangroves carbon project, it announced Friday.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Building on BECCS – The Blueprint for a Gigaton-Scale CDR Future
Elimini President Laurie Fitzmaurice gave the keynote speech at this week’s Carbon Unbound 2025 conference in New York. Here is a summary of her remarks.
Read MoreGhana, Singapore endorse proposed land-based carbon project under Article 6.2
Ghana and Singapore have signalled early support for a proposed Article 6.2 soil carbon project in Ghana’s Upper West Region targeting 3.6 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030, the project developer announced this week.
Read MoreThree companies win auction for sustainable management of 453k hectares of Brazilian Amazon
Three companies on Wednesday won an auction held by Brazil’s national development bank for the sustainable management of some 453,000 hectares of Amazonian forest.
Read MoreExtreme climate events can transform mangroves from carbon sinks to sources -report
Short-term sea-level changes driven by climatic oscillations such as El Nino and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) can trigger widespread mangrove dieback and reverse their role as carbon sinks, a study released Friday has found.
Read MoreSingapore, Paraguay sign Article 6 implementation agreement
Singapore and Paraguay on Friday signed a final implementation agreement on carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, the seventh of its kind sealed by the Southeast Asian country.
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