Malaysian state signs agreement to explore NbS projects with oil and gas firm
Malaysia’s Terengganu state has signed a memorandum of understanding with an oil and gas company to explore the development of nature-based carbon projects.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Canada nature plan draws cautious backing as nature finance investment pathways remain unclear
Canadian nature finance experts agree that the country’s recent nature strategy is a step in the right direction, but say uncertainty remains on how potential financing tools, including nature credits, could be designed and deployed.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Sri Lanka’s carbon market ‘a world of opportunity’ held back by state inertia, says local developer
Sri Lanka has no meaningful carbon market today, but has the potential to unlock millions of tonnes of compliance-grade credits if bureaucratic delays and financing gaps are resolved, according to a Colombo-based developer.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Pricing biodiversity in carbon markets can boost nature tech revenues amid sector headwinds
Measuring biodiversity co-benefits in carbon markets could offer nature tech companies an opportunity to increase revenues, at a time when the sector is set to face headwinds due to funding challenges, according to experts.
Read MoreConsulting firm purchases 18k ACCUs from koala-focussed carbon project
A big-four consultation firm has been the first to agree to purchase carbon credits from a novel group of Australian environmental plantings projects seeking to help restore koala populations in New South Wales.
Read MoreExisting carbon project requirements may create perverse incentives for biodiversity conservation, research says
Existing approaches to ensuring additionality, leakage, and permanence in nature-based carbon projects may fail to support biodiversity conservation, a new study argued.
Read MoreNACW26: Carbon project financing innovations to mirror models from renewable energy -panel
Carbon removals and avoided emissions projects are showing similar trends to renewable energy projects in their nascency, a panel of financiers said on the first day of the North American Carbon World (NACW) 2026 conference.
Read MoreAsian exchange inks agreement on Brazilian biodiversity credits
Macao International Carbon Emission Exchange (MEX) has partnered with an environmental company to promote the international trade of Brazilian biodiversity credits, in a move that further signals its interest in this emerging market.
Read MorePhilippines eyes biodiversity credits in latest blue carbon plan
The Philippines, one of the world’s 17 megadiverse countries, advanced its national blue carbon action plan this week, including ambitions to explore biodiversity credits.
Read MoreCarbon markets risk falling short as biodiversity finance tool, study warns
Carbon markets, widely promoted as a scalable means of financing biodiversity conservation, are structurally ill-suited to deliver durable ecological outcomes and should be treated as a supplementary rather than central solution, according to a new analysis.
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