World Bank REDD programme adopts changes to align with CORSIA
The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) has made revisions to its deforestation reduction programme methodology in response to comments from an UN aviation expert panel, with an aim of becoming eligible for the international flight offset programme CORSIA.
Read MoreWorld’s carbon markets grow 34% in value to $215 billion in 2019 -report
Global carbon markets grew by 34% in 2019 to hit €194 billion ($215.1 bln) in value, according to analysts at Refinitiv, marking a third straight year of growth and a nearly fivefold increase in two years.
Read MoreCentral European voluntary offset vendor accused of selling retired carbon credits
A Central European voluntary carbon offset vendor has been accused of reselling previously retired credits and of listing some units on its online registry without authorisation.
Read MoreCBL announces strategic moves in US offset, CORSIA aviation carbon markets
Trading platform CBL Markets has announced two major developments that it says will help it build a commanding market share while improving confidence in major burgeoning carbon markets, including US offsets and ICAO’s CORSIA scheme for international aviation.
Read MoreCOP25: Testing Article 6 talks delayed for second year after marathon UN climate summit
Marathon UN climate talks in Madrid finished on Sunday afternoon without agreeing rules for international emissions trade under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, as beleaguered hosts Chile pushed the record-long summit to try to broker a deal on a handful of sticking points.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15
A marathon overnight session to develop an outcome for the UN climate summit was widely panned on Saturday morning, while negotiations on the highly contentious Article 6 rulebook for Paris-era international emissions trade continued.
Read MoreCOP25: Roundup for Wednesday, Dec. 11
The nearly 200 parties to the Paris Agreement on Wednesday dove headfirst into forging an agreement on the market-based Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, while dozens of attendees from environmental and indigenous groups were kicked out by UN security for protesting the slow pace of the talks.
Read MoreBRIEFING: Indonesia’s carbon trading plans
Indonesia has announced plans to launch a pilot carbon market next year, with a full-fledged emissions trading scheme to follow no later than 2024. A lot of specifics remain to be decided, but here are the details of the plans so far.
Read MoreCOP25: UN’s CORSIA advisory panel to make aviation offset recommendations in January
An ICAO technical advisory panel is slated to make recommendations in January over which of the initial 14 global offset programme applications should be eligible to supply the UN aviation body’s CORSIA market starting in 2021, with sources suggesting that any ultimate decisions by member states may not be clear cut.
Read MoreWorld Bank-led PAF to hold fourth carbon offset auction on Mar. 3, 2020
The World Bank’s Pilot Auction Facility (PAF) will hold its fourth auction on Mar. 3, 2020 to buy methane emission reduction credits from projects in the developing world, the bank announced Tuesday.
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