ECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Paris-aligned permanence does not require eternity
This blog argues that while permanent removals are essential, Paris-aligned mitigation requires massive carbon removals now, which only nature can deliver.
Read MoreCOMMENT: A purposeful scientific community of practice can help carbon markets deliver impact at scale
Nature-based solutions, particularly those harnessed by the voluntary carbon market, play a critical role in addressing the urgent interlinked crises of climate change and biodiversity loss by mobilising private finance for conservation and restoration, fostering interdisciplinary research, and ensuring ethical practices, even as they face scrutiny and require continuous improvement to scale their impact effectively.
Read MoreCOMMENT: After COP29, companies can no longer sit on the sidelines
As COP29 concludes, the progress on Article 6.4 signals potential for a robust global carbon market, but with a $1 trillion annual funding gap, companies must step up, leveraging emerging solutions like streamlined carbon credit auctions to decarbonise and secure a competitive, sustainable future.
Read MoreDOCUSERIES: Inbetween Stories – Exploring the intersection of technology and climate change
Inbetween Stories, a six-part docuseries by Carbon Pulse reporter Allison Gacad, takes a critical look at the knowledge, capital, and humanity behind Metro Vancouver’s climate solutions, exploring the intersection of technology and climate change. Watch all episodes for free.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: The time is right for a forest moonshot in the US
Despite bipartisan support and progress in implementing natural climate solutions, the U.S. needs a significant, coordinated effort, or “moonshot,” to increase reforestation, protect forests, and manage lands sustainably to meet national climate goals, overcome current barriers, and prevent the loss of millions of acres of forest by mid-century, writes Sacha Spector, Program Director for the Environment at the Doris Duke Foundation.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Embracing nature in corporate strategy
One year on from the launch of the TNFD framework, the data and technology to measure, report and act on nature exists already and is improving by the day. The message from stakeholders is clear: embedding nature into decision making is becoming an expectation not an option. The time to act is now, writes Natcap’s Sebastian Leape.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Closing the CBAM scrap loophole – A critical move for climate & competitiveness
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) currently fails to equally apply carbon costs to imported aluminium products, allowing re-melted aluminium to bypass these costs and undermining the competitiveness of European aluminium recyclers, but there is still time for the bloc’s decision-makers to close this loophole.
Read MoreCOMMENT: As America confronts unique environmental challenges, carbon credits cannot be left on the sidelines
Communities across America depend on environmental remediation projects, such as Superfund cleanups and plugging oil wells, which require sustained financial commitment and innovative tools like carbon credits. While offsets effectively support these efforts, critics wrongly dismiss them as mere public relations tools, threatening the progress of essential environmental initiatives.
Read MoreCOMMENT: ‘Hamlet’ and the Tragedy of Climate Change
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” written centuries before the first IPCC report, serves as a timely caution, writes Andurand Capital Management’s Mark Lewis, likening Hamlet’s tragic procrastination to the world’s current delay in addressing the record-breaking greenhouse gas emissions that are propelling us towards climate catastrophe.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Companies and Carbon Credits: From Anecdote to Evidence
The SBTi’s recent announcement about offset use against Scope 3 emissions was a significant milestone for the VCM, but it is already rekindling the debate between market proponents and critics. What does the evidence regarding carbon credits say, and why does this matter for nature?
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