COP30: COMMENT – We’re at a critical juncture for nature-based solutions. Our biggest risk now is delay
The newly launched Tropical Forest Forever Facility is creating a multi-billion dollar investment stream for tropical forest protection with a guaranteed share for Indigenous and local communities, even as conservation groups warn that emerging Article 6.4 rules risk sidelining nature-based solutions by imposing permanence requirements that could effectively exclude forests, soils, and blue carbon from the forthcoming global carbon market.
Read MoreCOP30: COMMENT – The Paris era has arrived. Carbon markets must align, or be left behind
As COP opens in Brazil, Gold Standard is the first major independent carbon standard to fully align its methodologies with the Paris Agreement — a move that cements integrity, safeguards market confidence, and signals that credible climate action under the Paris framework is no longer optional but essential.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Oil and gas producers must deliver CO2 storage – or pay up
EU member states must align around harmonised, capacity-linked penalties to compel oil and gas producers to deliver the CO2 storage capacity they themselves have previously supported.
Read MoreCOMMENT: CORSIA is charting a new course for financing high quality climate action
With scalable low-carbon flight technologies still years away, the aviation sector is relying on CORSIA to bridge the gap to net zero – an effort now constrained by limited credit supply, financing and political risks, and the need for stronger methodologies and insurance mechanisms to unlock investment and restore confidence in high-quality reduction and avoidance credits.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Led by the People, Rooted in Tradition, Backed by Science – The Story of the Kafue Zambezi Community Forest Project
BioCarbon Partners’ (BCP) Kafue Zambezi Community Forest Project (KZCFP) plays a vital role in safeguarding the ecological and cultural integrity of this globally significant landscape, to ensure it remains intact for generations to come. More than a conservation initiative, it is a pioneering partnership that places the Lozi people, and their fellow communities across Zambia, at the heart of decision-making. The project blends indigenous knowledge with science-based, nature-driven solutions to secure a future where people and the planet prosper together.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Carbon Market Integrity – Ensuring Durable Removals Under the Paris Agreement
The co-Chairs of the Article 6.4 Methodological Expert Panel invite stakeholders to review a draft reversal standard intended to deliver credible removals – and to attend a webinar on Sep. 18 explaining the logic behind it.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Carbon Stored by Nature Can Be Durable, Valuable, and Urgently Needed
Fixation on “permanence” risks paralysing climate action, because evidence shows ecosystems deliver durable net carbon benefits at scale despite local losses. Instead, experts urge the adoption of a durability-based approach, the use of established risk-management tools (buffer pools, reinsurance, compensation for reversals) under strong integrity rules, and the deployment of portfolios of natural and engineered solutions now, at scale, and to refine them over time.
Read MoreCOMMENT: One Hundred Years of Permanence? The Climate Action Reserve is Reenvisioning its Approach
The Climate Action Reserve is reenvisioning its approach to permanence in its voluntary protocols.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Article 6.4 and the permanence trap – Unlocking climate ambition
As the UNFCCC’s Methodological Expert Panel and Supervisory Body prepare to make a pivotal decision on permanence under Article 6.4 in the coming months, the stakes could not be higher, write Gabriel Labbate and Ruben Lubowski.
Read MoreECOSYSTEM MARKETPLACE: Takeaways for Developing CCP-approved Projects for Nature-based Solutions
The voluntary carbon market is shifting toward higher integrity through the adoption of the Core Carbon Principles, but project developers – especially in nature-based solutions – face challenges in aligning with these standards and call for clearer guidance, greater feasibility, and stronger collaboration to scale adoption.
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