COMMENT: Preliminary results are in – good intentions for HFLD credits risk undermining climate change mitigation
ART/TREES and CORSIA must urgently restrict the use of HFLD credits to safeguard environmental integrity, argue several consultants critical of decisions by both bodies to enable HFLD credits to be used to offset fossil fuel emissions.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Nature Positive must build on lessons learned from implementing the mitigation hierarchy
There is a risk that references to nature positive goals will become a tactic used to distract consumers and the public from a continued failure to manage development impacts on biodiversity. This risk must not be overlooked as implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework begins, write a group of biodiversity and conservation experts.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Carbon copy – Biodiversity markets need to avoid repeating past mistakes
Financing for biodiversity is about to take off with the launch of biodiversity markets. They have the opportunity to learn from the successes and mistakes of the Voluntary Carbon Market by creating an effective biodiversity metrics framework, writes Torrey Sanseverino, a natural capital research associate with offset ratings agency BeZero.
Read MoreSPONSORED: Companies turning to futures to meet carbon reduction goals -CME Group
As the voluntary carbon offset market grows, price risk is becoming a bigger factor. “Having a clear price signal is important for companies, giving them the confidence to move forward.”
Read MoreSPONSORED: Carbon markets driving price discovery -CME
As organizations make carbon neutral pledges, more are turning to carbon pricing instruments to hedge positions. That includes a suite of futures contracts.
Read MoreTENDER: Call for Submissions, Offset Project Development – Volkswagen ClimatePartner
VCP is requesting submissions for opportunities to develop and acquire offsets generated from projects that lead to high-quality avoidance, reduction, or removal of CO2-e. We welcome multiple project submissions per respondent until December 31, 2022. Exclusive project ownership is preferred, but not required.
Read MoreCARBON FORWARD: Last chance to join Europe’s premier carbon conference
The seventh instalment of Carbon Forward – the premier annual carbon markets conference – is back next week, and it’s stacked with a first class line-up of speakers ready to discuss the risks and opportunities across the rapidly evolving global climate policy landscape.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Climate-positive agriculture: building a self-sustaining carbon sequestration ecosystem
Through working with recognised carbon certification organisations, as well as investing in the development of new and more effective protocols, we can accelerate the move towards climate-positive agriculture and champion farmers as key participants in the climate change solution, argues Mike Frank of agricultural solutions firm UPL Corporation.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Seeing the forest for the trees – How companies and countries can meet the challenge of REDD+
It is possible to scale the carbon markets fast and well, argues Carbon Growth Partners’ Charles Bedford. To do so, companies must stay focused on project quality, and countries must collaborate better.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Transparency holds the key to a $100 billion opportunity
Today’s voluntary carbon market (VCM) and the use of carbon credits to support net zero are at a crossroads. Embracing transparency offers a way forward, argues Tommy Ricketts of BeZero Carbon.
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