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: Offsetting aviation emissions is greenwashing if the overall climate impact of flying is not taken into account
Airlines need to stop their continued underestimation of flight emissions and policies need to be put in place to ensure high quality carbon credits are used, writes Niklas Kaskeala of Compensate.
Read MoreCOMMENT: Carbon market myths busted!
Much of the media and NGO community have recently muddied the waters around the global carbon market by repeating a set of myths around the market, writes Charles Bedford of Carbon Growth Partners.
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 MoreCOMMENT: Sweep’s climate tech & business predictions for 2023
2023 is shaping up to be a year filled with climate action from businesses, as new regulations come into place and carbon data becomes key to meeting reduction targets. Rachel Delacour, CEO of Sweep, Europe’s leading carbon management and reduction platform, shares her insights to help businesses get ahead of the curve.
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 MoreCOMMENT: COP27 delivers a clear signal to the voluntary carbon market
The COP27 UN climate talks gave a clear signal that ”mitigation contribution” units cannot be used for offset claims, the next step is for all voluntary market participants to finally accept this, writes Niklas Kaskeala of carbon credit retailer Compensate.
Read MoreCOMMENT: The opaqueness of the engineered carbon removal market is stunting its growth
If the engineered carbon removal industry is to show all the naysayers and propel towards gigatonne scale, it needs to double down on trust and transparency, writes Ted Christie-Miller of BeZero Carbon and Ariel Hayward of Patch.
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