COP16: Electricity company announces Colombian biodiversity credit project
A Colombian energy transmission company has announced its support for a small voluntary biodiversity credit project in Colombia with the aim of helping open up a market.
Read MoreADB issues first biodiversity, nature bond
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday announced it has issued its first biodiversity and nature bond, with the 10-year issue being purchased by Japanese life insurance company Dai-ichi.
Read MoreBiodiversity credit company announces data partnership
A biodiversity credit project developer and a data provider have announced a partnership with the aim of scaling projects in countries across Africa, South America, and Europe, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreSignificant market opportunity for biodiversity-centred agricultural carbon projects in LATAM, Caribbean -report
Carbon credit projects that centre biodiversity in the agricultural sector of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) can attract broader investment and meet both climate and biodiversity targets, said a report authored by voluntary carbon market (VCM) proponents on Monday.
Read MoreART programme publishes another Brazilian state’s J-REDD concept
The Secretariat of the ART carbon credit standard announced Monday it has published another Brazilian state’s concept under its TREES jurisdictional certification programme.
Read MoreCOP16: BRIEFING – UN biodiversity talks fuel optimism for ocean track
UN negotiations in Colombia have led to “excellent progress” towards creating a new process for identifying key marine biodiversity areas, in a move that observers consider essential for achieving some of the most critical global ocean targets.
Read MoreCOP16: INTERVIEW – Biodiversity credits should be rethought as contributions to national strategies
A France-based organisation has published a market framework to align biodiversity credit projects with national strategies, enabling companies to claim their contribution to governments’ targets on nature, the co-founders told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreNGOs, private sector must abandon orthodoxy to scale nature-based CDR -panellists
Conservation non-profits, investors, and offtakers alike must step outside their traditional ideologies if nature-based carbon removals (CDR) are to scale, according to the architects of a major CDR deal speaking at COP16 in Cali, Colombia on Friday.
Read MoreGlobal wind turbine supply chain linked to illegal Amazon deforestation -investigation
A global increased push for wind energy has led to a rise in the illegal logging of balsa wood in Ecuador and Peru, resulting in deforestation and violation of Indigenous rights, according to a report published Wednesday by a London-based investigative non-profit.
Read MoreCOP16: INTERVIEW – South Pole launches habitat bank for Colombian biodiversity compliance market
Carbon project developer and biodiversity crediting entrant South Pole on Friday announced the launch of a restoration-focused ‘habitat bank’ in partnership with Colombian non-profit Salvamontes at COP16 in Cali.
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