Strategic enrolment, anticipatory behaviour in JREDD risk undermining fight against mass deforestation, study warns

Published 18:42 on December 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:42 on December 17, 2024  /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A new study has raised concerns about the effectiveness of jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD) programmes, revealing how strategic enrolment decisions and anticipatory behaviour risk undermining efforts to curb deforestation and reduce carbon emissions.

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Brazil sets 2034 GHG reduction, waste oil targets centred on biofuels -media

Published 22:58 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:58 on December 12, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, RINs & LCFS, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE), an advisory body to the president, this week approved resolutions in support of targets for biofuels-based greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and to encourage the use of residual oils and fats in biofuels, according to local media reports.

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Brazil’s BNDES, Conservation International issue $3.8 mln call for forest restoration

Published 22:40 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:40 on December 12, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the NGO Conservation International Brazil have launched the Forest for Well-Being call for proposals, featuring funding of up to R$23 million ($3.8 mln).

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Google-backed rock weathering startup raises $60 mln to scale carbon removal

Published 16:44 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:44 on December 12, 2024  / /  Americas, South & Central, US, Voluntary

An enhanced rock weathering startup has raised nearly $60 million and secured around 300,000 tonnes in advanced purchase agreements to scale its carbon removal solution.

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UPDATE – Brazil ETS gets final presidential approval

Published 16:29 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:25 on December 12, 2024  / and /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s long-awaited emissions trading system (SBCE) legislation has been sanctioned by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, appearing in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) on Thursday.

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US consulting group makes big splash in CDR market with 50k purchase

Published 14:33 on December 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:33 on December 12, 2024  / /  Americas, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A US-based consulting group has bought more than 50,000 carbon removal (CDR) credits for delivery over the next two years, it announced Thursday.

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Brazilian federal police seize $165 mln in assets in crackdown on carbon credit crime -media

Published 21:44 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 21:44 on December 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) on Monday executed arrest warrants and searches in several states, confiscating almost R$1 billion ($165 mln) in assets linked to the illegal sale of carbon credits from federal lands in the Amazon, according to local media sources.

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Rubber tappers issue call for REDD+ carbon proposals in Brazilian state

Published 17:24 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:24 on December 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Two associations of rubber tappers in Rondonia, Brazil have issued a public call for proposals for REDD+ carbon projects within the largest sustainable use protected area in the state.

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Regenerative agriculture fund reveals long-term target after raising $350 mln

Published 15:46 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:49 on December 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A Latin America-focused regenerative agriculture fund, which will set aside up to a quarter of land for nature, has targeted raising up to $1.5 billion over 10 years after its initial fundraise of $350 million, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Ten banks fuelling deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, NGO finds

Published 13:27 on December 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:27 on December 10, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Ten financial institutions have invested more than $1.7 billion between 2021 and 2023 in two meatpacking companies allegedly associated with deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, according to an NGO investigation.

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