Mangrove restoration offers up to 15:1 benefit-cost ratio, researchers estimate
Restoring mangrove forests could generate billions of dollars in economic and climate benefits, with a global benefit-cost ratio (BCR) as high as 15 to 1, according to a new study.
Read MoreCanada faces higher carbon removal burden under equity-driven policy approach -researchers
Canada will need to scale up its CO2 removal (CDR) efforts significantly beyond its current net-zero commitments if it is to meet global climate fairness standards, according to a new analysis.
Read MoreFlorida biochar company files for bankruptcy protection
A Florida-based company specialising in converting green waste into biochar-rich products has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to court documents.
Read MoreBrazil issues decree for Indigenous, traditional access to public forests
An interministerial decree in Brazil released this week seeks to regularise access to undesignated federal public forests in the Legal Amazon for Indigenous and traditional communities.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Energy transition payments make fertile ground for carbon pricing
The $5.2 billion Clean Technology Fund (CTF) is helping to sensitise developing country governments to carbon pricing by supporting energy transition finance and programming, according to an executive at the organisation.
Read MoreBrazilian state signs carbon credits MoU with environmental services firm
A small Brazilian state signed an MoU on Friday with a Sao Paulo-based environmental services firm that entails a carbon project the pair said could be worth more than R$300 million ($51.7 mln).
Read MoreBECCS, DAC small factor in net-zero Canada -report
New projections by a federal regulator suggest carbon capture technologies like bioenergy power generation with carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (BECSS), and direct air capture (DAC) aren’t yet ready to play a major role in Canada’s net-zero future.
Read MoreCalifornia senator makes another attempt to set ground rules for CDR
A California senator introduced a CO2 removal (CDR) bill on Wednesday, the second attempt by the lawmaker to prescribe rules surrounding CDR development in the state in recent years.
Read MoreKenyan energy company to tender 1.8 mln CDM carbon credits
A Kenyan power company and carbon project developer will tender in February around 1.8 million carbon credits issued last year to geothermal energy projects under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Read MoreERW could cut CO2 by up to 300 mln tonnes annually in US by 2050 -report
Deploying basalt-based enhanced rock weathering (ERW) in US agriculture could remove between 160-300 million tonnes of CO2 annually by 2050, and 250-490 mln tonnes by 2070, according to a new study published this week.
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