ERW startup secures $12 mln seed funding to scale in India

Published 05:29 on May 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 05:29 on May 22, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Nature-based, Other APAC, Voluntary

An enhanced rock weathering (ERW) startup this week announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding to accelerate CO2 removal from Indian agriculture.

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Top Iraqi official calls for regional carbon exchange -media

Published 02:24 on May 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 02:24 on May 22, 2025  / /  EMEA, Middle East, Voluntary

A high-ranking Iraqi official on Wednesday called for the creation of a regional carbon credit exchange led by Iraq, building upon recent momentum for state-backed carbon market development in the Middle Eastern country.

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Guyana readjusts carbon credit SOP to stabilise finance flows to Indigenous peoples

Published 00:28 on May 22, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:28 on May 22, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Guyana will for a second consecutive year tweak the share of proceeds (SOP) from carbon credits that is allocated to Amerindian communities, keeping absolute financial benefits the same, the vice president announced at an Indigenous national assembly on Tuesday.

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Bezos Earth Fund awards $1.2 mln in first round of AI climate, biodiversity innovation grants

Published 23:53 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:53 on May 21, 2025  /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

The Bezos Earth Fund on Tuesday unveiled the recipients of 24 inaugural Phase I grants under its AI Grand Challenge for Climate and Nature, awarding a total of $1.2 million to support the development of artificial intelligence solutions targeting some of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges.

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Integrity body urged to further standardise permanence approaches

Published 18:06 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 18:06 on May 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has released its first report from the Continuous Improvement Work Programme (CIWP) focused on permanence, which welcomed the strong foundation of approaches to have been implemented across the market to date, but recognised that many of these have not been standardised.

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Microsoft to buy 1.24 mln carbon removal credits in “world’s largest” biochar deal

Published 17:45 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:41 on May 20, 2025  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, US, Voluntary

Microsoft has signed the “world’s largest” biochar carbon removals deal with a South American project developer, agreeing to buy 1.24 million credits over the next decade.

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DAC developer defends technology’s role, points to solid sorbents and waste heat use

Published 16:11 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:11 on May 21, 2025  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

Direct air capture (DAC) is “a necessary tool in the climate toolbox”, an Amsterdam-based developer said in a statement this week, reaffirming its focus on solid sorbent systems, integration with industrial waste heat, and curtailed renewables.

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Demand for EU-certified carbon farming credits hinges on Green Claims Directive, industry says

Published 15:35 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:35 on May 21, 2025  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

The EU’s Green Claims Directive is key to shaping demand for EU-certified carbon farming credits, experts said repeatedly during a public workshop organised by the European Commission on Tuesday.

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REDD alert as low prices stop developers reaping rewards from high integrity carbon projects, say analysts

Published 14:21 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:21 on May 21, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Verra’s new methodology for crediting avoided deforestation REDD+ projects will slash issuance levels and create a minimum floor price of $15/tonne, but the current value of units is still too low to incentivise many project developers to take the risk, according to new analysis.

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Eco-Markets Australia launches cassowary credit market

Published 14:01 on May 21, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:10 on May 21, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity, Nature-based, Voluntary

An Australian environmental markets administrator on Thursday launched a new biodiversity market aimed at protecting and restoring landscapes in Queensland’s Wet Tropics region that are home to the cassowary.

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