How 10 Gt/year became climate policy’s default carbon removal target – and why one researcher says it’s wrong
A widely cited benchmark calling for around 10 billion tonnes of durable CO2 removal (CDR) annually by 2050 has become detached from the scientific evidence on which it is purportedly based, according to a new study that argues climate policy should place greater emphasis on emissions reductions and present CDR requirements alongside the mitigation pathways that generate them.
Read MoreMajor barriers in agricultural nitrogen tracking influencing carbon credit potential -report
Accurate nitrogen data lags behind carbon and methane research, leaving the vital fertiliser compound and polluter under-researched, and the potential profitability of its emissions reduction unreached, according to two US nonprofits.
Read MoreUS ranchers’ trust deficit, not economics, is biggest barrier to carbon market participation -study
US ranchers’ willingness to participate in voluntary soil carbon markets is driven more by trust, social acceptance, and previous conservation experience than by income or management objectives, according to new research that found widespread scepticism continues to constrain uptake despite growing interest in carbon farming.
Read MoreCampaigners call for rejection of EU carbon farming certification rules
Environmental groups have called on policymakers to reject the European Commission’s proposed methodologies to certify removals from carbon farming activities, saying they will consider legal action if the rules go through unchanged.
Read MoreART TREES publishes concept for Central African Republic, paves way for J-REDD+ issuance
The Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) has published the TREES Concept for the Central African Republic’s jurisdictional REDD+ programme on its registry, marking the first formal step towards potential issuance of jurisdictional forest carbon credits.
Read MoreFrance adopts third national low-carbon strategy, with economy-wide sectoral targets
The French government announced Wednesday it has adopted its third National Low-Carbon Strategy (SNBC 3), setting out sectoral pathways to halve territorial greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 1990 levels and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Read MoreIndonesia’s top court quashes REDD+ project’s licence reinstatement
Indonesia’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that had reinstated the operating licence of PT Rimba Raya Conservation (RRC), the concession holder of one of the world’s largest REDD+ forest carbon projects, according to a case record published on the court’s website.
Read MoreAgri-tech startup raises $31 mln to scale low-emission rice operations in Southeast Asia
A Singapore-based agri-tech startup has raised $31 million in a Series B financing round to scale low-emission rice production across Southeast Asia.
Read MoreVerra biochar methodology revision would expand facility eligibility, tighten additionality tests
Production increases at existing biochar facilities could become eligible under Verra’s proposed overhaul of its biochar methodology, which would also introduce project-level additionality tests, uncertainty deductions, and expanded monitoring requirements.
Read MorePeru significantly expands enabled carbon accounting frameworks under national registry
Peru has recognised four additional carbon crediting standards and seven methodologies under its National Registry of Mitigation Measures (RENAMI), broadening the range of eligible mitigation activities under the Paris Agreement’s Article 6 mechanisms.
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