Programme Officer, Markets and Non-Markets Support and Stakeholders Interaction, UNFCCC- Bonn, Germany

Published 14:14 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:14 on May 2, 2024  /  Job Postings

Under the general guidance of the Manager, Markets and Non-Markets Support and stakeholders Interaction subdivision, and reporting to the Team Lead, Markets and Non-markets support unit, the incumbent serves as a member of the team responsible for coordinating the development of strategies to strengthen the role of market and non-market approaches for achieving the implementation of NDCs and in particular the use of cooperative implementation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, ensuring responsiveness to the changing environment and needs of stakeholders.

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Direct Air Capture Project Development Manager, Carbon Capture, AltGen – Kenya

Published 14:13 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:13 on May 2, 2024  /  Job Postings

We are looking for a carbon market DAC Project Development Manager, someone who intimately understands the carbon landscape from an African and international perspective.

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Carbon Partnership Development Lead, Carbon Capture, AltGen – Kenya

Published 14:12 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:12 on May 2, 2024  /  Job Postings

Our client, a leader in the mission to decarbonise Africa’s energy-intensive infrastructure, is looking for an ambitious individual to assist them in building, growing, and expanding their portfolio of projects in Kenya. Developing a robust project pipeline in the Kenyan market will require engagement with stakeholders across the project value chain.

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Assistant Director, Forest Carbon and Climate Program, Michigan State University – East Lansing/Remote

Published 14:11 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:11 on May 2, 2024  /  Job Postings

The Department of Forestry at Michigan State University invites applications for a full-time, 12-month Academic Specialist focused on forests, forest carbon and climate change to act as the Assistant Director of our Forest Carbon and Climate Change Program (FCCP).

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Mismatch in Rimba Raya forestry concession licence, carbon accounting area size not addressed in verification report

Published 14:09 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:09 on May 2, 2024  / Paddy Gourlay /  Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Controversy continues to surround the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve project after Verra was unable to comment on a mismatch in the project boundary and forestry licence area, which was reportedly cited by the Indonesian government as a reason for cancelling the contract of the concession holder for the giant REDD+ project.

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‘Key things have changed’ in Article 6 negotiations since COP28, says lead UK negotiator

Published 13:51 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:51 on May 2, 2024  / Nick Ferris /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

The UK’s lead negotiator on Article 6 carbon markets negotiations has said that key aspects of the negotiations have changed in the months since parties failed to reach an agreement last December at COP28 in Dubai.

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Assessments of biodiversity impacts of corporate carbon credits revealed

Published 13:26 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:26 on May 2, 2024  / Sergio Colombo /  Biodiversity, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

US corporations Delta Air Lines and Chevron are among the companies purchasing low percentages of carbon credits associated with stronger biodiversity scores, according to a study that relies on a new metric.

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Global carbon capture tech “prohibitively expensive”, Indian companies should use domestic solutions instead -official

Published 13:00 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:00 on May 2, 2024  / Nikita Pandey /  Asia Pacific, Other APAC, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

Carbon capture technologies offered by foreign companies are prohibitively expensive, however, the use of domestic technologies can help Indian companies bring down the costs of decarbonisation drastically, an official told a webinar Thursday.

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ANALYSIS: More nature-related shareholder proposals trigger corporate resistance

Published 12:36 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:23 on May 2, 2024  / Thomas Cox /  Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, International, US

Investor interest in nature has ramped up in this year’s voting season, boosted by some of the first calls for standard-aligned biodiversity disclosures, with financiers hailing a surge in awareness despite more corporate resistance.

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UPDATE – Agri-carbon investor adds 300k hectares in Ukraine to voluntary credit programme

Published 12:24 on May 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:27 on May 2, 2024  / Roy Manuell /  EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

A European climate tech investor, specialising in decarbonising agriculture, has added 300,000 hectares of farmland in western and central Ukraine to its carbon programme, which will then be certified for voluntary soil-based credits from more sustainable practices.

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