Market infrastructure provider, climate risk experts team up to facilitate corporate reporting, supply chain decarbonisation

Published 13:51 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:51 on September 25, 2024  /  International, Nature-based, Voluntary

A global market infrastructure provider has partnered with a climate risk analytics firm to assist companies in meeting evolving reporting requirements and driving large-scale supply chain decarbonisation.

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Orange juice producer and partners launch Brazil’s first carbon credit methodology for agribusiness

Published 13:45 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:45 on September 25, 2024  / /  Americas, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

The world’s largest orange juice producer, in partnership with two environmental companies, will launch Brazil’s first carbon credit methodology for the agribusiness, according to a press release.

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INTERVIEW: Carbon exchange board member urges SBTN, TNFD to include biodiversity credits in their frameworks

Published 13:10 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:56 on September 25, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

The Science-Based Target Network (SBTN) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) should integrate biodiversity credits into their frameworks to help unlock corporate demand, according to an executive board member of carbon exchange Climate Impact X (CIX).

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Offset developer partners with Kenyan business consortium to support carbon markets, scale climate finance

Published 13:07 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:07 on September 25, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Paris Article 6, Voluntary

A carbon offset project developer has formed a partnership with a business consortium in Kenya to scale up private sector finance in order to support carbon markets and scale climate finance in the East African nation, the partners announced Wednesday.

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CWNYC24: Voluntary carbon integrity body teams up with pan-African initiative to scale market access

Published 13:01 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 19:59 on September 24, 2024  / /  Africa, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) has partnered with a voluntary market integrity organisation to support governments on the continent build regulation to access much-needed carbon finance.

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EU’s carbon removal certification paves way for ‘climate positive buildings’

Published 12:54 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:54 on September 25, 2024  / /  EMEA

The European Union seeks to encourage carbon storage in wood-based construction products to pave the way for “climate positive buildings”, as the regulators are developing a methodology for measuring CO2 embodied in building materials.

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Euro Markets: EUAs jump 2% on late surge driven by options expiry, gas

Published 12:27 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:42 on September 25, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, UK ETS

European carbon permit prices climbed over 2% due to an afternoon rally on Wednesday, with TTF gas strength and the September options expiry deadline dominating sentiment, while investment funds’ net short positions also built for the fourth consecutive week.

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Global plans for CCS not enough to meet Paris Agreement target, finds report

Published 12:14 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:14 on September 25, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International

Global carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment will likely be too limited and slow for the world to meet the 1.5C warming target of the Paris Agreement, a report finds.

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67 countries commit to ending plastic pollution by 2040 before final negotiations

Published 11:30 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:30 on September 25, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

Ministers from 67 countries including the UK, Japan, and Canada have reaffirmed commitments to finalise a legally binding global treaty aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2040, before the final negotiations take place, in a statement published on Wednesday.

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UK government, Dutch bank commit $55 mln to Latin American reforestation strategy

Published 10:56 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:56 on September 25, 2024  / /  Americas, EMEA, Nature-based, South & Central, US, Voluntary

The UK government and FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, announced this week a $55 million commitment to reforestation efforts in Latin America, including in the Cerrado biome, one of Brazil’s most biodiverse ecosystems.

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