VCM Report: Nature-based offsets take brunt of slide in prices
Carbon credit prices continued to retreat over the past week as financial gloom deepened and as participants awaited further clarity from next month's UN climate talks over how the market will...
View ArticleGreen-hushing: More companies choose to keep quiet about their climate ambitions
While ever more global companies are supporting their net zero emissions commitments with science-based pathways, one in four are keeping details on the downlow, according to a survey published Tuesday...
View ArticleHigh intermediary markups dragging on voluntary carbon market development,...
Intermediaries and investor profits accounted for a third of the traded value in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in 2021, claimed a report published on Tuesday that proposed a more developer-centric...
View ArticleClimate change less important to developing world despite rising threat of...
Climate change is largely a first world priority, while many poor and less developed countries, some facing the highest level of ecological threat from food insecurity, water shortages and natural...
View ArticleTrue value of climate finance is a third of what rich countries say -report
Flawed or misleading reporting is masking the considerable gap in international climate finance flows, according to a report by a development charity published on Wednesday, pointing to inflated...
View ArticleCarbon project developer beefs up digital analytics for forestry activities
A leading carbon project developer has partnered with three technology specialists to provide analysis into its forestry projects at a time of increased scrutiny into the quality of REDD+ and ARR credits.
View ArticleVER price rout continues amid economic woes and IC-VCM uncertainty
Voluntary emissions reduction (VER) prices slid lower Thursday, extending a sell off this week, as a combination of the increasingly gloomy macro-economic picture combined with wider concerns over the...
View ArticleGlobal standard for climate disclosure confirms inclusion of Scope 3 emissions
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will include Scope 3 emissions in its forthcoming climate standard, recommending mandatory reporting of emissions associated with companies value...
View ArticleFEATURE: UN climate summit to see “mainstreamed” push on pre-2021 carbon credits
A group of countries are likely to push for formal recognition of pre-2021 efforts to conserve and enhance global forests, hoping to mainstream the topic beyond technical negotiations at this year’s UN...
View ArticleCalifornia accelerates CCO issuance ahead of true-up deadline, but still lags...
California regulator ARB boosted its compliance offset distribution this reporting period before the Nov. 1 interim cap-and-trade compliance deadline, according to government data published Wednesday,...
View ArticleUPDATE – Mexican lawmakers propose new VER market rules in wake of...
Two Mexican legislators on Thursday put forth an initiative that would require offset project operators to meet new social and environmental standards, with the draft legislation unveiled in the wake...
View ArticleTENDER: Call for Submissions, Offset Project Development – Volkswagen...
VCP is requesting submissions for opportunities to develop and acquire offsets generated from projects that lead to high-quality avoidance, reduction, or removal of CO2-e. We welcome multiple project...
View ArticleSPONSORED: Carbon markets driving price discovery -CME
As organizations make carbon neutral pledges, more are turning to carbon pricing instruments to hedge positions. That includes a suite of futures contracts.
View ArticleVCM Report: Nature-based offsets mount slight recovery
Nature-based spot and nearby future offset prices bounced off lows last week, partly buoyed by news of Indonesia clarifying carbon trading rules and the upcoming UN climate talks, but the market in...
View ArticleCOP27 PREVIEW – PART 1: The big ticket topics to follow in Sharm el-Sheikh
Loss and damage, climate finance, and the emissions mitigation gap are expected to be among the top issues faced by representatives from nearly 200 governments at UN climate talks starting this week,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Xpansiv to launch new standardised carbon credit contract for cookstoves
Xpansiv is launching a standardised spot contract for cookstoves offsets next month that hopes to overcome general criticisms of poor quality projects in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) with the...
View ArticleAt least 29 mln REDD credits eligible for backdating with CCB
At least 29 mln forestry conservation (REDD) credits from 12 projects accredited by Verra over the last eight months could be retroactively backdated with the co-benefit Climate, Community and...
View ArticleRatings agency finds minority of REDD+ credits are good quality
The “misconception” that all forestry conservation (REDD+) projects are low quality is not true, according to a ratings agency that has classed more than 143 mln carbon credits as coming from projects...
View ArticleVCM integrity bodies tout ‘incremental’ approach as work continues
The VCM is set to be the topic of several events organised on the margins of COP27 in Egypt this week, where experts are due to debate its merits over its weaknesses, while initiatives aimed at...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: Platform eyes role in explosion of REDD+ projects beyond rainforests
More tree conservation projects could be potentially created in the savannas and shrub lands of sub-Saharan Africa than from the rich rainforests around the continent’s equator, according to one of the...
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