Carbon Pulse

A methodology for protecting US forests at risk from other land uses like real estate, mining, and agriculture has been announced by carbon credit registry in collaboration with a forest carbon firm.

Plans are underway to create a series of linked REDD projects that will cover 1.8 million hectares of designated national parks in Tanzania, and generate correspondingly-adjusted carbon credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

A Denver-headquartered carbon credit exchange company will close due to a failure to secure funding, its CEO announced in a LinkedIn post this week.

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A voluntary nature credit development framework led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) has been launched by Pollination Foundation.

Delegates adopted a new climate loss and damage fund at the first day of the two-week COP28 UN climate negotiations on Monday, a move that immediately led several governments to announce contributions.

Canadian environmental non-profits advocated for fossil fuel phase-out language in a panel Thursday at COP28 in Dubai as the federal environment ministry is soon expected to announce a cap on emissions from oil and gas.

A court has ordered the German government to set up a climate action plan to adequately tackle emissions in the traffic and construction sectors, adding to Berlin's recent climate policy woes.

The publishing of draft legislation on the UK’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) framework has been broadly welcomed, but its planning permission proposals have triggered concerns about "serious risks" among ecologists.

Independent carbon credit certification bodies and the EU’s own carbon removal certification efforts are likely to coexist in the removals market once the EU methodologies are issued, experts said during a webinar on Thursday, though this is not likely to occur before 2026.

An open letter signed by multiple environmental groups has urged signatories to the UN Paris Agreement to protect countries against what they describe as "landgrabs" from carbon project developers.

European carbon prices were firmer in Thursday morning trade despite an early effort to test the recent low, as traders appeared to be switching focus to the options market with the December contract having just two weeks left till expiry, while energy markets rose for the first time in five days.

A consortium of groups and organisations in Scotland on Thursday announced an investment plan for a new restoration project that in part will rely on a partnership with a nature fintech platform that recently won a contract with the government to develop a biodiversity credit system.

A Chinese project developer has secured a mangrove-based carbon sink project in Indonesia, as it continues to expand its presence in the international voluntary market. 

A new coalition is seeking to speed the uptake of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) arguing that high prices keep demand low but low demand keeps prices high as it prevents economies of scale developing.

A large European utility has formally launched a subsidiary based in the UAE as it aims to scale involvement in carbon markets, according to a release Thursday.

A French initiative launched this week to develop a methodology for assessing the biodiversity benefits of activities, a move expected to underpin the creation of voluntary biodiversity credits.

It's Day 1 of COP28 and enough delegates to fill a mid-size city – nearly 100,000 – are arriving en masse at Expo City in Dubai, UAE. In our daily running blog, Carbon Pulse will report relevant or useful updates throughout the day. Timestamps are in local time (Gulf Standard Time, GMT+4).

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Identifying and prioritising mitigation technologies or activities could assist East African countries in developing “positive lists” that can be used to help combat climate change through the operationalisation of the Paris Agreement’s Article 6, according to a new study.