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/PRNewswire/ - Manulife Investment Management, the worlds largest manager of natural capital with over $16 billion in assets under management in timberland...

The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has commenced this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and will...

Manulife Investment Management, the world's largest manager of natural capital with nearly $15 billion in assets under management in timberland and agriculture combined, today announced the initial close of Manulife Forest Climate Fund LP1,2 (FCF or the fund). The fund is a closed-end fund providing qualified U.S. investors and certain global institutional investors with the opportunity to promote climate change mitigation through sustainably managed forests where carbon sequestration is pr...

Makena Ireri – Chair, Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets for Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) and Paul Muthaura - interim CEO of Africa Carbon Markets Initiative  (ACMI)

Verra updates Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program to align with major global carbon markets initiatives

Two of the main VCM stakeholders have announced a joint commitment to ensuring investors in the voluntary carbon market can invest confidently in high-integrity credits as part of comprehensive end-to-end climate strategies.

Exaggerated claims of offset, opaque market practices, conflict of interest and the appropriation of credits for greenwashing have been highlighted by critics 

As mainstream interest and investments in carbon credits rise, here’s how the market can maximize its potential.

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) continues to bring definition and structure to voluntary markets.

Of the 1.5 billion carbon credits now issued from more than 5,000 projects, critics claim many do not deliver the promised climate benefits. To help…