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This is the first article in our five-part series on forest carbon credits and the voluntary market. Read Part Two, Part Three, Part Four and Part Five later this month. At the outset of 2023, the voluntary carbon trade seemed poised to expand its reach, boosting the amount of carbon it sought to offset along […]
A special announcement interrupted the “Halting and Reversing Forest Loss by 2030” event during Nature, Land Use and Oceans Day at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai: COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber would make a surprise appearance, the moderator said. But Al Jaber didn’t show up and he didn’t make any major statements that day. […]
Agriculture and food were very much on the menu at COP28 in Dubai, with both voluntary pledges and negotiated texts reflecting their role in climate change.
Despite the COP28 climate summit agreeing on groundbreaking language on forests, countries are still no nearer to closing the “finance gap” necessary to stop the destruction of rainforests, according to Congo Basin nations. For the first time, the global stocktake text at the summit in Dubai stressed the need to halt and reverse forest loss […]
As carbon credits face intense scrutiny, negotiators will wrangle over how to ensure the integrity of a new global carbon market