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Millions of high-integrity forest carbon credits to be issued from 2025

Millions of high-integrity forest carbon credits to be issued from 2025

Three REDD+ methodologies have been approved by ICVCM to issue Core Carbon Principles-labelled credits – most of which from jurisdictional projects.

15 November 2024

UN carbon market rules adopted: How do they improve carbon credit integrity?

UN carbon market rules adopted: How do they improve carbon credit integrity?

Standards approved this week pave the way for a centralised carbon market administered by the UNFCCC.

11 October 2024

Global South organisations urge SBTi to expand carbon credit use for Scope 3

Global South organisations urge SBTi to expand carbon credit use for Scope 3

“As we know all too well, we cannot rely on philanthropy alone."

30 September 2024

British Airways signs £9mn worth of carbon removal and CCUS deals

British Airways signs £9mn worth of carbon removal and CCUS deals

"There is no pathway to net zero for aviation without carbon removals.”

25 September 2024

Amazon, H&M, Walmart in US$180mn forest carbon credit deal with Brazil government

Amazon, H&M, Walmart in US$180mn forest carbon credit deal with Brazil government

The deal reflects the growing confidence companies and state actors are placing in jurisdictional forest projects.

24 September 2024

Just 5% of net zero targets are high integrity: report

Climate Targets

Just 5% of net zero targets are high integrity: report

Most of the world’s net zero targets lack complementary measures to ensure their achievability.

23 September 2024

CSO Futures Weekly: Employee activists are a CSO’s allies

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly: Employee activists are a CSO’s allies

Tips on engaging employees around sustainability, investor calls for stronger climate policies and yet another Big Tech carbon offsetting deal.

19 September 2024

Meta to purchase millions of carbon credits from Latin American forests

Meta to purchase millions of carbon credits from Latin American forests

Meta is aiming to “not exceed” its 2021 Scope 3 emissions (5.7 million tonnes of CO2e) by the end of 2031.

19 September 2024

Microsoft builds on carbon credit strategy with Mexican rainforest agreement

Carbon removals

Microsoft builds on carbon credit strategy with Mexican rainforest agreement

Microsoft's carbon footprint jumped by nearly 30% in 2023.

12 September 2024

Wells Fargo begins developing transition finance framework

Transition Finance

Wells Fargo begins developing transition finance framework

Banks could generate US$44 billion of extra revenue annually through 2030 by financing the climate transition.

03 September 2024