The Governor’s Climate & Forests Task Force (GCF) just gained three new members from Peru. But while membership may improve REDD+ development in the South, it does not mean it will be easy finding a buyer in the North. There are growing doubts that California, a GCF member, will accept REDD+ credits into its cap-and-trade program. A bill introduced in the California legislature earlier this year that sought to ban international offsets indicates reservations about REDD remain.
3 October 2013 | WASHINGTON, D.C. | The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $13 million grant to Forest Trends and its Forest-Based Livelihoods Consortium to strengthen the role of indigenous and historically marginalized forest communities in combatting climate change. The program, known as “Accelerating Inclusion and Mitigating Emissions” (AIME), seeks […]
Cada segundo existe mayor certeza de la responsabilidad que tiene el hombre en el cambio climático y más evidencias del efecto irreversible en la vida de todos los seres que habitamos la Tierra. El quinto informe del Panel Intergubernamental de Naciones Unidas para el Cambio Climático (IPCC), confirma las causas, los impactos y los escenarios […]
El Peru Carbon Fund (PCF) desarrolló el año pasado un estándar específico para carbono forestal para crear una alternativa casera a los estándares internacionales. Así mismo, Costa Rica oficialmente lanzó su propio mercado voluntario de carbono nacional a principios de septiembre de este año. En Brazil, la reciente transacción REDD+ entre el gigante brasileño de […]
The Peru Carbon Fund (PCF) developed a Peru-specific forest carbon standard this past year to create a homegrown alternative to international standards. Likewise, Costa Rica officially launched its own nation-wide voluntary domestic carbon market earlier this September. In Brazil, the recent REDD+ transaction between Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura Cosméticos and the Paiter-Suruí also marks the first sale of carbon offsets from an indigenous tribe.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today has confirmed that human influence has played a big part in warming temperatures and urges the global community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent the situation from getting worse. The UNFCCC supports this saying the world has made significant progress and has the technology and funds to scale up their efforts.
Ecosystem Marketplace is at the One Water Leadership Summit in Los Angeles this week where everyone is thinking about the water-energy nexus. Meanwhile, Australia’s newly elected government reduces funds for Murray-Darling buybacks and Coca-Coca enters into a partnership with the USDA to protect US National Forests.
Disney has plans to expand its voluntary offset program to cover indirect emissions from the consumption of electricity, heat or steam. This will mean more involvement in offset projects for the company. To date, Disney has preferred to fund new projects than buy older offsets and to work with long-time NGO partners such as Conservation International, the Nature Conservancy, the Conservation Fund and World Wildlife Fund.
Already a major player in the voluntary carbon market, the Walt Disney Company is planning to expand its offset purchasing program to cover indirect emissions related to its operations. Disney has pledged to continue supporting new offset projects, particularly in the forestry sector, and has used the funds generated from its double-digit internal carbon prices to pay above-average prices for the credits.
Latin America’s largest cosmetics company recently purchased 120,000 tons of carbon offsets from a REDD project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that is led by an indigenous tribe. This transaction marks the first sale of forest carbon offsets developed by indigenous people and can be used as a template for other indigenous peoples as well as companies looking to meet their Corporate Social Responsibility requirements.
