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El Salto: Stephen Donofrio: “Salvar el planeta debería incentivar a los gobiernos a hacer mucho más”
El veterano activista Stephen Donofrio participa en la Cumbre del Clima (COP26) representando a la iniciativa ambiental Ecosystem Marketplace (EM). Advierte que “por mucho que se haga a nivel individual, el compromiso político es fundamental”.
South China Morning Post: Forestry-backed carbon credit trading faces hurdles in Asia despite COP26 pledge by global leaders to halt deforestation, says WWF-Hong Kong
Climate Impact X, Singapore’s voluntary carbon exchange, announced on November 1 that it had completed a pilot auction of 170,000 carbon credits, generated from eight forest conservation and restoration projects in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America.
New Global Partnership Opens Door for Indigenous People, Traditional Owners and Local Communities to Directly Benefit from Private Climate Finance
An industry first coalition aims to fix a fundamental market flaw: Indigenous Peoples manage one-fifth of tropical and subtropical forest carbon, and conserve 80 percent of all biodiversity yet receive less than one percent of international climate assistance Peoples Forests Partnership members seek to mobilize $20 billion per year by 2030 in direct private investment […]
NBC: What are carbon credits? How fighting climate change became a billion-dollar industry
Companies seeking to offset their greenhouse gas emissions have turned to carbon credits, worrying some environmentalists who say they are doing little to slow climate change.
Innovation Forum: The rise and rise of the voluntary carbon markets
Stephen Donofrio, director of Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace project, and co-author of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021 report, explains to Ian Welsh why the carbon markets are set to exceed $1bn in 2021. He says why he thinks they will continue to grow as companies voluntarily take action to decarbonise their operations […]
El Peruano: Reforestar para prevenir desastres
Muestra Naturaleza que Cuida busca priorizar la recuperación de bosques, pastizales, andenes y amunas.
IISD: Is a Gigaton of Emission Reductions from Forests Possible by 2025?
Achieving the full mitigation and biodiversity potential of forests suffers from a “chicken and egg” problem. On the one hand, companies, enterprises and business corporations need confidence in the supply of high-integrity REDD+ credits will be available at scale. On the other, forest country governments need a signal that sufficient international funding will materialize to […]
Nikkei Asia: Vietnam’s rubber industry faces pressure to meet global standards
Foreign buyers say they are willing to pay for transparency and sustainability
Voluntary Carbon Markets Rocket in 2021, On Track to Break $1B for First Time
Washington DC 15 September 2021—In the first eight months of 2021, voluntary carbon markets have already posted a near-60% increase in value from last year, driven by corporate net-zero ambition and growing interest in carbon markets to achieve Paris climate goals, a new report finds. “We’re seeing record market volume and value in 2021,” said […]
