Carbon Pulse

An international development company with a carbon and nature focus has launched its first crowdfunding equity raise campaign in support of a nature-based solutions (NBS) project in Malawi, aiming to generate nature-based carbon credits as well as units linked to women’s empowerment.

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Scientists have mapped the diverse land uses following deforestation across Africa, revealing significant regional variations in the causes of forest loss.

Robust criteria must be applied to identify areas of importance for biodiversity under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), as the lack of a clear definition could undermine nature recovery efforts, a study has warned.

A venture cultivating sea kelp in the waters off Namibia is making headway on proving the carbon sequestration benefits, while harvesting the kelp to produce biostimulant for farmer’s fields.

Most leading banks in the Asian continent still include coal in their investment portfolios and continue to make investments in "climate destruction", according to a report released Tuesday.

The Science-based Targets Network (SBTN) released a report on Monday highlighting the benefits and challenges experienced by the first cohort of companies when piloting targets for nature.

North Macedonia and Serbia face challenges as they work on aligning their climate and energy goals with those of the EU, with the aim of eventually joining the bloc as members, according to a report published on Tuesday.

Declines in the European price of carbon below current levels are likely to be temporary as the EU ramps up preparations to impose a cost of emissions on imported products from 2026, according to analysts.

European carbon prices rose steeply early on Tuesday morning to fill a technical gap, before giving up most of their gains as the market digested a sharp cut in analyst price forecasts for the short and medium term.

German-based tech startup Landbanking Group has released a consultation paper ahead of a planned launch of a new nature asset class in a bid to foster investments in ecosystem preservation, restoration, and improvement.

India is planning to ask the EU for measures to help align its upcoming domestic carbon market with that of the EU emissions trading system at the trade negotiations scheduled for next month, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources.

A Shell veteran has been appointed chief executive of a global environmental solutions service provider that saw revenues of almost $6 billion last year.

After passing peer review, a journal version of an academic pre-print study that said it found over-crediting in cookstove offset projects last year has renewed its criticism of over-estimation of issuances in the same project methodologies, but by a much higher factor.

A project funded by the Australian government is eyeing carbon credit revenue from cutting greenhouse gas emissions from rice production across three Vietnamese provinces.

Analysts have significantly reduced their outlook for EU carbon prices this year due to a number of short-term bearish factors related to both supply and demand, including macroeconomic uncertainty, weak power consumption fundamentals, and ample allowance supply due to auctions linked to the bloc's REPowerEU energy independence policy.

An Australian resources company is closer to getting its Papua New Guinea REDD+ project back on track after a local court revoked its permit cancellations.

The Pacific Island nation of Palau has ratified the UN’s Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) treaty, sparking optimism that sufficient momentum can build for the treaty to enter into force, making it possible for the global community to protect vast tracts of the world’s oceans.

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An Indian impact investment firm has announced plans to launch an offset fund worth at least $150 million dedicated to carbon sequestration through tree-planting.