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Carbon markets

Coffee farm Guatemala

Corporations push “insetting” as new offsetting but report claims it is even worse

More companies claim that supply-chain carbon removal is the way forward. But a new report raises concern over the credibility and transparency of insetting.

clean cookstove

Greenwash alert as Cop27 draft allows double claiming of carbon credits

Companies and countries could take credit for the same tonne of CO2 cut under rules being negotiated in Sharm el-Sheikh

Pakistan queue for relief

Cop27 bulletin: Could polluter taxes fund loss and damage?

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John Kerry, the US Special Envoy on Climate Change

John Kerry’s offsets plan sets early test for UN net zero standards

The US special envoy wants to use carbon credits to speed up the clean energy transition – but experts are sceptical the scheme can meet best practice.

World Bank backs carbon credit blockchain registry to attract crypto investors

World Bank backs carbon credit blockchain registry to attract crypto investors

The World Bank wants to direct the NFT craze towards projects that cut emissions and improve the transparency of carbon offset markets

Chinese companies seek global carbon market for green hydrogen

Chinese companies seek global carbon market for green hydrogen

A project that supplied green hydrogen for buses at the Winter Olympics could be the first of its kind to sell carbon credits through the Clean Development Mechanism

Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes

Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes

An adaptation levy on carbon credits could raise up to $2.5bn a year by 2030, providing more predictable support for climate vulnerable countries

Data exclusive: The 'junk' carbon offsets revived by the Glasgow Pact

Data exclusive: The ‘junk’ carbon offsets revived by the Glasgow Pact

Analysis for Climate Home identifies hundreds of problematic projects that could be used to greenwash national and corporate climate plans

Australian carbon traders defend troubled offset market against whistleblower claims

Australian carbon traders defend troubled offset market against whistleblower claims

Policy upheaval and stark criticism of the quality of carbon offsets from a former official have thrown Australia’s ability to deliver on carbon targets into doubt

Carney, Kyte oversee carbon offset rules to address greenwashing concerns

Carney, Kyte oversee carbon offset rules to address greenwashing concerns

Two initiatives will release standards for the voluntary carbon market this year, while campaigners denounce offsetting as a “scam” that delays real climate action

'Misleading' Polish billboards blame EU climate policy for electricity costs

‘Misleading’ Polish billboards blame EU climate policy for electricity costs

State-owned utilities are using rising energy costs to attack the EU emissions trading system, stoking tensions between Warsaw and Brussels

Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit

Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit

UK-based cryptocurrency venture Save Planet Earth has convinced investors it can make them rich and fix the climate, but its tree-planting vision is a long way from reality

Big business must not be allowed to set the carbon trading agenda at Cop26

Big business must not be allowed to set the carbon trading agenda at Cop26

Delicate negotiations on carbon market rules in Glasgow could be thrown off course by the big banks’ push to “scale up” voluntary carbon trading

'Chess game' as negotiators seek elusive carbon market deal at Cop26

‘Chess game’ as negotiators seek elusive carbon market deal at Cop26

Agreeing on rules for a global carbon market has become a high-level political focus of the Glasgow summit but experts warn getting it wrong will undermine 1.5C ambition

We don't have time to dismiss carbon markets as a climate solution

We don’t have time to dismiss carbon markets as a climate solution

Concerns carbon markets could become a new form of colonialism are not unfounded – but with robust safeguards, they can deliver much-needed climate finance

Japan eyes international carbon offsets to deliver 2030 emission cuts

Japan eyes international carbon offsets to deliver 2030 emission cuts

Campaigners accused Japan of failing to take responsibility for cutting its own emissions and relying on developing nations to do so

Why I refuse to collude with polluters in the carbon offsetting lie

Why I refuse to collude with polluters in the carbon offsetting lie

The industry-led Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets is pitching carbon offsets as a win for the Global South. This is greenwashing at its most patronising

'Hot air' carbon offset scheme undermines Colombia's climate goal, experts warn

‘Hot air’ carbon offset scheme undermines Colombia’s climate goal, experts warn

Colombia stands to lose $62m in carbon tax revenue and underperform its emissions targets due to flawed forest carbon credit projects, investigators claim

Shell’s net zero plan will be judged on science, not spin

Shell’s net zero plan will be judged on science, not spin

Shell’s net zero plan is better seen as a defence of its core oil and gas business, which it is planning to expand, than a genuine energy transition

Carbon markets are proving resilient to the coronavirus pandemic

Carbon markets are proving resilient to the coronavirus pandemic

In contrast with the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, carbon prices have not taken a big hit from Covid-19, reflecting improvements in market design

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