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As palm oil and timber companies gear up to profit from carbon trading, the government must ensure transparency and a fair deal for Indigenous communities
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Most cookstove carbon credits ruled out of quality scheme in integrity push
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has rejected widely used rulebooks for cleaner cooking, which will require projects to switch to more rigorous methods
Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets
Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated
Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in China
The energy giant exited the failed projects after Verra asked for redress, but a legal expert says Shell should be held responsible
How Shell greenwashed gas with sham Chinese carbon credits
Exclusive: Shell used rice-farming offsets for “carbon neutral” LNG campaign – but farmers and local authorities said no project activities took place
Experts quit carbon market watchdog in row over quality label for forest credits
Two ICVCM expert advisors have resigned from their positions over what they called a “problematic precedent” set with the REDD+ decision
New UN carbon market standards are a step change in protecting people and planet
Rules finalised at COP29 will make sure carbon credits enable more ambitious climate goals while delivering benefits to local communities
Asset managers worth $15 trillion make climate risk promise to Macron
The French president gathered the world’s biggest investors this week to push them to back climate-friendly projects
Wealthy countries resist global tax on carbon offsets
Australia and Japan are among opponents of a proposal to restrict the supply of carbon credits for trading across borders, at climate talks in Bonn
Brazil and EU face off over future of carbon trading
The next generation of carbon markets could make or break the Paris Agreement, say negotiators as talks resume in Bonn
UN Environment official attacks agency’s own carbon offsetting policy
Confusion reigns as UN Environment publishes, then retracts, an article criticising the use of carbon credits to make up for polluting activities
Russia floats first law to regulate CO2 emissions
Draft bill would give government powers to regulate CO2 and create carbon markets, but faces stiff opposition inside and outside Moscow administration
Stalemate in Poland revealed central tension of Paris Agreement
Centralised governance is a thing of the past; a new era of climate diplomacy must find ways to accommodate national difference
In Ireland, Brexit proofing must mean climate proofing
Brexit has led to delays in climate action just at the moment when bold plans could soften the impact of the UK divorce, writes MEP Lynn Boylan
Carbon clubs turn national self-interest into climate action
How did Poland, one of Europe’s strongest advocates for coal power, end up with one of the world’s strongest carbon prices?
EU must not blindly sign up to a weak aviation carbon market
As countries negotiate rules for offsetting airline emissions in Montreal, Brussels should reserve its right to impose stronger regional policies
German finance ministry rejects own party’s carbon price plan
Plan being developed by SPD environment minister would ‘increase the burden on citizens’ said finance ministry, which is controlled by the same party
‘Unacceptable’: Scotland and Wales reject post-Brexit carbon tax plan
Two devolved governments attack ‘unilateral’ tax on carbon pollution proposed by UK if Brexit talks end with no deal
Post-Brexit carbon tax would set Scotland against UK
UK weighs future carbon pricing options, but Scotland will not abide a national tax it says will stomp on devolved powers
Bangkok Bulletin: Countdown to Katowice begins
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Rich countries cannot be allowed to buy their way out of climate change
Favouring market tools over real pollution cuts in the richest countries is a recipe for climate disaster
Carbon trading rules meet socialist sticking point
Progress on market rules for climate credits faces ‘a giant sticking point’ as Venezuela and others push for similar progress on ‘non-market’ tools in Bangkok
UN to fight for future of carbon offset scheme
Amid calls for the Clean Development Mechanism to be axed, the UN climate chief has weighed in on its behalf
Withdrawn UN advert shows why carbon offset scheme should be scrapped
The Clean Development Mechanism has a weak environmental record and creates the illusion that high-carbon lifestyles are sustainable
Keep calm and carry on flying and eating steak: UN Climate Change ad criticised
A video promotion for carbon credits was taken down after viewers complained it mocked green lifestyle choices and downplayed the urgency of the climate challenge
Airlines eye massive carbon handout
Brazil and China behind push to allow billions of tonnes of old carbon credits to be used to offset future growth in pollution
Fifa accused of greenwashing in World Cup carbon offset scheme
Football fans travelling to Russia are being encouraged to offset their emissions through a UN scheme that critics describe as fundamentally flawed
Hawaii signs law to become carbon neutral by 2045
Pacific islands note threat of sea level rise while setting toughest climate target of any US state
Argentina accused of caving to Trump by dropping carbon price from G20 talks
G20 presidency denies US a factor in turn away from carbon pricing, but upcoming Japanese and Saudi leadership could mean issue is pushed off agenda for years
The climate solution no-one in Davos will be talking about
Economists say a global carbon tax would efficiently shift the world to safer energy production. So why is it barely mentioned?
China to launch nationwide carbon market next week: officials
The emissions trading scheme will initially cover only the power sector, not heavy industry as planned, but will nonetheless become the biggest in the world