#REDD Berita
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Verra validated by carbon market watchdog after ‘significant’ procedural changes
The standards organisation accused of approving “worthless” credits last year got an endorsement for meeting the ICVCM's quality criteria. The carbon market outlook remains unclear, with Indonesia recently censuring a huge forest project.
Karbon & Iklim
Carbon credit industry watchdog ICVCM ‘absolutely willing to fail’ subpar certifiers as work enters key phase
The council will rule on major forest carbon project types and programmes, including market goliath Verra, in the coming months. The focus will be on nudging for improvements, a standards oversight and board member tells Eco-Business.
Karbon & Iklim
As losses extend for forest carbon players, are local beneficiaries aware of the risks?
Project developers are digging into reserves to cover losses, but these challenges might be difficult for local communities to grasp. Legal obscurity on what happens when players go bust could also make future insolvencies messy affairs.
Karbon & Iklim
Carbon industry watchdog approves first ‘high-integrity’ credit certifiers in bid for market confidence
Three of the “Big Four” carbon standards organisations have received endorsement, while market major Verra is still under review. A nonprofit says the approved groups are not yet watertight on transparency.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Singapore excludes forest carbon projects from offsets eligibility list
#REDD Opini
Manufaktur
The next global resource crisis
Western governments want to advance the clean energy transition without being overly dependent on China for critical minerals. But their plans fail to acknowledge a potential obstacle: the fraught local politics of opening up new mines.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
How to protect tropical forests? Let indigenous people lead
To turn around deforestation, patient indigenous-led conservation is key.
Pangan & Agrikultur
Conserving forests could cut carbon emissions as much as getting rid of every car on earth
Protecting the world's forests would contribute significantly to the fight against climate change. But to do that, we must find the right balance between food production and reforestation, says WRI experts.
Karbon & Iklim
Putting a price on rainforests
Renewable energy is one promising solution to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate against climate change; but no technology is as effective at storing carbon as tropical forests, says Rockefeller Foundation's Lorenzo Bernasconi.
Karbon & Iklim
REDD+ handed in Paris
Pangan & Agrikultur
Why is it so incredibly hard to stop deforestation?
Karbon & Iklim
What the heck is a carbon right?
