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Carbon offsets price may rise 3,000% by 2029 under tighter rules
COP26’s conclusion in November 2021 signaled to governments and investors that a zero-emissions world is on the horizon. The Glasgow Climate Pact, negotiated by nearly 200 countries, radically cuts…
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Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, Final Report
The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets is a private sector-led initiative working to scale an effective and efficient voluntary carbon market to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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VCMI carbon credit claims ‘cannot be used for offsetting'
A ‘carbon credit’ represents a tonne of carbon that has been avoided or removed through a project. These have often been used by corporates to offset instead of reduce their emissions, as ‘carbon…
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Carbon Pricing Dashboard
Launched in May 2017, the Carbon Pricing Dashboard is an interactive online platform that provides up-to-date information on existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. It…
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Taking Stock: A global assessment of net zero targets
In the last few years, the phrase ‘net zero’ has gone from being a somewhat obscure scientific concept to centre stage in discourse on halting climate change. Pledges to reach net zero emissions are…
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State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2023
This report focuses on direct carbon pricing instruments—those that provide a clear price signal with the aim of reducing GHG emissions. These include ETSs, carbon taxes, and carbon crediting.
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The Art of Integrity – State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2022 Q3
This webpage provides the overview of the report The Art of Integrity: The State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets, Q3 Insights Briefing.
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Decision 7/CMA.4, Guidance on the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement
This webpage provides the Decision 7/CMA.4, Guidance on the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement.
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Decision 6/CMA.4, Matters relating to cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement
This webpage provides the Decision 6/CMA.4, Matters relating to cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement.
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Decision 3/CMA.3, Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement
This webpage provides the Decision 3/CMA.3, Rules, modalities and procedures for the mechanism established by Article 6, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement
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Decision 2/CMA.3, Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement
This webpage provides the Decision 2/CMA.3, Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2, of the Paris Agreement.
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The power of markets to increase ambition
Carbon pricing policies are a promising tool to combat climate change, as they can lower the costs of achieving a given target emissions level. These cost savings can translate into deeper cuts in…
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State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2022
The World Bank’s annual report on the State and Trends of Carbon Pricing continues to provide a trusted global snapshot of carbon pricing developments from year to year.
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State of Blended Finance 2022: Climate Edition
This year’s edition of the State of Blended Finance will feature a thematic focus, for the first time, on blended finance for climate. This theme was chosen for a couple of reasons. Firstly, climate…
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CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units
This ICAO CORSIA Implementation Element is reflected in two ICAO documents referenced in Annex 16, Volume IV.
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Xpansiv SD-GEO
Introducing the Sustainable Development Global Emissions Offset™ (SD-GEO™), part of the GEO® product suite from Xpansiv market CBL, the world’s leading spot exchange for environmental…
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Gold Standard SDG Impact Tool
This webpage offers the fully digital SDG impact tool for project developers, auditors and certification bodies.
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Climate Action Data (CAD) Trust
Climate Action Data Trust is a decentralised metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data to enhance transparent accounting in line with Article 6 of the…
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World’s Largest Carbon Program Pilots Digital Measuring of Forest Carbon
Verra and Pachama introduce cutting-edge digital measurement, reporting, and verification pilot for nature-based solutions, increasing the transparency, integrity, and efficiency of carbon credit…
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Gold Standard Digitising for Impact
Driving systems changes in climate and sustainability through next-generation digital solutions and governance innovations designed for scale, interoperability, and equitable system access.The Open…
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Environmental Risk Management
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Carbon Integrity (Project Assessment and Final Decision)
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Project Governance and Structure
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MRV Infrastructure
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } Q1: MRV infrastructure: This criterion assesses the project’s closeness to best-practice MRV mechanisms for assuring that key carbon…
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Project ERC Value and Additional Value Enabled by Project
The two criteria, F1: Project ERC value and F2: Additional value enabled by project, seek to assess the project’s financial values in various potential scenarios to determine and stress-test its…