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Kenya Climate Change Act
The website provides the Kenya Climate Act (Act No. 11 of 2016, Act No. 9 of 2023).
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Legal Implications of Voluntary Carbon Credits
The transition to a low carbon economy is estimated to require significant funding globally. The voluntary carbon market continues to play a critical role in that transition by helping to channel…
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Trove Launches new VCM Country Opportunity and Risk Index
Trove’s newly launched VCM Country Opportunity and Risk Index now allows developers, investors and carbon credit buyers to comprehensively assess these risks.
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Putting the Pieces Together for Good Governance of REDD+
This report offers an analysis of 32 REDD+ Country Readiness Proposals.
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Comparative Analysis of Benefit-Sharing Mechanisms in REDD+ Programs
The present document has been developed to shed some light on factors that shape and condition benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSMs) associated with programs to reduce emissions from deforestation and…
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Compliance Carbon Markets Final Report
Compliance Carbon Markets (CCMs), or Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) markets, fall under two broad categories. The first and most widely used type of compliance carbon market, also called “cap-and-…
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Voluntary Carbon Markets: An introduction for exchanges
This Market Monitor focuses primarily on the voluntary carbon market, although the newly launched SSE Carbon Markets Advisory Group may also explore the compliance market in more depth as part of…
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Smart Contract-based Carbon Credits attached to Green Bonds
Project Genesis 2.0 demonstrated the benefits of integrating the green bond and carbon markets, as well as the possibility brought about by technology to enhance the transparency and environmental…
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Mitsui to Participate in Forestry Carbon Credit Investment in Australia
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced that it had invested in a forestry carbon offset fund in Australia, jointly developed with and managed by New Forests Pty Limited , leveraging Mitsui's…
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Carbon Opportunities Fund and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Lead the Way with First Transaction of Tokenized Carbon Assets reflected in the Climate Action Data Trust
In an important step for carbon markets, and key milestone for the Carbon Opportunities Fund and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) announced one of the first transactions of tokenized carbon…
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2023 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market
The Carbon Direct State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report provides carbon credit purchasers, project developers, and policymakers with a snapshot of key trends and market developments. The market…
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All in on Climate: The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies
A special report delievered by Ecosystem Marketplace.
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Introduction to Emission Reduction Credits
The World Bank Emission Reduction Program (ERP) aims to help countries leverage the benefits of Emission Reduction Credits (ERC) markets, including increased revenue streams, reduced emissions,…
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Policy Context of Emissions Reduction Credit
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } Global ERC markets remain fragmented and heterogenous across sources of both supply and demand and are shaped by evolving policy and…
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Classification of Emissions Reduction Credit
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } An emissions reduction credit (ERC) is a discrete unit which represents a specific amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduced…
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Article 6 Transaction Structures Report
This report gives an overview of the transaction structures envisaged in a range of Article 6 pilots and other carbon transaction initiatives that are looking to apply corresponding adjustments.
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Abbreviations: Mobilizing ERC Finance
Find a list of helpful terms used in the Mobilizing ERC Finance Section.table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } AMCAdvance Market CommitmentA6.4ERArticle 6.4 Emissions…
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Aggregate ERC Activities
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } For smaller economies and many subnational entities, an aggregation facility that pools multiple ERC activities can help overcome some…
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Expand ERC-Backed Debt Issuance
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } With targeted DFI support, entities in EMDEs could issue ERC debt…
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Key Findings to Scale Up Private Sector Capital for ERC Activities
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } DFI pilots to attract commercial investment to ERC activities have been highly informative but limited in their ability to scale.…
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Political Risk Insurance
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } Political risk insurance (PRI) can help mobilize ERC financing through broadly insuring against general political risks that deter…
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Establish an ERC Club
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } Pooling demand through an ERC buyer’s club could send a strong market signal and improve the expected cash flows of ERC activities,…
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Political Risk for ERC Activities
Political risks are acute for ERC activities and arguably the most important and challenging to address to attract capital. ERC markets are fundamentally policy driven and still relatively novel,…
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Market Risk for ERCs
table, th, td { border:1px solid #ffffff; padding:10px } Demand for and trade of ERCs are steadily increasing, see ERC Market Status, but ERC market risk remains high and still needs to be…
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Scaling Finance for ERC Generation
These sections provides an overview of key findings to attract commercial investment for ERC activities and help scale ERC finance, including examples of how the bond or debt raise could be used…