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  • Article 6.4: Is operation underway?

    15 October 2024

    Final details for Article 6.4 have been agreed ahead of COP29, but uncertainty remains over whether the mechanism is now operational. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • 'Carbon credits should not be a substitute for action'

    02 October 2024

    Edit Kiss shares her five key learnings about the voluntary carbon market

  • Insurers hope to put the credibility into carbon credits

    01 October 2024

    Voluntary carbon credits are seen as a core element to future corporate climate commitments, and insurers are stepping in to bolster the confidence of buyers and sellers. Joshua Geer reports

  • Net-zero demands a mature carbon removal market

    26 September 2024

    Even with best efforts to reduce carbon output, there will always be unavoidable residual emissions, argues Fredrik Ekström

  • Forest restoration should not be overlooked

    17 September 2024

    Reforestation has an important role to play in tackling the climate crisis, although two controversial issues need to be ironed out, write Armínio Fraga, Candido Bracher, Joaquim Levy, and Roberto S. Waack

  • Carbon removals versus reductions misses the point

    06 September 2024

    For the atmosphere's balance sheet, emission reductions and removals are both vitally important, argues Mary Grady

  • COP29 to focus on finance - but Trump could poop on the party

    20 August 2024

    Will the climate conference in the petrostate keep 1.5°C alive, or be a forum for oil and gas deals, asks Peter Cripps

  • The Global South can't beat climate change without voluntary carbon markets

    02 August 2024

    Voluntary carbon markets can mobilise private finance more effectively and at scale, and must be seen as part of any inclusive climate finance architecture, writes Marissa Lee

  • The SBTi must take decisive action on Scope 3

    31 July 2024

    The organisation must not leave carbon project developers and buyers in limbo, argues Simon Turek

  • A burning need for carbon finance in clean cooking

    25 July 2024

    Carbon finance can be a powerful catalyst to help make universal access to clean cooking solutions a reality by 2030, writes Nick Marshall