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Ecosystem Marketplace: To Meet Global Taskforce Goal of 15x Growth in Voluntary Carbon Markets without Sacrificing Quality, Price Transparency Must Be a Priority
New analysis from Ecosystem Marketplace, the leading globally recognized platform for tracking carbon markets, shows that voluntary carbon markets are poised to expand dramatically in 2021 and beyond, driven by a rapid acceleration of corporate net zero and carbon neutral climate commitments and reflected in bold new initiatives such as the Institute of International Finance’s […]
Perú: Agua y saneamiento para Marcapomacocha será posible con los mecanismos de retribución por servicios ecosistémicos aplicados por SEDAPAL
La firma del memorándum de entendimiento se enmarca dentro del trabajo conjunto que viene desarrollando el Ministerio del Ambiente, el Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento y la Superintendencia de Servicios de Saneamiento (SUNASS) para la aplicación de los mecanismos de retribución por servicios ecosistémicos y el programa “Sembrando Agua” de Sedapal. El Servicio […]
DEC 10: Expert Panel to Discuss “Free Riding” and the Exclusion of Amazon Indigenous Territories from REDD+ Climate Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Leaders from indigenous organizations, conservation NGOs, and academic will host a virtual roundtable exploring the issue of how many Amazonian indigenous territories are de facto excluded from climate finance mechanisms like REDD+, with serious implications for both climate justice and achieving Paris goals. The 75-minute event will take place online on Thursday, […]
De enero a setiembre de este año los incendios forestales en Perú aumentaron en un 121% con relación al mismo periodo del año pasado
Webinar organizado por el Ministerio de Desarrollo Agrario y Riego, el Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR) y el Proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica, tendrá como ponentes centrales a María Poca, profesora investigadora de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y a Emilio Cobo, actual coordinador del programa de agua y ecosistemas […]
Environmental Defense Fund: Forest Credits Approved for Airlines’ Compliance with ICAO Carbon Market
This week, the governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) — the United Nations agency that sets standards for global aviation — took an important step forward on climate progress: it approved select tropical forest protection programs for airlines’ use in offsetting carbon dioxide emissions of international flights.
Bloomberg: A New UN Push Aims to Feed the World’s Rapid Hunger for Carbon Credits
Backers of the “Green Gigaton Challenge” hope to avert a supply shortfall of CO2 offsets.
