News / #REDD
Three new irrigation dams have been approved in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, overlapping with two carbon credit projects. The new developments join five hydropower projects that are already eating into these same forests.
Developing the credit markets will address a funding gap for nature-based solutions, said Tharman Shanmugaratnam. His proposal faced pushback from other panellists at the World Economic Forum who cautioned against commodifying nature.
The World Bank is set to pay the country up to US$45 million in results-based financing to reduce its land use emissions. But only 72 per cent of the funds are expected to reach the beneficiaries after administrative deductions.
Karbon & Cuaca
Collaboration challenging if countries jump ‘too quickly’ into carbon markets without robust frameworks: Singapore official
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement leaves a lot of flexibility for countries to trade carbon credits but a standardised playbook is needed to guide how countries can meet their climate goals while selling carbon offsets, says a city-state official, adding that bilateral deals become "flimsy" otherwise. The republic has struggled to buy eligible credits from its two partner nations.
All #REDD News
16 September 2024
31 May 2024
2 May 2024
16 April 2024
8 April 2024
5 April 2024
2 April 2024
22 March 2024
29 February 2024
25 December 2023
Polisi & Kewangan
Singapore excludes forest carbon projects from offsets eligibility list
9 November 2023
30 August 2023
15 August 2023
Karbon & Cuaca
Behind Cambodia's big bet on REDD+ projects
Karbon & Cuaca
An investor’s guide to buying forest carbon offsets
15 February 2023
23 March 2022
Karbon & Cuaca
Are carbon markets killing conservation?
Paling popular
-
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
Climate overtakes economic woes as Southeast Asia’s biggest challenge
The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand have named extreme weather as their top concern, putting it ahead of … -
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
Behind the ‘bribe, bully, buy’ tactics of developed countries, with veteran climate negotiator Dr Gary Theseira
The newly-appointed council chair of Climate Governance Malaysia says the United States has acted like a "child holding … -
Berita / Karbon & Cuaca
Bright spots in the dark: Tracking Malaysia’s fiscal transfers for nature conservation
Some say the Ecological Fiscal Transfer approach has spurred state governments to expand protected areas. Our latest analysis, … -
A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” … -
Berita / Tenaga
‘Radical change needed’: Can Malaysia grow renewable energy capacity amid increasing regulation?
Studio EB There are hopes that new energy efficiency regulations in Malaysia will finally lead to meaningful and measurable decreases … -
Berita / Bandar-bandar
Which countries are helping earthquake-hit Myanmar?
Despite a warning that a lack of funds is complicating the emergency response, the Trump administration has sent …
