#REDD News
Carbon & Climate
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.
Policy & Finance
Stopping deforestation ‘not costly’, must be Asia’s top priority with focus on integrity: Singapore’s climate action ambassador
Citing estimates, former central banker Ravi Menon says a carbon price of just US$20 per tonne could halve Southeast Asia's deforestation rate. At the Unlocking capital for sustainability 2024 summit, he cautioned that Asia cannot compromise on emissions cuts even as it pursues growth. The loss of carbon sinks has "serious implications".
Carbon & Climate
Voluntary offsets market value tumbles to a third of 2021 peak
The beleaguered industry has registered its sharpest annual plunge ever. Asia Pacific developers faced an especially bruising year.
The standards organisation accused of approving “worthless” credits last year got an endorsement for meeting the ICVCM's quality criteria. The carbon market outlook remains unclear, with Indonesia recently censuring a huge forest project.
#REDD Opinion
Manufacturing
The next global resource crisis
Western governments want to advance the clean energy transition without being overly dependent on China for critical minerals. But their plans fail to acknowledge a potential obstacle: the fraught local politics of opening up new mines.
Policy & Finance
How to protect tropical forests? Let indigenous people lead
To turn around deforestation, patient indigenous-led conservation is key.
Food & Agriculture
Conserving forests could cut carbon emissions as much as getting rid of every car on earth
Protecting the world's forests would contribute significantly to the fight against climate change. But to do that, we must find the right balance between food production and reforestation, says WRI experts.
Carbon & Climate
Putting a price on rainforests
Renewable energy is one promising solution to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate against climate change; but no technology is as effective at storing carbon as tropical forests, says Rockefeller Foundation's Lorenzo Bernasconi.
Carbon & Climate
REDD+ handed in Paris
Food & Agriculture
Why is it so incredibly hard to stop deforestation?
Carbon & Climate
What the heck is a carbon right?
#REDD Podcasts
David Antonioli says current rules spur piecemeal offsetting instead of enabling faster growth of climate ventures. He expects pushback to his ideas in a market polarised over integrity issues, but wants players to think big-picture.
