The science behind forest carbon credits is sound, finds new study
Forest-based carbon credits have had a rough couple of years. Numerous academic studies and media investigations have unearthed vastly inflated…
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Q&A: GlobalData’s Papadopoullos on net-zero strategy for businesses
As climate change impacts the world, businesses are having to take measures to comply with regulations, minimise emissions and protect…
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How clean cooking has ‘moved to the top of the energy agenda’
In Africa today, four-out-of-five people continue to cook their meals over open fires. Globally, around 2.3 billion people are burning…
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Cookstove carbon credit projects overvalued by nine times – study
Carbon credits, a market-based offsetting solution, have been an increasingly popular – if sometimes controversial – form of environmental initiative…
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How COP28 accelerated the conversation on coal phase-out
DUBAI – COP26, which took place in Glasgow in 2021, was supposed to be the COP that “consigned coal to…
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Can soil carbon credits benefit farmers and help the climate?
Dalip Ram, a rice farmer in the north Indian state of Haryana, inspects an app on his smart phone showing…
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Are forest-based carbon offsets worth saving?
More than half of the world’s largest public companies have committed to an emissions reduction target and many plan to…
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How to make carbon markets work for Africa
At the recent Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, carbon markets were a hot topic among delegates. “The restoration and…
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Africa’s first verifiable carbon market launches in Kenya
NAIROBI – Africa’s first verifiable carbon market has launched in Nairobi, with forward trade of more than two million carbon…
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Are ‘carbon neutral’ claims dead?
The EU wants rid of spurious green claims: too many of them are made with “no evidence and justification whatsoever”,…
