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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/15/indigenous-land-disputes-cloud-kenyas-carbon-market-ambitions/feed/ 0 First carbon credit scheme for early coal plant closures unveiled https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/first-carbon-credit-scheme-for-early-coal-plant-closures-unveiled/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/07/first-carbon-credit-scheme-for-early-coal-plant-closures-unveiled/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 16:58:56 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=70632 Proponents hope carbon markets can offer new funding for costly transition from coal to renewables. But concerns have been raised over the risk of low-integrity credits

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]]> Most cookstove carbon credits ruled out of quality scheme in integrity push https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/03/07/most-cookstove-carbon-credits-ruled-out-of-quality-scheme-in-push-for-high-integrity/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:16:22 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=68503 The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has rejected widely used rulebooks for cleaner cooking, which will require projects to switch to more rigorous methods

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]]> How Shell greenwashed gas with sham Chinese carbon credits https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/19/shell-greenwashed-gas-junk-chinese-carbon-credits-offsets-phantom/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:23:41 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=55480 Exclusive: Shell used rice-farming offsets for "carbon neutral" LNG campaign - but farmers and local authorities said no project activities took place

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]]> New UN carbon market standards are a step change in protecting people and planet https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/18/new-un-carbon-market-standards-are-a-step-change-in-protecting-people-and-planet/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:20:48 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=54551 Rules finalised at COP29 will make sure carbon credits enable more ambitious climate goals while delivering benefits to local communities

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]]> Verra’s plan to review carbon credits faster with fewer staff raises integrity concerns https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/31/verras-plan-to-review-carbon-credits-faster-with-fewer-staff-raises-integrity-fears/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:21:52 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53788 Verra's new CEO said that "faster does not equal to compromise on integrity" - but independent carbon market experts are sceptical

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]]> UN approves carbon market safeguards to protect environment and human rights https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/10/un-approves-carbon-market-safeguards-to-protect-environment-and-human-rights/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:11:28 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53383 Developers of carbon credit projects will have to carry out a risk assessment and minimise any social or environmental impacts

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]]> Guyana’s carbon-credit deal to protect forests undermines its forest protectors  https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/03/guyanas-carbon-credit-deal-to-protect-forests-undermines-forest-protectors/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:31:27 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53286 Guyana’s Indigenous communities are under siege from all sides - including an opaque carbon-offsetting scheme agreed by the government on our lands

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]]> Amazon state that will host COP30 strikes “largest carbon credit sale in history” https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/09/27/amazon-state-that-will-host-cop30-strikes-largest-carbon-credit-sale-in-history/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:01:55 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53139 A coalition of governments and multinational corporations promises to pay Pará state $180m to save its rainforest

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]]> Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/08/30/verra-axing-of-shells-rice-farming-carbon-credits-in-china-fuels-integrity-fears/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:08:53 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=52736 The carbon market standard found "serious" quality issues with the projects, prompting questions about their initial approval

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]]> Renewable-energy carbon credits rejected by high-integrity scheme https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/08/07/renewable-energy-carbon-credits-rejected-by-high-integrity-scheme/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:05:14 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=52432 The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market decided existing renewables methodologies don't do enough to prove their emissions reductions are additional

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]]> US government backs the carbon credit industry’s push to fix itself https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/05/29/us-government-backs-the-carbon-credit-industrys-push-to-fix-itself/ Wed, 29 May 2024 13:07:09 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=51350 The Biden administration throws its weight behind the industry's attempts to boost integrity in the beleaguered market

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]]> UN agrees carbon market safeguards to tackle green land grabs https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/05/09/un-agrees-carbon-market-safeguards-to-tackle-green-land-grabs/ Thu, 09 May 2024 09:24:00 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=50965 Local communities will be able to officially challenge UN-registered carbon credit projects before and after they are up and running

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]]> SBTi needs tighter rules on companies’ indirect emissions https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/04/11/sbti-needs-tighter-rules-on-companies-indirect-emissions/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:42:05 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=50575 Businesses are not required to cut all their value chain emissions in line with a 1.5C warming limit - and allowing offsetting could weaken efforts further

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]]> Paraguay’s carbon deal with Singapore beset by lobbying, lax rules https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/03/14/paraguay-singapore-deal-beset-by-lobbying-and-lax-rules/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:11:36 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=50071 UN rules governing bilateral carbon offsetting between governments have yet to be agreed but deals are being done, raising concerns about integrity

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]]> Fossil fuel firms seek UN carbon market cash for old gas plants https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/03/07/fossil-fuel-firms-seek-un-carbon-market-cash-for-old-gas-plants/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:30:07 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=50050 Fossil fuel companies that built gas power plants more than a decade ago are hoping for rewards from a new carbon credit market

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]]> “Shameful”: Shell uses carbon credits under investigation to meet climate targets https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/02/02/shameful-shell-uses-carbon-credits-under-investigation-to-meet-climate-targets/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:23:11 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=49942 The oil and gas giant offset part of its emissions with over a million credits from Chinese projects suspended because of integrity concerns

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]]> Junk offset sellers push to enter new UN carbon market https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/01/18/junk-offset-sellers-push-to-enter-new-un-carbon-market/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:36:50 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=49863 Renewable energy schemes make up four-fifths of Kyoto-era projects hoping to keep selling offsets under Article 6, sparking concerns over the credibility of the new market.

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