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- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
UN carbon market forces cookstove projects to protect against forest loss (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Despite lobbying for an exemption, the UN regulator has for the first time made cookstove projects cover the risk that the trees they save are later destroyed
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Most “zombie credits” locked out of new UN carbon market after China and India snub (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Fears of a flood of environmentally-dubious carbon credits have faded, with most old projects not able to transition to new UN market
Bonn chance: UN carbon markets enter implementation phase on shaky foundations ahead of COP31 (opens Carbon Market Watch in a new tab)
The champions of Article 6 carbon markets used the opportunity of the Bonn climate conference to push, ahead of COP31, for a “learning by doing” approach. This happy-go-lucky attitude would spell double trouble for the climate and society. Although the only carbon market item officially under…
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UN’s first Paris Agreement carbon credits face human rights and climate concerns (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Civil society groups allege the cookstove project in Myanmar exaggerated its climate impact while maintaining ties with military junta
Out of the frying pan, into the cookstove: Too many carbon credits enter UN carbon market (opens Carbon Market Watch in a new tab)
The first two projects, both related to cookstoves, approved for use under the UN’s carbon market massively overestimate their climate impact, despite efforts to rein in overcrediting. In April of last year, Carbon Market Watch published an analysis demonstrating that the first Clean Development…
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Carbon market supporters risk cheating the nature they wish to protect (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Efforts to dilute Article 6 rules risk turning the new UN carbon market mechanism into a false climate solution that harms both nature and global climate action
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As governments bet on carbon trading, Japan’s early scheme spotlights pitfalls (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Analysis by Climate Home News of Japan’s current projects under Article 6.2 - from forest protection to energy-saving lights in Uniqlo stores - raises questions over the climate benefits of some of the offsets
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A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper
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New UN carbon market standards are a step change in protecting people and planet (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Rules finalised at COP29 will make sure carbon credits enable more ambitious climate goals while delivering benefits to local communities
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Is COP29 “breakthrough” on UN carbon market all it seems? (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
Azerbaijan presidency claims Article 6 could help countries save $250 billion a year - but experts warn UN carbon trading is still some way off
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Fossil fuel firms seek UN carbon market cash for old gas plants (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
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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Junk offset sellers push to enter new UN carbon market (opens Climate Home News in a new tab)
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.