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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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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
- Climate Home NewsNews outlet
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.