Carbon Policy News

Afforestation projects and other forms of land-based carbon storage are severely under-priced right now and in fact need...

A high-level climate conference in Nairobi on Monday heard that hundreds of billions of dollars are needed...

The Democractic Republic of Congo (DRC) plans to step up conservation efforts in peatland areas, the world's largest...

A late October summit in Congo Brazzaville is likely to focus mainly on "sovereign carbon" issues, the country's...

Timor-Leste is seeking proposals to draw up a carbon farming framework to administer carbon sequestration projects...

The debate on whether baselines and methodologies for avoided deforestation are remarkably accurate - or are spectacularly...

The European Parliament's agriculture committee has proposed to include biochar in the list of activities eligible for...

The US government has allotted $20 million in funding to research studies aimed at developing new technologies...

US entrepreneur Michael Greene, who is behind several large REDD+ projects in Brazil, has announced his intention...

Denmark this week announced a proposal to contribute DKK150 million ($21.8m) to the Amazon Fund for...

Kenya's president on Friday signed into law a bill that requires carbon credit project developers to contribute 40%...

Two Amazon states have stepped up forest-related enforcement activities, they said this week, as new figures showed...

The UN-appointed committee tasked with setting the rules on the Article 6.4 carbon market is seeking further inputs on...

The Philippines has held a gathering of around 100 experts who discussed the potential for forest carbon projects...

A report by US-based non profit Human Rights Watch regarding the Southern Cardamom REDD+ project in Cambodia...

A coalition of activist groups is calling on New Zealand's government to end the practice of issuing free carbon credits...

Egypt's financial regulator this week issued the criteria for the registration of verification and certification bodies to accelerate...

The US government has opened up the application process for up to $350 million in grants available to states...

Governors from nine Brazilian Amazon states have, through an open letter, expressed concerns about the potential lack of...

Brazil plans to launch a large tender for 100,000 hectares of forest restoration concessions in the Amazon...