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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

In an open letter to its clients, HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said the bank had been motivated to ramp up its environmental ambition by customer concern about climate change. "We It also said it would work with the broader finance sector to create a standard to measure financed emissions and support a functioning carbon offset market.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size.

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Using Carbon Markets To Fuel the Energy Transition

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at how the carbon finance options defined at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) can help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction costs for power utilities and large energy consumers. Instrument 1—Cooperative Approach.

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Key Takeaways From NACW 2022

3BL Media

Professionals from around the world attended, including our SCS Greenhouse Gas (Carbon Offset) Verification Program staff. NACW 2022 was an excellent time to meet again in-person after the long pandemic break from live events, and very timely as the world raises its ambitions to meet climate change goals.

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VCMs Require Rethink, Scale and Standards, Experts Say

Chris Hall

Eron Bloomgarden, Founder and CEO at non-profit Emergent, noted the urgency of climate risks, with the world increasingly likely to miss the 1.5°C These markets already cover 20% of emissions worldwide and mobilised US$938 billion last year, highlighting their effectiveness in rallying global climate finance.

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Three New Business Models to Achieve Carbon-Reduction Goals

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at three Cooperative Approaches as a market-based path toward net zero in advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Ensure carbon market compliance and maximize the potential to lower emission reduction costs.

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All Eyes on “Interplay” of VCM Standards, Article 6 at COP28

Chris Hall

Speaking during a webinar, Pedro Martins Barata, Associate Vice President, Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonisation at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), noted that “understanding the interplay” between VCM industry guidelines and what emerges from Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. negotiations in Dubai is vital.