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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. Introduction.

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

GreenBiz

While the pledge provides limited detail on the measures it will take to slash the carbon emissions of its portfolio or operations, the bank said it would establish "clear, measurable pathways" to net-zero using the Paris Agreement's Capital Transition Assessment Tool (PACTA). Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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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. Four Ways Development Agencies Can Advance Carbon Markets.

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Key Takeaways From NACW 2022

3BL Media

The 19th annual North American Carbon World (NACW) 2022 Conference , held from April 6-8 in Anaheim, California, provided an opportunity for leading climate professionals throughout North America to gain actionable insights for bold climate solutions. Soil: Regenerative agriculture and soil carbon projects have arrived.

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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.

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VCMs Require Rethink, Scale and Standards, Experts Say

Chris Hall

C threshold for first time between 2023-27 according to research published in May. “Offsetting should be widespread [and] every corporation should be doing it,” he said, adding that companies purchasing carbon offsets are decarbonising faster.

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Three New Business Models to Achieve Carbon-Reduction Goals

3BL Media

This is the second in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. Build clean energy portfolios with carbon offsets that can be traded internationally via the Cooperative Approaches and SDM markets. Four Ways Development Agencies Can Advance Carbon Markets.