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Buyers’ Guide Bids to Build Trust in VCMs

Chris Hall

Lydia Sheldrake, Director of Policy and Partnerships at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative, outlines how a new code of practice will address carbon credits’ credibility crunch. To address the emissions gap and keep the 1.5°C

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UNFCCC Tightens the Screw on Net Zero

Chris Hall

The tracker further highlighted that many companies are “strategically vague” on Scope 3 emissions and the use of offsets, says Lang.

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ESG Explainer: Call of the Wild

Chris Hall

Funded by member governments, it is not a United Nations body, but its secretariat is provided by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). IPBES was established in 2012 by 94 governments to strengthen the “science-policy interface” on biodiversity and ecosystem services to support the conservation and sustainable use of nature.

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From Wild West to Law of the Jungle

Chris Hall

million metric tonnes of CO2 within their roots, trunks and soil every year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Kenya’s Gazi Bay is home to the Mikoko Pamoja project , through which thousands of mangroves have been planted, thanks to a decade of selling voluntary carbon credits. .