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AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... rainforests while building healthy lifestyles - that is, the improvement of livelihoods through the utilisation of carbon credits for rainforest protection." AXA IM believes that the decarbonisation of the global economy is underway, with the Paris Climate ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... to the communities in which reduction projects are based, according to new research. Co-benefits of purchasing carbon credits include economic development opportunities, environmental conservation and improvements to community residents' lives through ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has issued more than 160,000 carbon credits to a carbon farming project in western New South Wales covering an 8,500-hectare section of native forest. Josh Harris, Climate Friendly The Sunset Ranch Native Forest Protection ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... for helicopter time and fuel to get out on country to conduct the project. There will be a threshold value for carbon credits below which a number [Indigenous CFI projects] will not be viable, particularly if eligibility is limited to projects not receiving ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... by the smaller mosaic burning patterns and the amount released during large wildfire events can be expressed as carbon credits and traded under the current carbon pricing mechanism. Natural Carbon, Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council and Olkola Aboriginal ...

Net Balance, Gold Standard report on co-benefits value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Aboriginal Carbon Fund notes that such projects have environmental, social and cultural co-benefits through trading carbon credits with corporations. Net Balance has interacted with Aboriginal Carbon Fund in the past - they hosted a Fair Carbon workshop ...

Net Balance urges co-benefits approach for carbon offsets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... internationally due to the economic climate, changing government policy and the reduction in demand and unchanged supply of carbon credits," said Neil Salisbury, report author and Net Balance director. "This research is important because it demonstrates ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... confidence that we will meet targets." WWF-Australia has also explored the impacts of a lower price on Australian carbon credits as a result of linking to the European ETS. The research suggests that a lower price on carbon credits could provide an opportunity ...

Government drafts legislation to bring forward ETS timeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... incredible - the mind boggles," said Nick Armstrong, CEO of COzero. "We're not going to be running wide markets on carbon credits because there's increased volatility. In terms of the emergence of any exchange, I think that there are few people jostling ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... previously mentioned, the Australian ETS will be linked to the EU ETS, establishing an international market for carbon credits, but also tying the Australian price to the EU price. A secondary pricing consideration will be the carbon emissions budget ...