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Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... expected to rise from 39% in 2013 to 62% of world plantation production by 2050. In addition, the demand for voluntary carbon credits in 2030 could rise by a factor of 13, based off the size of the market in 2021. We believe that investment in sustainable ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... offers funding to projects with the potential to curb emissions. The scheme allows any organisation to purchase carbon credits, not just businesses included in China's compulsory trading market the national Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), state-owned ...

Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... continue in 2024. bfinance has released Natural Capital Investing: An Introduction to Forestry, Agriculture and Carbon Credits, a study on the sector and the three major categories of natural capital assets. "Outside of the obvious positive ESG aspects ...

ASX tapped to develop Aussie carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... for participants to develop Australia's first carbon exchange in 2021, with ASX one of 27 to apply. "Demand for carbon credits continues to increase with government policy focused on emissions levels and corporates seeking to develop compliance measures ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's "abundant and rich natural capital assets" are ready to be utilised towards unlocking the supply of carbon credits and accelerating carbon sequestration opportunities. Heechung Sung, CEFC head of natural capital said "natural capital assets ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... received the final reports of two reviews into the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme and the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is required to review the CFI Act every three years ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... their trade, while Article 6.4 will establish a new UNFCC mechanism to validate, verify and issue high-quality carbon credits. Comhar Group director and principal lawyer Emily Gerrard said that bilateral carbon trading agreements can and will still continue ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... own legal title to land and long-term income from landscape rejuvenation, carbon sequestration through certified carbon credits, and regenerative agriculture. The land and biodiversity restoration project will support at least 40 First Nations employees ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... standard, established by three voluntary forest carbon stakeholders. The Republic of Congo plans to develop sovereign carbon credits for sale under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which governs the carbon market. It is unclear ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... including methane, non-CO2 gasses and coal. Several countries and major corporations expressed interest in using carbon credits to phase out coal globally. Australia joined 119 countries, not including China and India, to commit to the Global Renewables ...