Carbon registry Verra announced on Friday May 23 a delay in the release of the final deforestation risk maps required under the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) methodology VM0048. The registry said that the delay is intended to ensure the data meets Verra’s standards for high quality and to enhance transparency throughout the data development process.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has proposed a significant expansion of carbon removals in corporate net-zero strategies, marking a potential shift in how companies use voluntary carbon markets.

The US forestry sector is undergoing a transformation as timberland managers increasingly diversify beyond traditional operations to embrace forest carbon projects, conservation, renewable energy, and carbon capture initiatives.

Small volumes of around 3,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) of Panama ARR (VCS 2481) vintage 2017 were reported on offer at $32 per tCO2e. The volumes on offer represented more than half the circulating credits from that project-vintage pair. The supply of credits from the project is constrained. It has issued up to vintage […]

Fastmarkets’ Director of EMEA mill intelligence, Ville Henttonen, uses a case study to explain how mill intelligence tools can estimate the cost competitiveness and fossil CO2 emissions of energy transition related investments

Part 3 of the forest carbon markets series, based on the report, “Forest Carbon Markets: How demand for forest carbon credits is shaping wood markets”

Part 2 of the forest carbon markets series, based on the report, "Forest Carbon Markets: How demand for forest carbon credits is shaping wood markets"

Part 1 of the forest carbon markets series, based on the report, "Forest Carbon Markets: How demand for forest carbon credits is shaping wood markets"