Toucan Blog

deCarbonized #18: Optimizing digital markets; 7 CDR solutions explained

Photo by Nathan Watson 💡 Spotlight storyOptimizing digital carbon markets for innovation and qualityAs increasing numbers of web3 driven projects have entered the traditional VCM, so has interest and concerns over their potential impact. The VCM is predicted to face a five-fold increase in demand by 2030, meaning that current challenges

Announcements

Toucan 🤝 Solid World DAO

We are partnering with Solid World DAO! Together, we'll strive to solve key challenges that carbon projects & carbon markets struggle with today.

deCarbonized

Deep dive: Carbon dioxide removal solutions

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions represent an emerging area of focus and innovation within the voluntary carbon market. Indeed, the scaling of these solutions is critical to meeting the net zero aims of the Paris Agreement, with the latest IPCC report outlining a deployment rate of 5-16 giga-tonnes a year

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deCarbonized #17: Web3 for VCM integrity; improving standards of on-chain carbon

Solid World DAO secures €2.3 million to build pools for pre-purchasing carbon credits; Intercontinental Exchange launches its first nature-based solutions carbon credit futures contract

Web3-Climate

Web3 for tackling VCM pain points Pt. 4: Lack of credit integrity

This is part 4 of a 4 part series exploring how web3 technology can address VCM pain points. You can find all previous posts on the Toucan blog and Medium. 📍 The pain pointAlongside issues of transparency in the VCM, there’s an associated lack of quality assurance around carbon credits

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Raising standards in the on-chain carbon market

Toucan is adding additional safeguards to improve the integrity of on-chain credits.

Web3-Climate

Web3 for tackling VCM pain points Pt. 3: Lack of market transparency 🔍

This is part 3 of a 4 part series exploring how web3 technology can address VCM pain points. You can find all posts on the Toucan blog and Medium. 📍 The pain pointThe current VCM can be characterized as complex, fragmented, opaque and lacking in consistent regulation. This greatly reduces transparency

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deCarbonized #16: Web3 for carbon market transparency; growing urgency for nature markets

Verra advances plans for carbon units that leverage project finance upfront; Low carbon blockchain Algorand scores partnership with the FIFA World Cup; Voluntary carbon market price surge puts the profits of intermediaries in the crosshairs

Web3-Climate

Web3 for tackling VCM pain points Pt. 2: Lack of supply side financing 💵

This is part 2 of a 4 part series exploring how web3 technology can address VCM pain points. You can find all posts on the Toucan blog and Medium. 📍 The pain pointProject developers are responsible for sourcing and initiating carbon credit projects around the world, producing a supply of carbon

Web3-Climate

Web3 for tackling VCM pain points Pt. 1: Introduction 🕵️‍♀️

This is part 1 of a 4 part series exploring how web3 technology can address VCM pain points. You can find all posts on the Toucan blog and Medium. The voluntary carbon market (VCM) aims to mitigate climate change by creating space for private actors to finance activities that reduce

Product Updates

Feature Launch: Retirement Certificates

We have launched Retirement Certificates, enabling users to customize retirement transactions with a beneficiary name, wallet address and message.

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deCarbonized #15: Carbon projects for sustainable development; Corporate governance of CDR

⛓ On-chain weekly carbon stats Toucan Protocol is building carbon market infrastructure to finance the world's best climate solutions. These are our on-chain stats from 21.04- 27.04: Stats explained... Bridged: Toucan’s Carbon Bridge allows anyone to bring carbon credits from legacy registries onto the Toucan RegistryTraded: This figure

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Climate action for ETHAmsterdam

DevConnect is a week-long gathering featuring independent Ethereum events, like Schelling Point and the ETHAmsterdam Hackathon. In line with the nascent ReFi movement, Toucan wants to support ETHGlobal, host of ETHAmsterdam Hackathon, taking climate action. On-chain climate actionWe retired 1400 tonnes of nature-based carbon on chain via Toucan infrastructure — this

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Toucan joins the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

We are excited to announce that Toucan has become the first Web3-based carbon market infrastructure venture to join IETA. IETA is recognized as a key global lobby group in the carbon market space. Founded in 1999, the association represents the first international, multi-sectoral group devoted to the pricing and trading

deCarbonized

Deep dive: Carbon credit projects for sustainability co-benefits

This piece introduces and explores some of the key co-benefits that arise from carbon avoidance and removal projects. After briefly introducing what co-benefits are and the growing interest in their value, 4 key types are explored: 💁‍♀️ Gender equality💵 Economic growth and job creation🔥 Access to clean energy🦚 BiodiversityEach co-benefit is

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deCarbonized #14: Web3 for scaling VCM supply; Blockchain and clean electricity transition

Google scales up VCM interest with soil carbon venture; Rhode Island housing bill proposes the issuance of a green coin as an incentive to lower carbon emissions

Announcements

Coinbase Giving x Toucan: Announcing Ecosystem Grants for Regenerative Innovation

Coinbase Giving has agreed to grant $500k to Toucan to kickstart our Builder Hub, with 100% of the funds directly supporting builders.

Biodiversity: The next frontier for tokenized markets

Contributor Kristin McDonald takes a deep dive into the role of biodiversity in tackling climate change and opportunities for web3 to transform future markets.

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deCarbonized #13: Web3 for tackling VCM pain points; Scaling biodiversity markets

Invert and Carboncure sign the world’s largest carbon removal agreement; How blockchain technology is transforming climate action

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Toucan and carbon market integrity

Here we clarify Toucan’s role in blockchain-based carbon markets, unpack some recent criticisms, and invite a deeper dialogue.

Announcements

Toucan @ETHAmsterdam

We're so excited to be present at ETHAmsterdam and DevConnect, and, most of all, to meet and make many new ReFi friends! Here's where Team Toucan will be speaking, buidling, and hanging out!

deCarbonized

deCarbonized #12: Biodiversity co-benefits, IPCC and carbon removal, Indigenous rights

IPCC report highlights key role of carbon removal in reaching global climate targets; Climeworks captures $650m investment boost

Announcements

Toucan’s carbon ecosystem is coming to Celo! 🎉

We are excited to announce a partnership between the Celo Foundation, the Climate Collective, and Toucan. Transparent climate action for anyone with a mobile phone and an internet connection.

deCarbonized

deCarbonized #11: Carbon credits and energy access; IETA identify innovation opportunities

PURA reveals crypto carbon credit vision for hemp growers; Aker Carbon Capture and Microsoft to scale up CCUS value-chain

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deCarbonized #10: Economic co-benefits, 9 actions to scale carbon removals

Nasdaq launches world’s first carbon removal indexes; Occidental signs first “net zero oil” supply deal; Carbon removal start-up Heirloom raises $53 million