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Why data matters for high-integrity carbon markets

The quality and accessibility of carbon credit data needs to become better. This increases trust and drives effective climate action in the VCM.

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Integrity helps scale a high-impact VCM. Here's why.

Rocky Mountain Institute & Climate Collective explore how technology can address project and data integrity in the VCM. We sum up key points.

Interviews

Bringing blockchain to the VCM – A Gold Standard perspective

Hugh Salway, Senior Director for Market Development and Partnerships at Gold Standard, recently joined our CEO Raphael to discuss how blockchain technology and the VCM are coming together.

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How blockchains could support a more scalable way for climate finance

We've teamed up with World Economic Forum to research how blockchain technology is unlocking ways to create a more transparent and efficient carbon market.

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Insights from EthCC week 2023

Together with global innovators, we shared thought leadership and educated on how blockchain technology can be used to address climate change.

Meet Toucan in Paris 🇫🇷

Get ready for a great experience as the Toucan team gears up to participate in the much-anticipated ETHCC week in Paris!

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Revolutionizing the VCM: What we learned from the Gold Standard Grow to Zero Conference

Our insights and impression from Gold Standard's Grow to Zero Conference – how technological innovation can help the VCM scale.

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What are climate contributions?

Climate contributions are an emerging area of climate action. We look at what they are and how they differ from carbon credits.

Announcements

10+ Celo projects are reinventing climate action: B_WC winners announced

We're thrilled to introduce 10+ Celo projects that are reinventing climate action via innovative dApps, GameFi & more. Read about the B_WC hackathon winners here!

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Solving climate problems: 4 Blockchain projects that have a real-world impact

We introduce 4 innovative climate blockchain projects and their positive, real-world impact on the environment and the communities in which they’re based.

Announcements

Build with Celo on Toucan

The B_WC Hackathon season has started. Use Toucans infrastructure to integrate real climate action into your existing project or to build a dApp that improves the VCM. $20k in prices up for grabs!

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WEF white paper: Blockchains' role in scaling climate action

We sum up key findings from the World Economic Forum (WEF) whitepaper Blockchain for Scaling Climate Action, from exciting trends to barriers to scale.

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What are carbon credit retirements?

What exactly are carbon credit retirements, and how do they drive climate action? We look at the lifecycle of carbon credits - from the project planning phase to retirement.

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Sylvera interview: Baselines, storytelling & incentivizing high-integrity carbon credits

We spoke to Polly Thompson from Sylvera about how transparency in the VCM helps people and organizations take more efficient climate action.

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What is climate tech, and why should you get involved?

The climate tech industry is a rapidly growing field with unique opportunities to make a meaningful impact. We explore what climate tech is, who can work in climate & why blockchains are key to scale impact.

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Introducing: The Core Carbon Principles 💡

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) launched the hotly anticipated Core Carbon Principles (CCPs). They define a common understanding of what makes a high-integrity carbon credit.

Toucan 🤝 Regen Network: Expanding liquidity for tokenized carbon credits

Toucan's new carbon bridge to Regen Ledger will allow tokenized carbon credits to flow freely between Toucan's infrastructure on Polygon & Celo and Regen Network's eco-registry in the Cosmos ecosystem.

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Meet Mitchell - Founder of Carbonlink

Carbonlink is a platform to buy, manage, and retire on-chain environmental credits in one place. Companies get the benefit of Web3, but without the hassle. Learn more!

Announcements

Meet Lena 👋 – Toucans Developer Advocate

Building on Toucans infrastructure just became a whole lot easier: Our new developer advocate Lena is here to help you develop climate action products on the Celo blockchain.

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What is Regenerative Finance (ReFi)?

Regenerative Finance (often shortened to ReFi) is a transparent, accessible, and inclusive alternative to traditional financial systems. We'll explore the basics of ReFi, and look into what it can mean for individuals and businesses.

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Toucan's carbon retirement module launches on Celo

Celo users around the world can now conveniently retire carbon credits directly from their mobile phone via Celo’s user-friendy mobile application. Protocols can include climate action into every transaction.

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Applying a powerful set of tools to a complex set of problems: A stroll through Toucan's history

Applying a powerful set of tools to a complex set of problems: A stroll through Toucan's history. How we got to where we are, and what we learned along the way.

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Why Crypto is good for the planet

Blockchain technology is becoming more sustainable. We look at how users, founders and developers leverage this new tool for good.

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Meet Rez — Co-Founder of Solid World

Climate tech startup Solid World aims to revolutionize carbon project financing: With their products, they are unlocking liquid, derisked, and diversified forward carbon markets.

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Key terms in the Digital Carbon Market (DVCM) — explained

What is tokenization? What is DeFi? What is composability? We're explaining some of the most commonly used terms and concepts in the DVCM.