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

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

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 point Alongside issues of transparency in the VCM, there’s an associated lack of quality assurance around carbon

Raising standards in the on-chain carbon market

Raising standards in the on-chain carbon market

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

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

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 point The current VCM can be characterized as complex, fragmented, opaque and lacking in consistent regulation. This greatly reduces

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

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

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 point Project developers are responsible for sourcing and initiating carbon credit projects around the world, producing a supply of

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

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

Feature Launch: Retirement Certificates

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.

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

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

⛓ On-chain weekly carbon stats Toucan Protocol [https://toucan-protocol.notion.site/About-Toucan-68694adef18f4613a5f5b594a2d4a407] 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 [https://docs.toucan.earth/protocol/bridge/carbon-bridge] allows

Climate action for ETHAmsterdam

Climate action for ETHAmsterdam

DevConnect [https://devconnect.org/] is a week-long gathering featuring independent Ethereum events, like Schelling Point [https://schellingpoint.gitcoin.co/] and the ETHAmsterdam Hackathon [https://amsterdam.ethglobal.com/]. In line with the nascent ReFi movement, Toucan wants to support ETHGlobal, host of ETHAmsterdam Hackathon, taking climate action. On-chain climate action We

Toucan joins the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

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

Deep dive🧜‍♀️: Sustainability co-benefits of carbon projects

Deep dive🧜‍♀️: Sustainability co-benefits of carbon projects

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 * 🦚 Biodiversity Each co-benefit

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

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

Coinbase Giving x Toucan: Announcing Ecosystem Grants for Regenerative Innovation

Announcements Featured

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

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.

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

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

Toucan and carbon market integrity

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.

Toucan @ETHAmsterdam

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

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

Toucan’s carbon ecosystem is coming to Celo! 🎉

Announcements Featured

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

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

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

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

deCarbonized #9: Gender equality, improving co-benefit requirements, Microsoft carbon removal insights

deCarbonized #9: Gender equality, improving co-benefit requirements, Microsoft carbon removal insights

Airbus purchases of 400,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits- the largest in history; Chevron’s carbon partnership highlights changing industry

deCarbonized #8: Co-benefits of carbon projects, crypto for net zero integrity, NFTs go carbon positive

deCarbonized #8: Co-benefits of carbon projects, crypto for net zero integrity, NFTs go carbon positive

Gold Standard introduces two new carbon removal methodologies; GloComX launches a blockchain-based carbon marketplace for fraud-free emissions tracking

Climate action for public goods: Gitcoin GR12

Climate action for public goods: Gitcoin GR12

On-chain verifiable climate action for Gitcoin, a Web3 public goods champion 👑