EcoWatt, frontrunner in blockchain-powered renewable energy, secures $110 million token investment; Polygon blockchain retires $400,000 of carbon credits to achieve carbon neutrality

Solid World DAO partners with Emstream Carbon Market place to boost forward sale of carbon credits; Crypto's potential to drive planetary regeneration is discussed in Forbes

At IETA’s European Climate Summit, integrity was repeatedly identified that the largest barrier to scaling voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) in line with growing demand. This post is the first in a three part series in which we will explore current market trends and emerging initiatives seeking to drive future

Carbon removal industry draws $2 billion to fight climate change; Verra to release new biochar methodologies next month

American Carbon Registry develops new rules on carbon credit tokenisation; The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative launch new credit scoring tool

As markets for durable carbon removals have started to expand, there is increasing discussion over the role played by reduction and removal carbon credits in the journey towards net zero. This article seeks to understand this evolving landscape, exploring: 📉 Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) and the Paris Agreement💡 How reduction and

Snapchat snaps up 8,000 carbon removal offsets from Puro Earth; Neumann-backed climate tech venture Flowcarbon raises $70m

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

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

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

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

⛓ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Singapore's plan to raise carbon taxes expected to stimulate voluntary carbon market growth; CIBO Technologies announces new partnership to bring viability to regenerative agriculture credits