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 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 💵 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 🕵️♀️ 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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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 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 Gold Standard introduces two new carbon removal methodologies; GloComX launches a blockchain-based carbon marketplace for fraud-free emissions tracking
deCarbonized #7: Biochar, Namibia partners with dClimate, Stripe carbon removal insights 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
deCarbonized #6: Ocean carbon removal, blockchain for climate resilient agriculture The EU wants to reward farmers and foresters for nature-based carbon removals; Entrepreneurs are entering New Zealand's multi-billion-dollar carbon farming industry
deCarbonized #5: Coastal blue carbon, Swiss RE offsets, ReFi podcast launch Amazon rainforest NFTs minted by Moss sell out in one hour; Google.org backs Gold Standard to build digital carbon market solutions; Puro.earth launches public offset registry for engineered CO2 removals
deCarbonized #4: Soil carbon sequestration, Launch of Nature Carbon Tonne, Verra project data Borneo’s $80bn carbon deal stokes controversy, digital MRV needed to scale soil carbon sequestration and Nature Carbon Tonne launch...
deCarbonized #3: Direct air capture, Polkadot lowest carbon, Shopify offsets WWF-UK faces backlash over plan to sell NFTs to fund conservation work, blockchain aiming to reshape green finance in 2022, Plus a Direct Air Carbon capture overview...
deCarbonized #2: Forestry, Stripe offsets and REDD+ MRV ⛓ On-chain weekly carbon stats Toucan Protocol is building carbon market infrastructure to finance the world's best climate crisis solutions. * Total Bridged: 1350 tonnes * Total Retired: 181 tonnes 📢 Top news * Sylvera clinches second raising of $32.6 million to develop offset ratings service * Carbon dioxide removal likely to see
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