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Group to make Nigeria’s clean cooking campaign national priority

Nigeria’s International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED) is seeking to elevate clean cooking as a national priority to attract climate finance and carbon market investment. During a stakeholder workshop in Abuja, ICEED highlighted the need for a stronger Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) framework to support clean cooking projects, carbon credit issuance, and investor confidence. The initiative aims to unlock carbon finance and accelerate the deployment of clean cookstoves in line with Nigeria’s NDC commitments. Experts also emphasized the importance of digital MRV systems, unified data infrastructure, and automated verification processes. According to workshop participants, digital MRV could improve verification efficiency by up to 70% and strengthen the integrity and scalability of Nigeria’s emerging carbon market.
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#Nigeria #Cookstoves #DigitalMRV #MarketInfrastructure #ICEED #NDC

New Audit Booking Calendar By Puro.earth Enables A Faster CDR Revenue Route And Enhanced Transparency

Puro.earth has launched the Audit Booking Calendar, a new digital tool designed to streamline audit scheduling and accelerate the issuance of CO₂ Removal Certificates (CORCs). Integrated within the MyPuro portal, the platform allows suppliers to submit, manage, and track audits in real time, reducing the time between carbon removal production and credit issuance. The tool also supports Puro Issuance Plus and forms part of Puro.earth’s broader digital certification infrastructure alongside its dMRV Connect API. For buyers and investors, the calendar improves visibility into future CORC issuance and credit availability, enhancing transparency, delivery predictability, and confidence in the growing carbon dioxide removal market. Puro.earth views the initiative as a key step toward scaling investment-grade CDR markets.
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#PuroEarth #CDR #CarbonRemoval #CORCs #dMRV #MarketInfrastructure

EP Carbon’s New Platform Seeks To Build Quality Into Forest Projects From The Start

EP Carbon has launched Drawn Carbon, a new digital platform designed to help early-stage forest carbon projects demonstrate quality and attract financing before carbon credits are issued. The platform supports ARR and REDD+ developers by digitizing project design, structuring implementation processes, and enabling real-time measurement. A key feature is direct integration with carbon rating agencies BeZero Carbon, Calyx Global, and Sylvera, allowing developers to identify and address integrity risks during the design stage rather than after issuance. EP Carbon said the platform aims to improve transparency, accountability, and investment readiness across nature-based carbon projects. The initiative reflects growing market demand for higher-quality carbon credits amid increasing scrutiny from buyers and regulators.
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#EPCarbon #DrawnCarbon #ARR #REDD #Sylvera #BeZero #CalyxGlobal #VCM

MEX and KCCI Partner to Advance the Asian Voluntary Carbon Market

Macao International Carbon Emission Exchange (MEX) and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have signed an MOU to jointly develop a privately led Asian voluntary carbon market. The partnership will focus on market development, carbon credit listing and trading, and collaboration under initiatives such as KCCI’s “Asian Alliance” and MEX’s “Standard Carbon Market” program. The two organizations also plan to establish a joint working group to explore opportunities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and promote innovations in Digital MRV and cross-regional market integration. MEX said the partnership aims to improve transparency and liquidity in Asian carbon markets, while KCCI highlighted the goal of strengthening the credibility and tradability of Asian carbon assets.
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#MEX #KCCI #AsianAlliance #VCM #Article6 #StandardCarbonMarket #DigitalMRV

Verra Moves To Accelerate REDD Baselines With Three Long-Term Mapping Partners

Verra has partnered with three long-term mapping providers to accelerate the development and updating of REDD+ baselines. The collaboration aims to improve consistency, transparency, and efficiency in forest carbon accounting by strengthening spatial data analysis, deforestation risk modeling, and land-use monitoring. The initiative supports Verra’s broader REDD+ methodology reforms, including updated baseline frameworks designed to address growing scrutiny over over-crediting and baseline inflation in forest carbon projects. The mapping partners will help provide standardized long-term forest and land-use data to support future REDD+ project development and verification processes. Verra said the effort is intended to improve scientific rigor and strengthen confidence in high-integrity forest carbon credits.
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#Verra #JNR #ForestCarbon #VM0048 #REDD+ #Baseline #NBS #SpatialData