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PepsiCo, National Geographic Expand Food for Tomorrow Regenerative Agriculture Research
PepsiCo and the National Geographic Society have expanded their Food for Tomorrow initiative with five new research grants to accelerate regenerative agriculture across key crops such as wheat, maize, potatoes, soy, and coffee. Spanning the U.S., Spain, Ethiopia, and Indonesia, the projects test soil‑building practices under real farm conditions to improve climate resilience and farmer livelihoods. The work supports PepsiCo’s goal to advance regenerative practices across 10 million acres by 2030. Combining scientific research, field trials, and storytelling, the initiative aims to translate evidence‑based solutions into widespread adoption across global food systems.
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#PepsiCo #RegenerativeAgriculture #SoilHealth #ClimateResilience #FoodSystems
UN Supervisory Body Unveils New Roadmap To Advance Article 6 Implementation
The UN Article 6.4 Supervisory Body has agreed on an accelerated plan to operationalize the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, shifting from rule‑making to delivery. The focus is on developing robust methodologies and practical tools to ensure emissions reductions are real and verifiable, particularly in high‑demand sectors. The meeting also advanced CDM transitions, registry design, and accreditation processes. UN officials say the move provides predictability and confidence as international carbon markets move toward implementation in 2026.
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#UnitedNations #Article6 #ParisAgreement #CarbonMarket #CDM #ClimatePolicy
ASEAN–UK-Backed Canopy Eyes 1 Mill. Carbon Credits from Southeast Asia Restoration
WWF‑Singapore has launched Canopy, a regional nature finance facility backed by the ASEAN–UK Green Transition Fund to accelerate investment in high‑quality ecosystem restoration across Southeast Asia. The initiative aims to expand access to capital, strengthen high‑integrity project pipelines, and support micro, small and medium enterprises and carbon developers in meeting international standards. Canopy targets 12,000 hectares of restoration and the generation of around one million tonnes of high‑quality carbon credits aligned with CORSIA, ICVCM and Article 6 frameworks.
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#Canopy #ASEAN #UK #CarbonCredits #NatureRestoration #Article6 #CORSIA #ICVCM
Bezos Earth Fund to fund 48 innovative climate and nature projects
A total of $4.8m from the Fund’s overarching $10bn pot will be allocated over a three-year period. The money is drawn from the personal wealth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The Bezos Earth Fund is collaborating with the Earthshot Prize to provide $100,000 each to 48 projects developing innovative solutions to climate and nature challenges. The projects and teams benefiting from the funding will be selected from The Earthshot Prize’s global pool of nominations.
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#BezosEarthFund #ClimateInnovation #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateFinance
Amazon, Google and Industry Leaders Form GIGA to Accelerate Europe’s Grid Overhaul
The newly launched Green Industrial Grids Association (GIGA) brings together more than a dozen companies with heavy electricity demand and direct exposure to grid constraints. Founding members include Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta, alongside industrial and energy firms such as Hitachi Energy, Siemens Energy and Linde. Several electric‑vehicle charging operators are also taking part.
As Europe confronts a €1.2 trillion grid investment gap by 2040 — with electrification, data demand and clean technologies accelerating faster than infrastructure can keep up — faster connections, greater mobilisation of private capital and timely regulatory reform are emerging as decisive issues for Europe’s competitiveness in the energy transition.
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#EnergyTransition #PowerGrids #GridInfrastructure #Electrification #CleanEnergy #Europe #Amazon #Google #Microsoft #Meta
Singapore to trial its green jet fuel procurement with 9 firms including Temasek, Google and SIA
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Singapore Sustainable Aviation Fuel Company (SAFCo) signed a memorandum of understanding with the companies involved at the Changi Aviation Summit. The companies are Boston Consulting Group, Changi Airport Group, DBS, GenZero, Google, OCBC, Temasek, Singapore Airlines and Scoot.
The trial will test Singapore’s national sustainable aviation fuel procurement system as a whole. In response to queries for more details—including the volume of fuel to be procured and the value of the trial—CAAS said these matters are still under negotiation, adding that the test will begin “soon” with an open tender to be launched for the first batch of fuel.
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#Singapore #SAF #SustainableAviationFuel #AviationDecarbonisation #EnergyTransition
Nepal Signs Landmark Carbon Credit Deal with LEAF Coalition: A Historic Achievement in Climate Finance
Nepal has become the first Asian country to sign a landmark forest carbon deal with the LEAF Coalition, unlocking up to 55 million USD in results-based climate finance for jurisdictional REDD+. Under the agreement, Nepal will reduce deforestation and improve forest management, generating around 8 million high‑integrity forest carbon credits, some with corresponding adjustments so they can be used in compliance schemes such as Singapore’s carbon tax and CORSIA. The deal rewards decades of community-based forest stewardship that has raised forest cover to over 46% of the country, and is expected to channel benefits to Indigenous Peoples and local communities while positioning Nepal as a regional leader in sustainable climate finance.
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#Nepal #LEAFCoalition #REDDPlus #ForestCarbon #CarbonCredits #ClimateFinance
Project Developers Warn Gold Standard Against Retroactive Climate Rules
Project developers, via the Project Developer Forum (representing 65+ global firms), warned Gold Standard’s Board against retroactively applying Paris Agreement alignment rules to already-registered or late-stage projects, citing risks of verification backlogs, investor uncertainty, and stalled mitigation. Gold Standard’s October framework mandates 2026+ vintage credits comply regardless of registration date, potentially requiring methodology revisions and lacking transition paths for popular approaches like solar lighting. Gold Standard clarified no past credits will be altered, applying rules only to future vintages to prevent greenwashing and align with NDCs, though developers fear cost hikes and viability issues for community projects.
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#GoldStandard #CDR #CarbonMarkets #ClimateRules #ProjectDevelopers #ParisAgreement
ICC, Carbon Measures Assemble Global Experts to Shape Principles for Ledger-Based Carbon Accounting
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Carbon Measures have appointed the first ten global experts to a Technical Expert Panel on Carbon Accounting, tasked with developing principles for a verifiable ledger-based system to track GHG emissions at the product level across value chains. Panelists include leaders from Microsoft, Santander, Tata Steel, Rio Tinto alumni, and Stanford, serving independently to define standards for corporate disclosure, market competition, and policy on low-carbon products. The framework aims to enable accurate differentiation of emissions data, influencing Scope 3 reporting, green trade, and decarbonization incentives; applications for additional experts remain open until February 15, 2026.
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#ICC #CarbonAccounting #GHGTracking #LedgerBasedAccounting #CarbonStandards #ValueChainEmission #ESGData
China Issues Climate Disclosure Standard Aligned With ISSB, Laying Groundwork For Mandatory Corporate Reporting
China has issued its first national corporate climate disclosure standard, closely aligned with the ISSB’s IFRS S2, signaling that climate reporting will become a core part of its financial and regulatory system. Released as “Corporate Sustainable Disclosure Standard No. 1 Climate (Trial)” by the Ministry of Finance and multiple regulators, it starts as voluntary but is designed to expand from listed to non-listed firms and from large companies to SMEs, ultimately moving toward mandatory disclosure. The framework mirrors ISSB pillars (governance, strategy, risk/opportunity management, metrics and targets) but goes further by requiring disclosure of companies’ impacts on climate, not just climate-related financial risks, with sector-specific guidance already being drafted for high-emitting industries such as power, steel, cement, coal, oil and autos.
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#China #ClimateDisclosure #ISSB #SustainabilityReporting #CorporateDisclosure #ESGPolicy #ClimateGovernance