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First fully digital cookstove carbon credits issued by Gold Standard and ATEC Global, publicly traceable on Hedera Guardian
Gold Standard has issued the first fully digital cookstove carbon credits, recorded and publicly traceable on the Hedera Guardian blockchain platform. The system enables end-to-end tracking of credit issuance, ownership, and retirement, enhancing transparency and reducing risks such as double counting. By integrating blockchain into monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV), the initiative introduces a verifiable data layer to carbon markets. The development highlights how digital infrastructure is becoming essential to improving trust, credit integrity, and scalability in both voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
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#GoldStandard #DigitalMRV #Blockchain # Transparency #Cookstove
SASHA Coalition Warns CORSIA Scheme Undermines Real Emissions Cuts In Aviation
The SASHA Coalition has warned that CORSIA may undermine real emissions reductions in the aviation sector by allowing airlines to rely heavily on carbon offsets instead of direct decarbonization. The group raises concerns over the environmental integrity of eligible credits and the risk that offsetting could delay necessary structural changes in aviation. The criticism adds to growing scrutiny of carbon credit quality and highlights increasing tension between compliance mechanisms and genuine emissions reduction efforts in global carbon markets.
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#CORSIA #ICAO #CarbonIntegrity #GreenWashing #SAF
Integrity Council confirms carbon crediting program Rainbow as CCP-Eligible
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has confirmed that the Rainbow carbon crediting programme is eligible under its Core Carbon Principles (CCP), marking another step in strengthening quality standards within the voluntary carbon market. CCP eligibility indicates that a programme meets key integrity criteria, including additionality, permanence, and robust monitoring and verification. The designation is expected to enhance market confidence and support buyers in identifying high-integrity carbon credits. The development reflects ongoing efforts to establish clearer quality benchmarks and further differentiate supply within the carbon market ecosystem.
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#ICVCM #CCP #Rainbow #Registry
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