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📅 From December 2-4, join us in Barcelona at S&P Global's Global Carbon Markets Conference to gain a deeper understanding of the rapidly evolving market landscape 🌐 The conference will explore challenges, opportunities, and key market updates in the weeks post-COP. Our Engagement Manager, Raffaella Infanti, will speak on the panel 'Driving demand and incentives in carbon markets: Credible claims and the business case for high-integrity VCMs.' ✅ Key factors driving demand for carbon credits ✅ Building a business case beyond claims: Co-benefits and environmental attributes ✅ Value chain mitigation: Using carbon credits to manage Scope 3 emissions ✅ How various frameworks are shaping opportunities and driving growth in the carbon markets We're delighted to share the stage with Marlena Grossmann, CESGA, of Equinor; Jérôme Beilin of Removall Carbon, and Dana A., of S&P Global Commodity Insights. 🔗 Learn more and register on https://lnkd.in/gsRQuSbk #CarbonMarkets #VCM #VCMs #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction

Are you confident in your company's #carboncredit strategy? 🌐 Next week, tune into CEEZER's Carbon Connect webinar to learn how to navigate risk, identify high-quality carbon credits, and make claims with confidence. You'll hear from VCMI's Technical Manager, Aisha Rodriguez, our Engagement Manager Rafael Alonso-Arenas, as well as Dr. Carla Woydt, Chief Impact Officer at CEEZER. Together, they will: ✔ Share CEEZER’s Risk Assessment Framework, including policy, delivery, quality and price ✔ Offer concrete strategies for creating diversified portfolios designed to mitigate risk ✔ Discuss VCMI’s Claims Code of Practice, providing clarity on quality thresholds and assurance requirements ✔ Consider common challenges buyers face, including balancing price versus quality The conversation will be moderated by Magnus Drewelies, CEO at CEEZER. 📅 December 3, 2024 ⏲ 9:00 Los Angeles // 12:00 New York // 18:00 Berlin 🔗 Register today on https://lnkd.in/ecGBb4Qt See you there! #CarbonCredits #ClimateStrategy #CarbonMarkets #VCM #VCMs

New Translation 📚 | Our"Best Practices Guide for Developing Voluntary Carbon Market Projects in Yucatán" is out in English! This Guide is a roadmap to creating high-integrity carbon projects that protect #Yucatán's biodiversity and empower local communities. It answers three crucial questions when developing #NbS carbon projects: 🇲🇽 What are the main criteria for ensuring high-integrity NbS projects? 🇲🇽 How can project developers navigate the existing regulations for developing carbon projects in the #VCM in Mexico? 🇲🇽 What are the best practices for distributing benefits and structuring fair contracts to guarantee carbon projects have tangible benefits for local communities? While this Guide presents the particular interests of the Yucatán state, its recommendations can be applied to generate high-integrity projects in other parts of Mexico or elsewhere. https://lnkd.in/e2Gv-Dyd Carolina Inclan Sanggeet Mithra Maria del Rosario Uribe Diosa Charlotte Streck Elisa Augusto Perpignan Melaina Dyck VCMI UNDP Climate #carbonprojects #VoluntaryCarbonMarket

Are there gaps in your understanding of carbon market risk, quality, and claims process? Let’s fill them in. Join us on December 3 for CEEZER’s Carbon Connect Webinar alongside our friends at VCMI. CEEZER’s Dr. Carla Woydt and Magnus Drewelies alongside VCMI’s Aisha Rodriguez and Rafael Alonso Arenas will discuss cutting-edge strategies for carbon credit procurement.  Our panelists will: 💡 Share CEEZER’s Risk Assessment Framework, including policy, delivery, quality, and price 💡 Offer concrete strategies for creating diversified portfolios designed to mitigate risk 💡 Discuss VCMI’s Claims Code of Practice, providing clarity on quality thresholds and assurance requirements 💡 Consider common challenges buyers face, including balancing price versus quality Register here to secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/ecGBb4Qt We can’t wait to see you there! #CarbonMarket #CarbonRemoval #CarbonCredits #CDR #VCM #Webinar

We're delighted to see VCMI standards referenced in a new report from the International Chamber of Commerce 🙌 Launched this week, the report emphasises the urgent need to scale #VCMs as an essential tool for emissions reduction and for channelling financial resources into climate action, particularly in vulnerable regions. Specifically, it calls for: 🔷 Robust governance frameworks that foster trust and economic incentives for companies to engage with VCMs confidently 🔷 Clear rules and guidance for corporate climate targets, ensuring voluntary carbon credits remain credible and impactful tools for achieving net-zero emissions 🔷 International cooperation to harmonize standards across borders, making VCMs accessible and effective on a global scale It notes how standard-setting bodies VCMI and The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) "play a key role in tackling the integrity gap," and highlights the importance of engaging in VCMs as a complement to achieve global net zero emissions and mobilise critical finance to support climate action. 🔗 Read more on https://lnkd.in/e2tAMczz #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction #NetZero #CarbonCredits #VCM #VCMs #CarbonMarket

On Saturday in Baku, VCMI's Executive Director Mark Kenber shared insights at the event 'Financing the Future: ASEAN's Carbon Market.' Held in the Malaysia Pavilion, this panel brought together key stakeholders to discuss how the region is advancing its energy transition and funding decarbonisation projects with carbon credits. 🌐 We were delighted to share the stage with fellow climate experts Björn Fondén, International Policy Advisor at IETA; Edward Rumsey, Managing Partner at Permian Global; Asif Cheema, Director of Private Sector Financial Institutions at Asian Development Bank (ADB); Arshad Nuval Othman, Head of Sustainable Finance at CIMB, and Dr. Wei-nee Chen, Head of Carbon Market at Bursa Malaysia. Together, speakers explored the current landscape of carbon project financing, addressing how projects can sustain development costs and how developers are currently raising funds. The conversation centered on how innovative and responsible financing instruments can meaningfully scale up deployment of carbon projects in the ASEAN region. 🌏📈 COP29 Azerbaijan #COP29 #ASEAN #CarbonCredits #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction #ClimateFinance

GCC’s Insightful Session at #COP29: Key Takeaways The path to managing Scope 3 emissions and advancing global climate goals took center stage at GCC’s thought-provoking session, “Role of Contribution Credits and Scope 3 Emissions Mitigation in Global Climate Action,” at COP29 Azerbaijan. With expert insights and dynamic discussions, the session explored the critical role of contribution credits and high-integrity carbon markets in driving impactful climate action. 💬Moderator: 🔸 Kishor Rajhansa, COO, Global Carbon Council Led a compelling discussion on the lack of operational control and high marginal cost of abatement of Scope 3 emissions and the need for greater corporate accountability. 🎙️Speakers: 🔸 Joseph Prakash, Director – Climate Action, Global Carbon Council Shared key insights into the complexities of managing Scope 3 emissions and how carbon credits can help in reducing marginal cost of abatement in hard-to-abate sectors. 🔸 Mark Kenber, Executive Director, Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI) Explored the potential of contribution credits in raising global ambition against climate change and the importance of high-integrity carbon credits for meaningful action. 🔸 Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Discussed how industry associations can shape market standards and drive corporate responsibility, especially in reduction of Scope 3 emissions. 🔸 Andrew Howard, Senior Director, Climate Policy and Strategy, Verra Highlighted the challenges of tracking Scope 3 emissions and stressed the importance of robust frameworks for effective management within the global carbon market. 🔸 Chandra Shekhar Sinha, Global Lead for Carbon Market and Finance, The World Bank Provided insights into the World Bank’s flexible finance mechanisms for reducing Scope 3 emissions in developing countries, and the role of contribution credits in supporting NDCs. 🤝 Thank you to all the speakers, moderator, and the participants who joined us for this session and shared their knowledge, experiences, and perspectives. #COP29 #Scope3Emissions #ClimateAction #ContributionCredits #HighIntegrityMarkets #GlobalClimateGoals #GCCatCOP29 #Sustainability #CarbonMarkets #Article6 #CarbonMarket #ClimateAction #NetZero #COP29Azerbaijan #Baku #NDC Hussam Othmany

#COP29 event highlights - on Wednesday, November 13, Solutions for Our Climate (기후솔루션) hosted a discussion on 'Promoting Transition Finance in Asia: Accelerating the Shift from #Coal to a Renewable Future' which highlighted the challenges and opportunities for transition finance in the region. Key takeaways: 🔹 In Asia, ongoing reliance on fossil fuels (especially #coal) means that many countries are facing challenges in becoming carbon neutral. 🔹 Transition Finance is an essential instrument to meet the Paris Agreement and help countries to achieving the shift from #fossilfuels to #renewable energy generation 🔹 Countries and institutions have started to implement a variety of mechanisms, including carbon credits and the Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), to work towards the shift to a low-carbon economy  Thank you to Olga Gassan-zade (Article 6.4 Supervisory Body), David Elzinga (Asian Development Bank (ADB)), Fabby Tumiwa (Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)), Elizabeth Yee (The Rockefeller Foundation), Mark Kenber (VCMI), Pamela Lee (Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)), and Joojin Kim (Solutions for Our Climate (기후솔루션)) for the insightful discussion. Make sure to say hello to our team on the ground at Baku and find us at other upcoming events in Week 2: https://lnkd.in/gyNFEKh5 #SFOCatCOP29 #InvestorEngagement #SolutionsforOurClimate

On Tuesday Dec. 3, tune in to this webinar hosted by CEEZER to hear insights from our own Aisha Rodriguez and Rafael Alonso-Arenas on how to engage with the #VCM through high-quality credits and credible claims. 💡 Register below ⬇ #CarbonCredits #CarbonMarkets

We are delighted to share that the Best Practices Guide for Developing Voluntary Carbon Market Projects in the Yucatan is now available in English 🙌   Developed in partnership with Climate Focus, UNDP, and Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán, the guide promotes nature-based solutions in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It provides practical, simple guidance on how to implement various phases of the project cycle, from design and conceptualization to project development, verification, and issuance of carbon credits.    The guide focuses on three aspects of carbon projects of particular interest to the state of Yucatán: ☑ How to develop high-integrity nature-based projects; ☑ How to comply with existing regulations for developing carbon projects in the VCM in Mexico;  ☑ Best practices for distributing benefits and structuring fair contracts and agreements to guarantee carbon projects have tangible benefits for local communities.   This guide was developed as part of VCMI’s Access Strategies Program, which engages host countries and regions to facilitate participation in high-integrity VCMs in ways which maximize the environmental, social, and economic benefits that carbon finance can bring. 🔗 Download the guide on https://lnkd.in/eWx8gUJF #CarbonMarkets #ClimateFinance #VCMs #VCM #CarbonCredits #SustainableDevelopment UNDP Climate