Iris ten Have, PhD

🌍 Carbon Pricing: Voluntary vs. Compliance Markets When it comes to carbon credits, not all markets are the same. Understanding the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) vs. the Compliance Carbon Market (CCM) is key for businesses, investors, and policymakers. 🔑 Takeaway: • VCM = flexible, lower price, but variable quality. • CCM = mandatory, regulated, higher price, and transparent. Both play a vital role in accelerating the global shift to a low-carbon economy. 🚀 #CarbonMarkets #Decarbonization #Sustainability #CarbonCredits #NetZero #ClimateFinance

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🌡️ What happens if we exceed the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C limit? and how do we bring temperatures back down? Overshoot is the term used for scenarios where global warming temporarily surpasses 1.5 °C before being lowered again through deep emission cuts and large-scale carbon removal. The first-ever international conference on climate overshoot was held in Laxenburg, Austria to explore one of the most uncomfortable questions in climate science. 🌱 Net-negative is the new net-zero. Limiting warming in the long term means removing more CO₂ than we emit. Yet, most countries still lack quantified net-negative targets. 🧪 Carbon removal is a necessity not a licence to delay. It must “enable ambition,” not excuse inaction, and we urgently need more knowledge about its risks, impacts, and equity dimensions. ⚖️ Overshoot has irreversible consequences. Even a temporary exceedance could trigger glacier melt, species extinction, and sea-level rise. A 0.1–0.3 °C overshoot could lead to 15 % more heat-related deaths this century. 📜 Ambition must remain high, and nations will likely be expected to go beyond net-zero. Delayed action today means heavier burdens and greater legal liability tomorrow. Communicating this reality is one of our greatest challenges. How do we explain that 1.5 °C remains the goal even if we cross it? The answer is by making it clear that overshoot is the emergency response to decades of insufficient action. 🌍 The message is sobering but empowering: We have not lost the fight but winning now requires removing as much as we emit, repairing what we’ve damaged, and protecting what we still can. The era of overshoot is not an excuse for delay. It’s a call to radical ambition — faster, fairer, and deeper than ever before. Read more the Carbon Brief coverage: https://lnkd.in/eHCCFD4g

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#Article6 / #CORSIA buy side insights and tips shared in the Sylvera and Climate Action Center of Excellence (CACE) webinar yesterday. 1. Key aspects when considering an Article 6 investment.   Start with the NDC - how clearly defined are the NDC targets? Are the targets conditional or unconditional. Is there a clear sectoral breakdown? Is the country serious about meeting its target and has it had sufficient climate finance?   At a minimum you need to check that your project type isn’t sat in an unconditional NDC, ideally it’s in the conditional NDC and on a whitelist.    Look for an Article 6 Framework, is there a clear understanding of the costs of a Corresponding Adjustment? Who has legal authority to issue a CA? Is there alignment between the framework, regulations, and the NDC? Did the country submit it's last Biannual Transparency Report on time, and does it have the capacity to meet future reporting obligations? Smart investors are in country capacity building as well as investing at a project level. If the project does have an LOA, look for or ask when the Initial Report is being published. The UNFCCC Technical Expert Review team will then identify and publish any inconsistencies on the Centralised Accounting and Reporting Platform (CARP). What do those inconsistencies mean to corporate buyers?    If I was investing, I would look for projects that are CORSIA eligible, that can deliver real reductions or removals within the current NDC cycle, and whose economics will continue to stack up in the absence of a CA beyond 2030.  2. Role for collaboration. The A6 market is in reality, many markets with a CA in common. Most A6 credits only have one use case that needs to be designed for upfront, this fragments the market. Due to different buyer criteria, A6 credits tend to work for only one country or CORSIA, they can't deliver into both. This creates a real headache for project developers and countries. They effectively need to pick a winning horse before it’s born.   To scale, we need a greater fungibility of A6 credits. This requires buyers -countries, corporates or schemes - to align in their criteria.    Country stakeholders could also form consortiums to share the cost of capacity building - and by that I don’t mean workshops, but support with reporting and compliance.  Some countries cant even afford to turn up to the negotiating table at Bonn/COP, so we need to make sure funding isn’t just for projects, but for the host countries to meet all the requirements to issue a robust CA and to deliver conditional NDCs. In an ideal world, if the promised conditional financing doesn’t materialise, a change in the rules to allow market mechanisms to fill the funding gap should be considered. For those that missed the webinar: https://lnkd.in/eAj2p5HV Francisco Rentería Alexandra Soezer Lisa Hendrickson Carbon Pulse Ing. Glenn Kwabena Gyimah (PhD) Carmen Álvarez Campo 🌿 Supanut Chotevitayatarakorn emsurge

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Should you purchase carbon credits from the Global South? Or locally in Europe? 🌍 Let your sustainability strategy be your guide. For instance: If your strategy emphasizes climate justice, consider supporting 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. These projects: → Channel finance to countries facing the most extreme climate impacts → Take advantage of abundant land and biomass for scalability → Support co-benefits like economic growth and life on land At Rainbow, we’re incredibly proud to be working with our first carbon projects in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana: Tera, Releaf Earth (YC W19), and The Good Roll Africa 👏 But here’s another approach, one that’s sometimes underrated. If your strategy focuses on value chain decarbonization, consider supporting 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀. These projects: → Decarbonize high-emissions industries in your value chain → Tackle emissions in countries with the highest emissions → Support co-benefits like clean water and responsible consumption For example, ECS Group, a major player in airport logistics, made a multi-year agreement to purchase credits from Ecodair (a high-impact e-refurbishment project). This agreement directly supports ECS's value chain decarbonization goals, aligning with their sustainability strategy. 👏 - To be clear, there are high-quality removal and avoidance projects all around the world! These are just examples. As long as credits pass the quality threshold, you have many paths to real climate impact. Just remember: when you align credit purchases with your sustainability strategy, you’ll build a story you’re proud to share with the world. 🌈 - Image credit: global map of carbon removal projects from CDR.fyi

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🌍🌱 Top Biochar & Carbon Removal News 🌱🌍 1️⃣ Atitude secures 50,000-ton biochar deal in Southeast Asia ♻️ Swiss carbon-removal firm Altitude signs a major deal for 50,000 tons of biochar credits, highlighting investor interest in scalable, nature-based carbon removal solutions. Benjamin Schulz 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eUAzYymp 2️⃣ #Colombia proposes higher carbon tax & lower offsets 📈 The government plans to raise the carbon tax from USD 6 to USD 18 per tonne and reduce allowable offsets from 50% to 30%, boosting demand for domestic carbon credits. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVbMeMdR 3️⃣ #Brazil launches green economy investment fund 💰🌱 BNDES introduces a fund to finance sustainable projects in energy, agriculture, and forestry, promoting clean technology adoption and climate-aligned growth. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eQD9Gbh6 4️⃣ #UK GGR policies boost biochar incentives 📊 The UK’s greenhouse gas removal framework links biochar to carbon credits, creating new revenue opportunities for projects and reinforcing net-zero commitments. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/es4br2y3 5️⃣ Calderdale Council explores biochar plant 🌱💪 A proposed biochar facility could process 240,000 tonnes of green waste annually, reduce disposal costs, and generate carbon credits while supporting local sustainability efforts. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/emJBSUGx 6️⃣ Global Biochar Conference insights 🌍✨ The Biochar Conference brings together experts, investors, and policymakers to discuss innovations, market trends, and policies shaping the global biochar sector. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e4ZzRxDJ 🌿 Biochar and carbon removal are rapidly shaping sustainable investment, climate action, and circular economy solutions worldwide! #Biochar #CarbonRemoval #GreenTech #CircularEconomy #Sustainability

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Building Global Cooperation for #AI & #Climate Action: What are the ingredients to scale a climate solution? To me, it's clear that strong partnerships is the most important ingredient. In our recent #collaboration, we asked: how can local farmers in Colombia, indigenous communities in s, and researchers in Europe work together through shared data, AI, and regenerative practices? Key steps we identified: 🗣️ Deploy #modular, culturally appropriate tools (multi-language, including #indigenous languages, adaptable across regions). 🛣️ Create a structured roadmap with clear priorities — start small (pilot reforestation, water management, CO₂ monitoring) and grow step by step. 🔬 Connect with universities and local experts for on-the-ground data (soil, water, biodiversity). 💸 Design financial pathways: from #carbon credit markets to international cooperation funds. 🤲 What inspires me most is the spirit of #mission over ego. By combining tech, science, indigenous knowledge, and innovative funding, we can lay the foundation for scalable, nature-positive change. 💡 The future of climate action lies in collaboration, not silos. #AIforClimate #Sustainability #Collaboration #ClimateAction #Partnerships

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In our series on carbon market convergence we today turn to CRCF: Europe's rules of play for carbon removal and carbon farming 🌍Why focus on CRCF? Because the CRCF is creating the first EU-wide voluntary framework for certifying carbon removals, carbon farming, and carbon storage in products. It’s the EU’s blueprint for scaling high-integrity removals across sectors and for shaping how future integration with the EU ETS and global carbon markets will unfold. Takeaway for companies: CFOs and CSOs should start building supplier partnerships and aligning procurement with CRCF criteria now to secure early access to high-integrity credits once certification begins. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/4q4RHTI #CarbonMarkets #CRCF #NetZero #EUETS #Sustainability #CarbonRemoval #ClimateStrategy

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