ActionAid Ireland says carbon markets “almost always fail.” The facts, and the communities they support, tell a very different story. If a recent opinion article (external) in The Irish Times is to be believed, carbon markets “almost always fail” and
The U.S. on Tuesday (12/8/2025) rejected the “Net-Zero Framework” proposal by the International Maritime Organization, which is aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from the international shipping sector, and threatened measures against countries that support it. The announcement, made
“Farmers face one of the highest rates of suicide of any occupation.” That quiet, devastating remark came from a farmer and a fellow panelist at a London Climate Action Week event. It wasn’t part of the script. It wasn’t a
Carbon pricing systems around the world are built on three foundational approaches: carbon taxes, emissions trading systems (ETS or cap-and-trade), and hybrid models that combine elements of both. Carbon Tax A carbon tax is a government-imposed fee on the burning
Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Oxford Net Zero and Oxford Sustainable Finance Group have submitted feedback to the UK Government’s ‘Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets: Raising Integrity’ consultation, coordinated by the Department for Energy Security and Net
Dozens of carbon project developers are calling for major reforms to the complaints procedures used by registries in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), Reuters reported on Monday. They argue that the current systems unfairly damage the credibility of legitimate projects