Our Take: The Miracle of Carbon Pricing – Where It Came From, Why It Is So Important

Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written By: Jay Tipton  A couple of weeks ago, I was hiking up Mount Abantos, the peak that towers over my town, San Lorenzo de El Escorial. On most days, you can see Madrid from the ridge, but that morning the view was…

Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Healthy forests are currently, and will hopefully continue to be, one of our planet’s greatest assets. In the climate finance and carbon market realms, we often discuss forests regarding their carbon storage and sequestration abilities. They are all-stars in that role, but they…

Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. For companies, organizations, governments, regions, and cities looking to engage in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) by purchasing carbon credits, more help has arrived. Last week, the University of Oxford updated its original 2020 Oxford Offsetting Principles to a 2024 version – the…

In a recent article titled “What the Heck is Happening in the VCM,” we wrote that the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is going through a tightening phase due to various best-practice guidelines by well-intentioned groups. The overarching goal of these measures is to enhance the integrity of carbon credits in both the supply and demand…

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Sliced: Peatlands in Carbon Markets In this edition of Sliced, we highlight peatlands as an important global ecosystem with significant potential for climate change mitigation and climate finance. Despite their massive potential, peatlands have received very little attention in carbon markets. — Sliced is a weekly short-form dispatch released every Tuesday that…