No More Price Takers: Five Disruptive Ideas for Fair Value for Forests

2025 May 15 | Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) publishes voluntary carbon market (VCM) prices for the United Kingdom’s (UK) domestic carbon units from Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) and Peatland Code (PC) projects today, covering transactions from 2020 through 2024. This is the third year EM is collaborating with Scottish Forestry and the The International Union for Conservation […]

This statement was originally posted on the Accountability Framework initiative website. 2025 is a milestone year for efforts to halt destruction of forests and other natural ecosystems. Numerous companies, financial institutions, and industry associations, as well as leading global frameworks such as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the UN High Level Expert Group […]

This release was originally published in the Forest Trends pressroom. Washington, DC, 8 May 2025 – Forest Trends, in partnership with GreenData, has launched a new digital Resource Center designed to equip Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs & LCs) with trustworthy information on climate and conservation finance, carbon markets, and territorial governance. This online […]

This blog argues that while permanent removals are essential, Paris-aligned mitigation requires massive carbon removals now, which only nature can deliver.

This article is adapted from a forthcoming discussion paper, “Habitat Banks: Expanding a Proven Tool to Protect Threatened Ecosystems.” Global-record levels of investment in infrastructure are, ironically, posing a massive threat to our planet’s infrastructure. By that we mean natural infrastructure: the natural areas and processes that filter our water, minimize flooding, absorb air pollution, […]

Integrity Council approves three REDD+ methodologies
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced today that it has approved three methodologies for issuing high integrity carbon credits for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+): (ART) The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) v2.0, TREES Crediting Level (VCS) VM0048 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation […]

Analysis published by Ecosystem Marketplace and the Katoomba Group finds there is vast potential for investment in coastal and marine habitats to stem degradation and maximize the potential of these ecosystems to mitigate climate change. These Blue Carbon (BC) habitats sequester carbon at high rates—even higher than terrestrial forests, by some estimates. However, these critical […]