Despite new regulations to clean up Vietnam’s timber sector, importers continue to bring large volumes of tropical hardwood into the country from deforestation hotspots in Africa and Asia for use in products sold domestically, republished from Mongabay.com

News outlets are finally allocating resources to coverage of climate solutions, and most reporters are trying to get these complex issues right. Some, however, are repeating the same mistakes that derailed coverage of climate science itself for decades. First of a three-part series.

Indigenous People made their presence known at last month’s year-end climate talks (COP 26) in Glasgow. Some joined protesters in the streets, but more were in the halls – with concrete grievances and clear proposals that have been surprisingly consistent for over a decade.

On the 13th of November 2021, six years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement by 196 countries at COP-21, negotiators finally completed the “Article 6 rulebook,” which allows for cooperation among countries in meeting and going beyond their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). It is also the Article that enables international carbon markets under the Agreement.

Following the announcement of the ICAO-EM partnership, Ecosystem Marketplace will publish updated data monthly on CORSIA-eligible carbon credit prices.

Following up on our coverage of the Glasgow Climate Talks (COP26), here is a summary of Article 6 and its rulebook.

What’s needed to make this time different? WRI finds what emissions benefits would occur if all countries made good on their commitments to combat and reverse forest loss.