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Plan 1.5 issued a statement criticizing the Climate Change Center for continuing a cookstove project in Myanmar despite the 2021 military coup, alleging that the project provides administrative legitimacy to the military junta and involves inflated carbon emission reductions.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute and The Brookings Institution argues that North American carbon credit markets are currently fragmented and unreliable, calling for increased integration and a common infrastructure to support sustainable growth and private sector investment.

This policy brief by RMI identifies three emerging trends to scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) demand beyond voluntary corporate credits: credit purchasing through government and private sector mechanisms, demand for differentiated low-carbon products, and 'flipping the script' by funding services where CDR is a co-product or by-product.

This policy brief by the Africa Policy Research Institute proposes a national strategy for Nigeria to capture and commercialise methane emissions from its oil and gas sector. It argues that treating methane as a strategic commodity rather than just a pollutant can mitigate climate impact while unlocking significant economic value, improving energy access, and creating jobs.

This policy brief by the Africa Policy Research Institute argues that Nigeria can transform its methane emissions from the oil and gas sector into an economic asset. By capturing wasted gas from flaring, venting, and leaks, Nigeria could unlock significant annual value, improve energy access, and meet climate commitments through a structured governance and commodification strategy.

This technical explainer by RMI analyzes the use of voluntary carbon markets (VCM) to finance the plugging of orphaned oil and gas wells in the United States and Canada. It evaluates the methodologies used to generate carbon credits, the associated quality risks—particularly regarding emissions quantification and permanence—and the systemic regulatory failures that lead to the proliferation of orphaned wells.

This technical guide by RMI analyzes the market, quality risks, and methodological evolution of clean and improved cookstove carbon credits. It details the transition from legacy methodologies, which faced allegations of over-crediting, to newer, more rigorous standards like VM0050 and the forthcoming CLEAR methodology. The document provides a detailed risk assessment, highlighting monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) as a high-concern area due to behavioral complexities such as stove stacking and the Hawthorne effect.

This technical explainer by RMI analyzes the voluntary carbon market (VCM) for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) recovery and destruction credits. It details how these projects provide high-additionality climate benefits by permanently destroying potent greenhouse gases like CFCs, while identifying significant logistical, legal, and technical barriers to scaling, particularly in developing nations.

The Carbon Crediting Data Framework (CCDF), developed by RMI's Carbon Markets Initiative, is a public toolkit designed to standardize and organize carbon crediting data in the voluntary carbon market (VCM). It aims to replace static PDFs and fragmented data with a common language and structure to reduce transaction costs and improve credit quality assessment.

This report presents a National Integrated Clean Cooking Planning (NICCP) approach for Rwanda, utilizing the Integrated Clean Cooking Planning Tool (ICCPT) and a financial model to evaluate two strategic paths: the 'Aligned' plan and the 'CleanStep' plan. The analysis focuses on transitioning households from traditional biomass (firewood and charcoal) to clean cooking technologies, including electricity, LPG, ethanol, and improved biomass stoves, while assessing the associated techno-economic, social, and financial impacts through 2034.

This case study describes Farm to Feed, a venture supported by FSD Africa's Catalyst Fund, which reduces food waste and CO2 emissions by purchasing surplus and imperfect produce from farmers for B2B sale and donation.

This report by RMI details the development of transition credits to accelerate the retirement of coal-fired power plants, using a pilot project at the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation (SLTEC) plant in the Philippines as a case study. It outlines a four-phase framework for moving from project origination to concept development, emphasizing the need for high-integrity baselines, clean energy replacement portfolios, and just transition planning to ensure additionality and avoid moral hazard.

This report by RMI argues that heavy industries are uniquely positioned to scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) by leveraging their existing infrastructure, material flows, and expertise. It outlines a business case for industrial integration of CDR to create new revenue streams, manage regulatory risks, and meet net-zero targets, while emphasizing that CDR must complement, not replace, aggressive decarbonization.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) and Amazônia 2030 analyzes legal partnership models for restoring degraded public lands in the Brazilian Amazon. It evaluates the current standard of forest concessions against alternatives such as common tenders, common public service concessions, and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to improve risk distribution and attract private investment through carbon markets.

The NewClimate Institute criticizes a revised proposal by the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity initiative (VCMI) regarding a 'Scope 3 Claim'. The Institute argues that allowing companies to use carbon credits to bridge the gap between target trajectories and actual emissions until 2038 would weaken corporate accountability, discourage immediate emissions reductions, and disadvantage companies already implementing genuine climate strategies.

A statement by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Earthjustice welcoming the appointment of Professor Elisa Morgera as the Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change and commenting on her mapping report.

A report by NewClimate Institute and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) warning public development banks against funding abatement technologies and carbon credits for coal plants, arguing these may create perverse incentives that delay the phase-out of fossil fuel infrastructure.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) analyzes the implementation of forest concessions in the Brazilian Amazon, with a specific focus on the state of Pará. It identifies governance failures—including the annulment of bidding processes, failure to grant areas, and contract terminations—as significant barriers to the success of the Public Forest Management Law (LGFP). The document recommends improving the technical capacity of managing agencies and removing legal restrictions on the number and size of areas a single company can manage to allow for greater scale and efficiency.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) examines the implementation and governance of forest concessions in the Brazilian Amazon, with a specific focus on the state of Pará. It analyzes why federal and state concession goals have not been met, identifying governance failures such as annulled bids, non-concession of areas, and contract terminations. The document recommends removing legal limits on the number of concessions a single company can hold and improving the training of public officials to enhance the quality of bidding procedures.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the economic viability of forest restoration in the Brazilian Amazon compared to cattle ranching. It proposes that a carbon price of US$ 20 per ton of CO2 captured via natural regeneration would make restoration more profitable than ranching, potentially capturing 16 Gt CO2 and avoiding another 32 Gt CO2 over 30 years.