Thomas Cox

The government of Kenya unveiled on Wednesday a $160 million initiative that is designed to secure long-term financing for conserving around 17.3 mln hectares of territory over the next decade.

Thursday A consultation opened on Thursday on a draft protocol aimed at establishing a framework for demonstrating the relationship between conservation actions and environmental outcomes in nature markets.

The Netherlands aims to produce its first nature-positive regional account by the end of 2026, potentially providing a foundation for future biodiversity credit pilots, according to an official.

Two major insurers and the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) set out how the insurance sector could help de-risk, and

Biodiversity credit buyers are motivated to make voluntary purchases due to potential reputational gains and supply chain risk-reduction, according to a paper launched at COP17 by the Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA).

A multi-stakeholder initiative is moving forward with a pilot aimed at testing the role of nature markets in China, inching closer to the first credit issuance.

Financial institutions have welcomed a tool launched on Sunday designed to quantify the financial returns from investing in nature and purchasing nature credits, while stressing that hurdles remain.

Greenwashing risks in biodiversity credits stem from inadequate disclosure, imprecise claims, and a failure to explain how credits fit into the

Low pledges to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) at COP17 could put its future beyond 2030 at risk, ahead of a critical stocktake that will assess its performance.

Brazil has sought to include a reference to biodiversity credits in the resource mobilisation text at COP17, and has held informal talks with EU negotiators on the topic, Carbon Pulse understands.