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Swedwatch and its project partners examined a reforestation carbon project in Sierra Leone. While the project has reportedly brought some environmental and economic benefits, the findings raise serious concerns about its implementation and impacts on affected communities.
September 3, 2026
New analysis finds land and ocean sinks are weakening and carbon prices and coverage fall short of what is needed to protect them, leaving net zero strategies built on unverified foundations.
July 15, 2026
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a package of amendments to Kazakhstan’s Environmental Code into law this week, setting out how the Central Asian nation can participate in Articles 6.2 and 6.4.
July 13, 2026
The announcement responds directly to the concerns raised by a coalition on 3 July 2026, which warned of the economic, social and environmental consequences of a possible lifting of the moratorium.
July 9, 2026
The Philippines has adopted a national policy for nature-based solutions (NbS), establishing a framework to scale ecosystem restoration across the country.
February 19, 2026
The vote ends a 16-year de facto ban on carbon credit trading that stemmed from the 2008 constitutional reforms under former President Rafael Correa.
Two guides designed to help landholders and communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond understand and protect their rights when getting involved in carbon projects associated with the Voluntary Carbon Market.
This SDSG piece examines Verra’s draft standard revisions and the extent to which integrity claims must be grounded in stronger approaches to rights, transparency, and benefit sharing.
Policy brief arguing that Article 6 should sideline the trade in nature-based credits, while pushing for tenure-based carbon ownership, stronger benefit-sharing standards, and more transparent public registries.
In the present report, Elisa Morgera, identifies structural misalignments between carbon credit markets and the international obligations of States with regard to climate change and human rights.
This white paper provides a comparative analysis of how G20 countries and Singapore align and differ across key dimensions of Project-Based Carbon Credit Markets regulation based on an in-depth stocktake of their regulatory landscapes.
Rainforest Foundation UK report on the rapid rise of forest carbon offset projects in the DRC and the social impacts emerging alongside that expansion.
This brief argues that carbon markets are a false solution to Africa’s climate finance needs. Rather than delivering real, equitable, and transformative funding for climate action, these markets risk undermining Africa’s climate sovereignty.
The article argues that the rapid expansion of carbon offset projects is driving a new wave of land grabbing in the Global South, where corporations and investors—dubbed “carbon cowboys”—secure control over community lands to generate carbon credits, often at the expense of local livelihoods and rights.
A policy toolkit on how domestic legislation can better structure carbon governance, protect rightsholders, and address gaps in carbon market justice.
Sustainable Development Strategies Group (SDSG) promotes equitable and ecologically sound approaches to poverty reduction through sustainable management of natural resources.
