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Editor’s note: This is the fourth post in the five-part series, ‘Market instruments explained’, where we examine the prospects and risks of market instruments in corporate emissions accounting. In the series, we cover key debates around chain-of-custody models, commodity certificates, multi-statement GHG inventories and transition targets. By bringing together perspectives from standard-setters, companies and civil society, we aim to bring more clarity to this complex but increasingly central topic. Key takeaways The proposed multi-statement GHG reporting structure represents a promising...

Editor’s note: This is the third post in the five-part series, ‘Market instruments explained’, where we examine the prospects and risks of market instruments in corporate emissions accounting. In the series, we cover key debates around chain-of-custody models, commodity certificates, multi-statement GHG inventories and transition targets. By bringing together perspectives from standard-setters, companies and civil society, we aim to bring more clarity to this complex but increasingly central topic. Key takeaways Book-and-claim has a compelling theoretical rationale. It serves a different...

As the annual Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64) runs from 8-18 June, our team will be in Bonn contributing to key discussions and sharing new insights.

This second blog post in the five-part series 'Market instruments explained' gives an overview of the different types of mass balance. It explores whether low-carbon product procurement that rests on mass balance accounting represents real decarbonisation. It shows that safeguards are needed to ensure mass balance is ambitious and impactful.

In this interview, our expert explains why a coalition of first-mover countries may offer the most effective and feasible path for the TAFF Roadmap in today’s political climate.

This Climate Action Tracker blog looks at how a selection of TAFF participants are progressing in their transition away from fossil fuels, and what action they need to take to align with 1.5°C compatible power sector pathways.

This Climate Action Tracker blog finds that the International Maritime Organization's adoption of the Net Zero Framework could decide whether the shipping sector's emissions would be consistent with global temperature rise being held near 2°C.

This introductory blog post in the five-part series 'Market instruments explained' outlines the role market-based instruments might play in emissions accounting and how their integration into emissions inventories could be useful but also poses risks – unless guardrails are strengthened.

In this Q&A piece, our experts draw on cross-country insights to explore how the energy crisis is unfolding, how countries are affected and responding and what more effective government responses could look like.

This academic article, published in the Climate Policy Journal, compares the methodological design choices of 10 approaches for assessing corporate low-carbon transition strategies.

Thomas Day and Hyunju Ock from NewClimate Institute set out their key takeaways from the Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, an annual report first launched in 2022.

This piece, reacts to the publication of Germany's latest emissions projections which show that the German government is slowing down the energy transition and moving further from its climate targets. As a result, Germany will remain dependent on expensive, unreliable imports of oil and fossil gas for longer.

In this blog post, we examine how Article 6 is being implemented and outline key risks that could undermine climate ambition – unless safeguards are strengthened and clear limits are placed on the role of offsets (Article 6 credits) in meeting climate targets.

Despite its limitations, the current scope 3 emissions framework provides valuable insight into the climate footprint associated with a company’s core business decisions. Initiatives such as Carbon Measures risk becoming another industry-led distraction from the urgent need to reduce emissions and transform emissions-intensive business models. Rather than becoming entangled in increasingly complex accounting debates, climate policy and standards should prioritise transition targets – indicators that reflect and drive real-world transitions required for decarbonisation.

Today marks the launch of the Article 6 Observatory, a new independent platform designed to support transparency, accountability and informed engagement in the operationalisation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. With cooperative approaches under Article 6.2 advancing and the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism nearing implementation, the Article 6 Observatory aims to be a timely, trusted resource for stakeholders navigating these developments. The observatory’s work includes: Article 6.2: tracking the development of cooperative approaches and associated international trade in...