Energy Central: Forest carbon offsets on the agenda as France’s One Planet Summit confronts biodiversity loss
Apr 20, 2021
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Updated: Jun 26, 2025
One outcome observers are hoping for today is “some significant announcement” on public financing for nature-related climate action focused primarily on forests, said Eron Bloomgarden, executive director of New York based forest finance accelerator Emergent. Already, he told The Energy Mix in a weekend interview, Norway has announced a floor carbon price of US$10 per tonne, essentially promising to act as buyer of last resort for any offsets for reforestation activities if private bids come in below the minimum.
The world’s forests are disappearing. Science tells us that if we don’t reverse deforestation in the next decade – in addition to taking urgent action to decarbonize our economies – our climate goals
September 28, 2021 As the world reaches for solutions to meet globally-agreed targets for climate, biodiversity, and land degradation, the LEAF Coalition has received more than 30 proposals by sub-nat
Launched on Earth Day, the LEAF (Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance) Coalition aims to double the price of forest-carbon offsets and multiply the amount of money going into forest prote
