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Markit has enhanced its online registry for carbon credits in a move it believes will give a welcome boost to liquidity in the voluntary markets.

The notion of equity has always been one of the most divisive concepts at the UN climate negotiations. In fact, many argue that it has been the deal breaker to a global agreement more than once.

As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant

A project that will reduce emissions by installing clean cookstoves in households in war-torn Darfur has been registered with the Gold Standard.

A cookstove project in Malawi using a suppressed demand approach has been issued with carbon credits, the first time such a project has been awarded with Gold Standard units.

The Gold Standard Foundation has appointed financial service provider Markit to develop and manage its new registry for voluntary carbon credits.

Corporate interest in buying verified emission reductions (VERs) is on the rise again, although with a different focus than before the recession, according to one leading project developer and retailer.

The first water filtration project using carbon finance in Asia has been registered with the Gold Standard.

Refugees in Sudan are set to benefit from the carbon market, with the establishment of a project to supply cookstoves and water filtration systems to camps in Darfur – which uses a novel approach to verifying emission reductions.

The Gold Standard has acquired rival carbon credit standard CarbonFix as part of its move into the land-use sector, it announced today.