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Mamta Lama Community and land-based carbon credits—forestry, agroforestry, soil, mangrove and similar project types—generate real value, but the people who generate it rarely have a formal say in how the market rules are set. This is not just a fairness question, it is also a pricing and risk question. Addressing this could mean building on existing safeguards and giving communities real, structural roles in rule-making, financial design, information systems, and consent proc

Alvin Lim and Benoît Clément The unbankable carbon project A carbon project developer can spend years and millions of dollars before a project issues a single credit it can sell. Land agreements, baseline studies, validation, registration, equipment, implementation, monitoring, and verification must all be funded before the first dollar of revenue arrives. Yet many developers still struggle to access conventional bank loans, particularly during the earlier stages of project d

Sebastien Cross (BeZero Carbon) · Duncan van Bergen (Calyx Global) · Alvin Lim (Climate Bridge International, VCM+ Fellow) Carbon credit ratings have moved from the margins to the mainstream in just four years. In this exchange, co-founders of two carbon credit ratings agencies and a VCM+ Fellow behind a leading Asia-based carbon finance company debate what that shift means — for developers, for financiers, for regulators, and for climate action. I. The Changing Role of C

The Verified Carbon Market Collaborative Launches New Brand, Inaugural Fellowship and Series of Stakeholder Convenings LONDON, June 23, 2026 – The Verified Carbon Market Collaborative this week announced a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening the carbon market, including the launch of its inaugural VCM+ Fellows Program and the introduction of a new name that reflects its role as a catalyst of collective action. Among the week's key announcements is the introduction