Data ReFined #48: Updates on CORSIA Carbon Credits Issuance and Ratings
⛅ Data ReFined is dClimate's biweekly newsletter, delivering insights at the intersection of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), digital MRV technologies, climate risk management, and climate intelligence.
In this edition:
Carbon Finance & Digital MRV
🌳 Allied Offsets' Report on the VCM
🌳 Verra Releases CORSIA Label Guidance
🌳 BeZero Carbon Raises $32M to Expand Ratings Coverage
Climate Risk Management
🛡️ An Overview of the Climate-Changed Insurance Market
🛡️ Parametric Climate Insurance for Winter Tourism
🛡️ Historic $8.5B in Weather-Related Losses for Canada in 2024
Climate Data & Intelligence
🌎 How Gainforest's Conservation Data Generates Income for Communities
🌎 New Dataset Identifies Natural Forests from Other Tree Cover
🌎 Data from ESA’s EarthCARE Satellite Now Freely Available
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Allied Offsets' Report on the VCM
A new report published by Allied Offsets examines key aspects of the voluntary carbon market, including buyer profiles, carbon pricing, and integrity scores of retired credits in 2024. The analysis also looks at trends for the coming years, including oversupply issues and the growth of sub-sectors within the VCM.
Drawing on this report, Carbon Credits published an article on Shell's and Microsoft's carbon offset strategies as the two leading buyers of offsets in 2024.
Check it out below:
Jennifer L
Verra Releases CORSIA Label Guidance
Verra has issued updated guidance for projects pursuing the CORSIA label under its VCS Program, enhancing clarity on eligibility and credit issuance for aviation-sector carbon credits. Read more →
BeZero Carbon Raises $32M to Expand Ratings Coverage
The successful Series C funding round of BeZero Carbon enables the global carbon ratings agency to expand its coverage to include domestic and sovereign compliance markets as well as international aviation offsets under CORSIA. Read more →
An Overview of the Climate-Changed Insurance Market
A new publication from Yale Climate Connections offers a curated list of reads on how climate risks are reshaping insurance policies for homeowners, farmers, and flood protection. The article highlights parametric insurance as an emerging solution to tackle these challenges.
SueEllen Campbell
Parametric Climate Insurance for Winter Tourism
Arbol's latest blog highlights how parametric insurance and data-driven solutions are transforming winter tourism by protecting ski resorts from revenue losses due to unpredictable snowfall. Read more →
Historic $8.5B in Weather-Related Losses for Canada in 2024
Canada faced its costliest year for severe weather-related losses in 2024, with damages totaling a record $8.5 billion, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada. This stark milestone highlights the growing financial toll of climate change and the urgent need for novel risk management solutions. Read more →
How Gainforest's Conservation Data Generates Income for Local Communities
Gainforest’s co-founders, David Dao and Sharfy Adamantine, appeared on the Ma Earth podcast to discuss how their climate data platform connects grassroots communities with conservation finance through blockchain technology. In the conversation, they share the journey from a hackathon idea to building tools and equitable data governance models that scale nature-positive solutions.
Watch the conversation with David and Sharfy below:
New Dataset Identifies Natural Forests from Other Tree Cover
Global Forest Watch has introduced a new dataset that distinguishes natural forests from other types of tree cover with 88% accuracy, providing actionable insights for nature conservation efforts. Read more →
Data from ESA’s EarthCARE Satellite Now Freely Available
With the European Space Agency's EarthCARE satellite fully in commission, data about clouds, aerosols, and radiation from the four measuring instruments are now openly accessible. Read more →
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