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Accelerating Climate Action: Delivering High-Integrity Carbon Markets (‘VCM Day’)
10 October 2024
This co-hosted event at New York Climate Week showed what it takes to harness the power of markets and deliver real impact, today. It was convened by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), the Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU), and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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Leading Economists and Policymakers Push for Higher Integrity in Carbon Markets
25 September 2024
Wall Street Journal – Voluntary carbon markets are getting the backing of some of the world’s leading economists, policymakers and philanthropists, as businesses search for ways to meet their climate goals and move funds to developing countries.
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It’s Time to Scale a Credible, High-Impact Voluntary Carbon Market
24 September 2024
TIME – The voluntary carbon market can play a critical role. It can provide finance for a wide range of emissions reduction and removal projects in the places that need it most, and a way for businesses to be more ambitious, and go beyond their all important decarbonization efforts.
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Carbon markets capture the spotlight at Climate Week NYC
24 September 2024
Politico – Climate Week is holding its first ever “VCM Day” on Wednesday, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and featuring Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo and U.N. Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen along with other corporate and government officials.
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Organizations leading voluntary carbon market reform to host inaugural VCM Day at Climate Week NYC to help deliver on the promise of high-integrity carbon markets
6 September 2024
Today, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), the Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU), and the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) announced they will be co-hosting Accelerating Climate Action: Delivering High-Integrity Carbon Markets, an event on September 25 in New York during Climate Week focused on showcasing the reforms and actions necessary to increase the impact of voluntary carbon markets.
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Global Carbon Market Utility Applauds New U.S. Voluntary Carbon Market Principles as Key Climate Strategy
28 May 2024
The Global Carbon Market Utility (GCMU), a public utility designed to provide the necessary infrastructure for a trustworthy carbon market, today joined others to applaud the United States Government's release of new principles endorsing the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as a crucial mechanism for accelerating global decarbonization.