David Antonioli is the founding CEO of Verra, the world’s most prominent carbon credit standards organization. Antonioli will leave the post in June amid increasing scrutiny of carbon markets and credits, as well as the methodologies by which they are certified to ensure they provide climate benefits that do not come at the expense of...Read More

Through the initiative, Africa hopes to unlock billions for climate finance. But can it? Africa’s vast natural resources, with their enormous carbon sequestering capabilities, provide an effective way to manage greenhouse gas emissions. The Congo forests, for instance, dubbed ‘the world’s second lung,’ are able to absorb nearly 1.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide every...Read More