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We’re thrilled to welcome Francesco Melloni as our new Project Finance Lead! 🎉 Driven by a passion for the intersection of capital markets and climate action, he will focus on analysing the financial structures and assessing the execution risk of early-stage carbon projects. He brings great expertise having worked at global financial institutions Deutsche Bank and more recently Citigroup, where he specialised in researching, developing, and structuring innovative investment strategies. Find out more about Francesco here: https://hubs.li/Q02T2zQh0

🎓 A new study published in Nature Climate Change last month has improved our understanding of the role of tropical regions in the global carbon balance. 🔥BeZero’s Dr Dave van Wees co-authored this novel research, providing data and expertise on fire emissions to better quantify carbon dynamics in tropical biomass. 🌳 Tropical terrestrial ecosystems contain over half the world’s aboveground live biomass carbon. This study quantifies that between 2010 and 2020, the tropics acted as a net sink, drawing down 0.21 petagram carbon (Pg C) per year. This overall sink function is the result of a gross loss of -1.79 Pg C per year being offset by a gross gain of 2.01 Pg C per year. 🔄 Fire and soil moisture-related factors were identified as main drivers in determining temporal and spatial variability in carbon dynamics. These factors are susceptible to the effects of ongoing climate change, and human influences on fire regimes and vegetation succession, emphasising the need for effective policies and practices in land management. 🔠 Carbon ratings play a critical role in helping funnel finance towards the protection and restoration of tropical ecosystems, supporting their function as a net carbon sink. Our scientific research is advancing global understanding of carbon dynamics, and supports our project-level assessments of carbon accounting and non-permanence risk. Read the full paper to learn more: https://hubs.li/Q02SYV6h0 #ClimateChange #CarbonDynamics #CarbonCycle #CarbonRatings #CarbonProjects Nature Portfolio

📋 Quantifying the non-carbon impact of a carbon credit is a tricky but essential part of supporting high-integrity climate projects. Project activities can create positive impacts for local communities and ecosystems, but to reduce the risk of negative social, economic or environmental impacts, robust safeguards need to be in place. It's about doing good, and not doing any harm in the process. ✅ Our experts in sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation and carbon markets have built a suite of tools and resources to help you understand the full impact of your investments, carbon and beyond. 🔎 Read on to learn what to look out for when assessing a project's non-carbon impact, and how our platform's dedicated 'Beyond Carbon' dashboard can help 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02SWlJZ0 #CarbonCredits #CarbonProjects #BeyondCarbon #Safeguards #SDGs #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #ClimateAction

We are excited to announce that we are attending the Brazilian Climate & Carbon conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil from Tuesday 15th to Wednesday 16th October! 🇧🇷 Sirine Hanaf will be speaking on the panel 'Carbon Market from a Demand Perspective: Initiatives to Strengthen the Sector' at 5:25 - 6:25 pm on day 1, Tuesday 15th October. 🛰️ Fernanda Coelho de Souza, Tiffany Lopes, Jessica Fairbank and Clarissa Fontes will also be there to give insights into how BeZero harnesses cutting edge geospatial and earth observation techniques to assess projects in Brazil and Latin America. 📅 Drop them a line to book a meeting at the conference! #CarbonMarkets #CarbonRatings #ClimateAction #NBS Aliança Brasil Nature-based Solutions

Want to really understand the risks underlying a carbon project you're looking at? You can now access the full analysis informing its rating. 🔎 Whether you’re a buyer looking to enhance your due diligence, an advisor screening and procuring credits on your client’s behalf, or a developer wanting to understand the quality drivers of a high-rated project, purchasing our detailed risk analysis unlocks everything you need to know about your chosen project. 💻 Start by registering on our public platform: https://hubs.li/Q02SyF4B0 #CarbonMarkets #CarbonRatings #CarbonCredits #ClimateAction

Last week, Tommy Ricketts, our CEO & Co-founder, headed out to Japan for five days of events and meetings. 🗾 At the Tokyo Sustainable Finance Forum, Tommy delivered a lecture to experts from world-leading financial institutions on 'Carbon Credits and The Frontline of Global Sustainability', specifically growing carbon markets in Japan. Colin Sng, Head of Sales, APAC, and Kenshiro Kawasaki, Commercial Research Analyst, also attended events across the week, including the Decarbonisation Forum in China and the Hitachi Portfolio Showcase. Read our recent report on the growth of carbon markets in Japan here: https://hubs.li/Q02SvQmZ0 #CarbonMarkets #CarbonCredits #CarbonRatings #ClimateAction

Join us on Thursday 17th October at 9 am for our 'Article 6: How to scale the ITMO market' webinar. 📅 Sebastien Cross, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder at BeZero Carbon, Axel Michaelowa, Senior Founding Partner at Perspectives Climate Group and Dr. Alexandra Soezer, Director at the Climate Action Center of Excellence (CACE), will explore the crucial role of ratings in scaling the market for Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6. Following our recent report ‘To Baku and beyond: scaling Article 6 carbon markets with integrity’, and ahead of COP29, which is expected to be focused on Article 6 operationalisation, this session will delve into the key elements for assessing whether an ITMO is Paris-aligned. They will be exploring the essential elements that could contribute to the integrity and effectiveness of ITMOs, including: 🌐 NDC ambition and performance 🔎 The characteristics and carbon accounting practices underlying the ITMO. 🌍 Whether the ITMO contributes to overarching goals of the Paris Agreement both to support global decarbonisation and sustainable development. ➡️ Register here: https://hubs.li/Q02Snx2S0 #Article6 #CarbonMarkets #COP29 #ClimateAction

🌍 Last week, our Policy Manager, Lily Ginsberg-Keig, participated in Baku Climate Action Week. She engaged in key discussions on the future of carbon markets ahead of COP29. Read her highlights below 👇 🎯 Azerbaijan is taking steps to integrate carbon markets into their national decarbonisation plans, with the announcement of upcoming regulations for both voluntary and compliance carbon markets. 💡 It was inspiring to see experts and leaders come together to scale carbon markets and make progress on Article 6 negotiations. Countries are aligning and bringing new ideas to the table, which is promising as we approach COP29. 🪙 The economic potential of carbon markets is clear, with the British ambassador highlighting our figure: a $100 billion carbon market would create 17 million jobs—surpassing the current total in oil and gas. https://hubs.li/Q02SkXhM0 We’re looking forward to seeing how these discussions progress at COP29! #COP29 #BCAW #Baku #CarbonMarkets #CarbonRatings

🗽 BeZero’s key takeaways from Climate Week NYC This year, Climate Week NYC coincided with the UN General Assembly, creating significant momentum among policymakers and buyers. We had 15 team members attending, participating in 20+ events, and engaging with leaders in the climate space. We co-hosted events in great company, including our NY Climate Week Breakfast hosted with J.P. Morgan, Bloomberg and Illuminate Financial as well as our breakfast with Agreena.🌱 Discussions highlighted the future of the market, the critical role of ratings, and the positive development of infrastructure to mature and scale the market. Here’s our key takeaways: 🌐 Convergence with compliance: with recent Article 6 developments, compliance markets are now in the spotlight, and governments are setting the rules for the voluntary market. 📈 Future is optimistic for the voluntary market: there’s growing optimism about demand, with ongoing discussions on managing the shift from old to new methodologies and handling the supply of legacy credits. 💰 Making carbon investable: the financialisation of the carbon market is attracting more capital e.g. offtakes unlocking funding. The growth of insurance is helping manage risk better - showcasing the value of ratings and broader risk analytics. Markets must be built taking into account the nature of project-level risk. 🌎 Making carbon markets work for the global south: positive progress of carbon regulations are setting countries up for future Article 6 success, but the market needs positive demand signals to get the finance flowing again. 🌱 Time for corporate action: ESG isn’t driving markets enough for shareholder pressure to push corporate decarbonisation. This is a big issue if we want targets to be met. CFOs need a mandate from their boards and investors to spend what’s needed to decarbonise. We’re excited to participate in the discussions that will drive progress at this year’s next global conference, #COP29! #ClimateWeekNYC #NYCW #ClimateAction #CarbonMarkets #CarbonRatings

📣 Exciting news! We’re growing and recruiting for multiple roles - are you interested in working for a science-first climate technology company? Check out some of our open roles: ⚙️ Senior Data Engineer: https://hubs.li/Q02S7K3g0 🤝 Account Executive, Americas: https://hubs.li/Q02S7GCR0 🌱 Carbon Ratings Scientist: https://hubs.li/Q02S7HhX0 Apply now to join one of the fastest-growing and most well-funded climate techs in Europe: https://lnkd.in/e-gwtNbD #ClimateTechJobs #ClimateAction #CarbonCredits #Careers