How coastal ecosystems store carbon, and how credible blue-carbon markets work — MRV, additionality, permanence and policy, without the hype.
149 articles
A kelp restoration project's first carbon verification, told from the inside — what auditors tested, what they found, and what makes kelp credits unusual.
Priya Raman ·
Blue carbon and green carbon are both nature's climate workhorses — but they store carbon in different places, on different timescales, with different risks.
Priya Raman ·
How sustainable-finance taxonomies decide which ocean activities count as green or blue — and where kelp restoration, seaweed farming and blue carbon fit.
Priya Raman ·
Beyond picking good credits: how buyers blend durability tiers, vintages and jurisdictions into a marine carbon portfolio that survives stress tests.
Priya Raman ·
Two blue carbon credits can differ tenfold in price. Here's how co-benefits — biodiversity, livelihoods, tenure — drive the premium, and how to pay for them honestly.
Priya Raman ·
Blue carbon quotes vary wildly because pricing is layered: spot, forward, broker margins and co-benefit premiums. Here's how a price actually gets built.
Priya Raman ·
Independent ratings agencies now grade carbon credits like bonds. What they assess, how they changed buyer behaviour, and how to use them without leaning on them.
Priya Raman ·
A carbon credit only becomes a climate claim when it's retired on a registry. Here's what retirement means, how to check it, and why the details matter.
Priya Raman ·
A carbon credit's vintage is the year its tonne was delivered. Learn why vintages move prices, signal quality and shape honest buyer claims.
Priya Raman ·
Carbon insetting funds decarbonisation inside your own value chain instead of buying external credits. Here's what that means for ocean industries and kelp supply chains.
Priya Raman ·
Carbon insetting funds decarbonisation and restoration within your own value chain. A practical guide to designing an ocean insetting program that holds up to audit.
Priya Raman ·
A restored kelp forest delivers fish, jobs, cleaner water and coastal protection alongside carbon. Here's how those co-benefits are measured and valued.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Follow a blue-carbon dollar from buyer to village: revenue waterfalls, disbursement channels and the design choices that decide who actually gets paid.
Priya Raman ·
Contribution claims let buyers fund ocean climate action without claiming their footprint is erased. How the model works, where it fits, and its guardrails.
Priya Raman ·
One restored reef can sequester carbon and recover wildlife. Can it sell both as credits? Stacking rules, double-counting risks and buyer hygiene.
Priya Raman ·
Bundle or stack? A developer's guide to structuring carbon and biodiversity revenue from one restoration site — costs, premiums, contracts and claim hygiene.
Priya Raman ·
Burial is the finish line of blue carbon: organic matter locked into deep-sea sediment for centuries. Here's what burial means, how scientists prove it, and why it's rare.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
Durability is measured in years; permanence is forever. Why the distinction matters for ocean carbon credits, and how to compare tonnes honestly.
Priya Raman ·
Restored eelgrass can earn verified blue carbon credits. Walk through the real VM0033 methodology and the Virginia case that proved it could be done.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
The EU's carbon machinery is vast, yet coastal blue carbon sits oddly within it. Where European policy counts the coast — and where it doesn't.
Priya Raman ·
What free, prior and informed consent means in practice for blue carbon projects — who must be asked, what must be shared, and how consent is kept alive.
Priya Raman ·
A single hectare of wetland can't afford carbon-market paperwork alone. Grouped and programmatic structures bundle small restorations under one crediting umbrella.
Priya Raman ·
A decision-first guide to developing a blue carbon project: the team you need, the ten big decisions, and the mistakes that sink projects early.
Priya Raman ·
Blue carbon projects live on Indigenous sea country. What free, prior and informed consent and fair benefit sharing demand of developers and buyers.
Priya Raman ·