11 articles
Beyond the headlines on carbon trading: what Article 6's rulebook actually requires, which activities qualify, and where blue carbon credits fit in.
Priya Raman ·
How mangroves, seagrasses, salt marshes — and eventually kelp — enter countries' NDCs, climate targets and national inventories, and why it matters.
Priya Raman ·
The accounting machinery behind coastal-wetland carbon in national climate pledges: inventories, the Wetlands Supplement, and where kelp still falls outside.
Priya Raman ·
Which countries actually count, credit and trade blue carbon? A comparative tour of national frameworks, from Australia to Japan, Kenya and beyond.
Priya Raman ·
The IPCC's 2013 Wetlands Supplement let countries count mangroves, marshes and seagrasses in carbon ledgers. How it works — and what it leaves out.
Priya Raman ·
No single body governs ocean carbon removal. From the London Protocol to national permits, here is the patchwork of rules taking shape — and the gaps.
Priya Raman ·
How Article 6 actually works for ocean carbon — ITMO trades, corresponding adjustments, the 6.4 mechanism — and what it changes for blue carbon buyers and coastal nations.
Priya Raman ·
Voluntary and compliance carbon markets run on different rules, prices and claims. Where blue carbon credits fit today, and where the boundary is moving.
Priya Raman ·
How blue carbon fits into the Paris Agreement — NDCs, Article 6 trading, national inventories and coastal-wetland accounting — and where kelp stands.
Priya Raman ·
Kelp forests fix carbon at extraordinary rates, yet sit outside IPCC inventories and most crediting standards. Here's why — and what would close the gap.
Priya Raman ·
The BBNJ high seas treaty is now in force. What its four pillars actually do, and where high-seas governance touches — and misses — blue carbon.
Priya Raman ·