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The Thousand Dollar Tonne and the Ten Dollar Credit.
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The Thousand Dollar Tonne and the Ten Dollar Credit.

A publication paper by Stanford economists has put a price on climate damage per tonne of CO2. The voluntary carbon market may not ready for what that number means.

April 11, 2026Norita Ja’afar
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The Thousand Dollar Tonne and the Ten Dollar Credit.
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April 11, 2026

The Thousand Dollar Tonne and the Ten Dollar Credit.

A publication paper by Stanford economists has put a price on climate damage per tonne of CO2. The voluntary carbon market may not ready for what that number means.

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The US$14 Credit and the US$36 Credit Are the Same Tonne of Carbon. The Difference Is a Government Signature.
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March 29, 2026

The US$14 Credit and the US$36 Credit Are the Same Tonne of Carbon. The Difference Is a Government Signature.

Carbon Forward Asia revealed what the market already suspects but few are willing to say out loud. The single biggest variable in carbon credit pricing is not quality, not methodology, not technology. It is whether a government has built the infrastructure to sign.

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Everyone Wants Blue Carbon Credits. Almost Nobody Can Deliver Them.
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March 12, 2026

Everyone Wants Blue Carbon Credits. Almost Nobody Can Deliver Them.

The entire history of blue carbon credit issuance would not satisfy the annual offset requirement of a single large airline preparing for CORSIA Phase 1 compliance in 2028.

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Why Carbon Market Pay Polluters Instead of Penalizing Them
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January 28, 2026

Why Carbon Market Pay Polluters Instead of Penalizing Them

Something strange is happening in global carbon markets. Systems designed to make pollution expensive are, in many cases, making pollution profitable. The very industries these markets were meant to constrain have found ways to turn them into revenue streams.

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The Sacred Obligation. Why Protecting Allah’s Earth is the Path to Jannah
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January 2, 2026

The Sacred Obligation. Why Protecting Allah’s Earth is the Path to Jannah

A reflection for the first Friday of 2026, on environmental stewardship as ibadah, and why every effort to conserve and restore Allah’s creation is a deed written for eternity. Have you ever noticed that if you rearrange the letters in “earth,” you get “heart”?

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Global Mangrove Alliance - Malaysia Chapter Reflects on 2025
December 31, 2025

Global Mangrove Alliance - Malaysia Chapter Reflects on 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, the Global Mangrove Alliance-Malaysia Chapter takes a moment to look back at a year that brought us closer to what we set out to do. We have always believed that Malaysia’s mangroves are too vital and too threatened to be protected through fragmented efforts.

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The Race for Blue Carbon Leadership. Is this Indonesia’s Moment?
December 25, 2025

The Race for Blue Carbon Leadership. Is this Indonesia’s Moment?

Indonesia holds 25%of the world’s mangroves. 3.4 million hectares. Estimated 3 billion tonnes of stored carbon. No other country comes close to this concentration of blue carbon assets.

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CM-LU-CW-001 Should Be Your Blue Carbon Methodology of Choice. It Fulfils CCP Standards from Day One.
December 12, 2025

CM-LU-CW-001 Should Be Your Blue Carbon Methodology of Choice. It Fulfils CCP Standards from Day One.

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) has fundamentally reshaped what buyers accept as legitimate carbon credits. Their Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) now define the global benchmark for quality.

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Sabah’s Moment. Why This State Must Seize Its Carbon Leadership now
December 1, 2025

Sabah’s Moment. Why This State Must Seize Its Carbon Leadership now

With the Sabah State Election concluded and new line of State Cabinet securing a renewed mandate, the time has come for decisive action.

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