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Plain-English explainers on India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), digital MRV, agroforestry, and how smallholder farmers can earn from carbon markets.

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1Register2Measure3Verify4Issue5Trade6RetireLifecycle of a Carbon Credit1 credit = 1 tonne of CO₂e · retired credits can never re-enter the market
News4 min · 10 Feb 2026

COP30 in Belém: what actually changed

The big shifts from Brazil, and what they mean for India.

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EMITTEROver target−12%BEE · CCTSRegistry / ExchangeAGGREGATORUnder target+18%Credits flow from sinks → emitters. Cash flows back.
News3 min · 30 Jan 2026

BEE runs first CCCs auction: what the price tells us

The first Indian carbon certificate hammer price — and what it hides.

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Crop plot1 acre · Paddy / Wheat / CottonBoundary trees: Melia · Bamboo · Neem · +10 tCO₂e / lifecycle
Standards4 min · 28 Jan 2026

VM0042: the soil carbon methodology, decoded

Verra's rulebook for turning better farming into carbon credits.

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NDVI · 36 monthsbaseline 0.5+18% uplift
Standards3 min · 25 Jan 2026

Gold Standard vs Verra: what's the difference?

Two big carbon certifiers, two personalities.

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EMITTEROver target−12%BEE · CCTSRegistry / ExchangeAGGREGATORUnder target+18%Credits flow from sinks → emitters. Cash flows back.
Policy4 min · 12 Feb 2026

CCTS Scheme, in plain English

How India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme actually works.

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1Register2Measure3Verify4Issue5Trade6RetireLifecycle of a Carbon Credit1 credit = 1 tonne of CO₂e · retired credits can never re-enter the market
Explainer4 min · 05 Feb 2026

Carbon trading in 4 minutes

How one tonne of avoided CO₂ moves from a farm to a factory's balance sheet.

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NDVI · 36 monthsbaseline 0.5+18% uplift
Technology3 min · 22 Jan 2026

Why digital MRV changes everything

Satellites and radar are replacing clipboards — cheaper, faster, harder to fake.

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Crop plot1 acre · Paddy / Wheat / CottonBoundary trees: Melia · Bamboo · Neem · +10 tCO₂e / lifecycle
Practice3 min · 18 Jan 2026

Boundary timber: the silent carbon sink

Trees on the edge of a field can lock in more carbon than the crop itself.

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