Investor-Level Guarantees Are Unlocking European DFI Capital Into Global South Nature Funds
The EFSD+ Carbon Sinks facility applies the guarantee at the LP ticket, not the fund vehicle. Six commitments cluster in seven weeks.
Ghana's 91 Projects and 11 Approvals: A Carbon Pipeline Is Not Financeable Supply
Article 6.2 · Ghana · Project Finance · 14 September 2026 Ghana’s 91 Projects and 11 Approvals: A Carbon Pipeline Is Not Financeable Supply Ghana’s 10 September 2026 progress report shows 91 projects in the national pipeline and 11 authorised for international transfer under Article 6.2. Those 11 approvals
Before a Bank Underwrites Carbon Removal, It Buys It. The US Bank Carba Offtake Is a Diligence Move.
Project Finance · Carbon Removal · 8 September 2026 Before A Bank Underwrites Carbon Removal, It Buys It. The US Bank Carba Offtake Is A Diligence Move. US Bank’s first carbon removal offtake, with Minnesota biochar developer Carba, is not a scale-up story. It is a learning move that mirrors the
Article 6.2 Just Got a Senior Debt Facility. The Offtake Is the Collateral.
Africa Go Green's USD 10.7M senior debt facility to BioLite in Zambia, secured on a Swiss compliance MOPA under the Zambia-Switzerland Article 6.2 bilateral, is the cleanest project-finance receipt Article 6.2 has produced to date.
The First-Loss Layer Is Where NbS Blended Finance Is Being Repriced
Mirova's Sustainable Land Fund 2 targets a 20 percent junior equity tranche with a 15 percent floor, down from the LDN Fund's roughly 20 percent first-loss layer. That compression is the pricing signal for institutional capital in NbS.
Contract First, Capacity Second: How A 50,000 Tonne Namibia Biomass Storage Offtake Reprices Project Finance For Permanent Removal
Project Finance · Permanent Removal · 1 September 2026 Contract First, Capacity Second: How A 50,000 Tonne Namibia Biomass Storage Offtake Reprices Project Finance For Permanent Removal Senken and Carbonsate’s 17 August 2026 announcement of a 50,000 tonne offtake for the Otjiwarongo biomass storage project in Namibia is a
Commodity Trading Houses As Compliance Intermediaries: How Their Positions Reprice Developer Risk In CORSIA
Marex, Econetix and Ecoeye are taking three different positions in the CORSIA compliance stack. Each one reprices a specific risk that used to sit on the developer.
A Legal Route Is Not a Revenue Contract. What Vietnam's Resolution 235/NQ-CP Actually Delivers.
Vietnam's Resolution 235/NQ-CP approves the Article 6.2 implementation agreement with Singapore. The bilateral route is open. The project rules that make it financeable are still pending.
Insurance Over Buffer Pool Contributions: The Cashflow and Debt Service Test for Durability Risk
Verra's durability pilot lets insurance replace buffer pool contributions. The project finance question is whether cover pricing, renewal and tenor align with issuance timing and debt schedules.
A Long-Term Buyer Does Not Remove Pre-Financing Risk. It Makes the Risk Visible.
Project Finance · Nature-Based Solutions · 17 August 2026 A Long-Term Buyer Does Not Remove Pre-Financing Risk. It Makes the Risk Visible. Green Earth's Uganda Bulindi Verified Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement contracts USD 4.8M of future sales on a payment-on-delivery basis. The four-year gap between capex and first payment
Delivery Risk Terms in a Carbon Offtake Are Project Finance Terms
Project Finance · Nature-Based Solutions · 12 August 2026 Delivery Risk Terms in a Carbon Offtake Are Project Finance Terms Nature-based-solutions offtake clauses on buyer termination, security instruments and insurance decide whether a long-term contract can raise debt at all. By the Calculus Carbon Capital Markets Desk · Published 12 August 2026 · Reading
Same Bank on Both Sides: The Charm-JPMorgan Prototype for Carbon Project Finance
JPMorgan's USD 20M debt to Charm Industrial and its 61,500-tonne offtake are the same bank on both sides. That is the prototype for carbon project finance.