2024

Latest ITMO Insights into the Compliance Carbon Market (CCM), ITMOs, the Paris Agreement & Article 6.
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Scaling Forest Finance with ITMOs
October 28, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

In September 2024, Forest Declaration Assessment wrote a report entitled Emerging Forest Finance Instruments exploring all the various finance forest mechanisms that can be used by investors and governments. Unfortunately they did not include ITMOs, probably because the world’s first ITMOs was publicly launched in August 2024.(1) This insight report aims to explain how ITMOs fit all these Emerging Forest Finance instruments and why it probably is the most scalable, innovative and inclusive financial mechanism as it solves all the challenges addressed by the Forest Declaration Assessment, while meeting the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and the UN Biodiversity goals.(2)(3). Read Insight>>

Scaling Biodiversity Finance with ITMOs
October 21, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

As the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) will take place in Cali, Colombia, this week, finance will be a key focus. Global leaders will meet to discuss the COP15 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of mobilising at least USD 200 billion annually from both public and private sources for biodiversity funding by 2030. This paper explains that there is currently only one globally-compliant Sovereign financial instrument that exists that can be scaled today to meet this goal and at the same time, the UNFCCC Paris Agreement: Biodiversity-Linked Sovereign Carbon Credit ITMOs. Read Insight>>

Investing in Natural Capital with ITMOs
October 12, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

Almost all of global GDP depends on nature and biodiversity and is crucial for the sustainable socioeconomic development of the world. But, our planet’s natural capital that keeps us alive, such as rainforests, water and soil, is massively depleted today. This insight report aims to explain the use of ITMOs and how to address, mobilise and scale more private investments in natural capital meet the UN Biodiversity and the UNFCCC Paris Agreement goals. Read Insight>>

Meeting CORSIA’s Demand with Sovereign ITMOs
September 12, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

As the Airline industry entered its first CORSIA decarbonisation implementation phase (2024-2026) there is currently a shortage of Eligible Emission Units (EEUs) to help the industry meet its climate-compliant targets. ITMO Ltd. explores how this can be resolved by using Sovereign Article 6 ITMOs from the Paris Agreement. Read Insight>>

How EU Countries & Companies Can Use ITMOs
August 28, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

Now that the world’s first Sovereign Article 6 ITMOs have been issued under the Paris Agreement, how can EU Member States and European Corporations use them to achieve their climate targets? In this brief, ITMO Ltd. explores this option, available today, for European Member States and the European private sector. Read Insight>>

Singapore’s Carbon Tax & Sovereign Article 6 ITMOs

August 24, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

As Singapore decarbonises its economy, it also recognises its limited ability to source and scale carbon credits given its constraints as a small island city state. Therefore, by implementing international cooperation through and with the new Paris Agreement Carbon Market, and aligning themselves with Article 6, Singapore and its industry can achieve its climate targets with ITMOs. Read Insight>>

Integrating Article 6 ITMOs into the EU’s CBAM

August 18, 2024 – By Michael Mathres, Chief Marketing Officer, ITMO Ltd.

As Carbon Credits from Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could be used in regulated carbon markets, a new report written by HFW proposes how these ITMOs could be integrated into the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). It also explains its challenges, which ITMO Ltd. addresses through the world’s first issuance of Article 6 Sovereign ITMOs. Read Insight>>