Emerging Markets

Managing director John Morton linked plans for a 'landscape-scale regenerative agriculture play in Africa' to the future prospects of carbon markets at Climate Week in New York.

Chief sustainability officer Mark Wishnie says concessionary capital is critical to delivering scale and impact from BTG Pactual’s Latin American reforestation strategy.

Chief sustainability officer Mark Wishnie says resilience against potential future regulatory regimes is among factors driving buyers toward high-quality carbon credit projects.

Mekong Enterprise Fund IV is nearing full deployment across a diverse range of investments, including in the regenerative agriculture space through biochar fertilizer company Husk.

CEO Angus Whiteley says the firm is seeing fewer timberland deal opportunities in Europe due to limited scale and high prices propped up by subsidies.

Africa-focused Helios Investment Partners has raised around $200m for the fund, which will invest in ‘climate-smart agriculture and food’, among other sectors.

Insured carbon credits will be compensated though ‘in-kind replacements,’ or buyers will be reimbursed their purchase price where replacement credits are not available.

Tai Lin says Proterra Asia is attracted to the Chinese market and is also about to announce its first investment in Australia.

BTG’s Mark Wishnie says an expectation that the private sector will be made responsible for its carbon emissions is driving action in voluntary carbon markets.

TPG subsidiary Rubicon Carbon has a pre-existing partnership with project developer Imperative Global to market $500m of its carbon projects.