A sustainable finance analytics firm revealed on Thursday that Q2 2025 saw a rise both in credits issued and retired as compared to the same period the year prior, but across project types, prices dropped by nearly one-third year-on-year (YoY).

Bills, bills, bills - New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed HB 123 into law last week, enacting a moratorium on carbon sequestration projects in state forests and creating a study commission to examine their fiscal and ecological impacts. The bill defines pre-sequestration timber tax revenue and directs the new commission to evaluate implications for state and local tax bases, forest management, and the logging industry.

Microsoft’s thirst for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) credits dominated the carbon removal (CDR) sector in the second quarter, according to a data platform.

Turkiye’s new law and regulation establishing a national emissions trading system (ETS) has relegated major decisions to later legislation or implementing authorities, potentially compromising environmental integrity, a Turkish legal expert has told Carbon Pulse.

Forward purchases, innovative debt structures, and buyer coalitions will remain critical to unlocking investment in engineered carbon removal (CDR) this decade, as supply struggles to keep pace with demand, according to a report released Thursday.

A Canadian carbon project financier on Thursday said it finalised settlement agreements over two troubled carbon offset projects in Indonesia and Mexico, but is continuing to pursue a lawsuit against former executives and consultants over alleged misconduct and mismanagement.

The development of a carbon-differentiated market for commodities is primarily held back by a lack of standardisation in the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of product-level emissions, even though regulations like the EU's carbon border levy will directly tie emissions to financial value, said analysts on a webinar Thursday.

Registry updates - Version 3 of the UK's Woodland Carbon Code (WCC) is launching on Aug. 1 whilst the UK Land Carbon registry is moving to an enhanced platform on July 27, the registry announced in a release on Thursday. Developers can start using Version 3 of the code from the start of August, though projects already in development can continue to submit for validation or verification using Version 2.2 until June 30, 2026. All data on the UK Land Carbon Registry will migrate automatically to the enhanced platform except activity logs and S&P Global will notify users when the new platform is live.

Premium UK carbon credits that provide genuine carbon removal alongside biodiversity and community impact are forecast to reach £500 per tonne by 2050, according to market analysis by a project developer, which outlined the price divergence between different credit quality levels.

The proponent of an Indigenous Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) method expects to present a draft to the government by the end of the year, despite still waiting for formal guidelines.