Farming Air for Profit - Livestock producers in Valle Fertil, Argentina, are launching an ambitious 15,000-hectare regenerative agriculture project, reported local media. Partnering state agronomical institute INTA, the Sol Naciente producer group aims to restore pastures, enhance sustainability, and enter the international carbon credit market. The project will focus on implementing regenerative practices to quantify and certify carbon sequestration, looking to create new income streams for producers while improving environmental resilience.

Spain's autonomous region of Galicia finalised the legal framework for the country's first regional voluntary carbon market (VCM) on Wednesday, publishing a decree that aims to tackle greenwashing and double-counting.

Canadian industrial mineralisation company Arca selected registry Isometric on Thursday to issue its major offtake agreement with Microsoft, which promises hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon direct removal (CDR).

Two defendants in a Delaware carbon credit investment dispute have asked the state’s Court of Chancery to let them send a single message to an arbitrator, saying the communication is needed to prevent the dismissal of a stayed emergency proceeding.

A geospatial research team has compiled what it says is the most comprehensive spatial database of nature-based solutions (NbS) carbon projects worldwide, covering more than 3,000 initiatives across over 20 registries.

Alliance - Japanese project developer Green Carbon has formed a capital and business alliance with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Asia's largest satellite communications operator. The two companies on Thursday said they aim to expand their carbon credit business by combining SKY Perfect JSAT's satellite data technology with Green Carbon's expertise in voluntary projects. No further financial details or business targets were disclosed.

Two sustainable agriculture methodologies have been approved for Core Carbon Principle status by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), although both require extra conditions before they can boast the high-integrity badge.

Standards body Verra has parted ways with two senior executives following another round of internal restructuring, Carbon Pulse has learned.

An Indian company has launched the country’s first circularity-linked carbon credits generation initiative from end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling, which is projected to save over 2 million tonnes of CO2e over the next decade.

Another goose egg - Canadian forestry firm Acadian Timber Corp. once again reported no carbon credit sales in its latest financial quarter, as it transitions its forest carbon project to a new methodology under ACR’s Improved Forest Management (IFM) version 2.1 protocol. The company sold 752,100 credits in the first nine months of 2024, earning C$24.6 mln in revenue and C$19.8 mln in adjusted EBITDA, but said in its Q3 results published Wednesday that registration of new credits has been delayed until late 2025 due to the shift to the revised standard. ACR’s updated IFM protocol maintains the same core approach as previous versions but introduces dynamic baselines intended to improve accuracy and alignment with evolving market expectations. Acadian said that while the change may result in the issuance of fewer total credits, the new methodology is expected to yield higher-value carbon removal units, rather than the conservation credits previously generated. The company added that the update should make future issuances more appealing to buyers and improve pricing prospects. Acadian said the project has provided valuable experience to its management team and would form the foundation for further carbon credit development. The firm expects additional credit registration later this year, with demand and pricing in the voluntary carbon market projected to remain stable. Acadian’s 2025 results underscore the financial impact of the pause in offset activity: total sales for the first nine months of the year fell to C$65 mln, compared to C$95.9 mln a year earlier, when carbon credits contributed roughly a quarter of total revenue. Adjusted EBITDA for the period dropped by C$24.6 mln, largely reflecting the absence of offset sales. The company continues to manage around 2.4 mln acres of timberland in eastern Canada and the northeastern US, including 775,000 acres of freehold forests in New Brunswick and 300,000 acres in Maine, and said it plans to expand internal logging operations while pursuing new environmental and carbon-related opportunities.

The international carbon removal (CDR) community is calling on G7 countries to agree on a set of standards or criteria to help scale CDR, a roundtable heard Wednesday.

A carbon removal (CDR) buyers group backed by major tech companies will be sharing findings from its first forestry-based request for proposals (RFP) next year with carbon credit registries and standard bodies, attendees at the Trellis Impact 2025 conference heard on Tuesday.

Scaling up carbon removals (CDR) and strengthening standards in carbon markets are essential steps to delivering real mitigation, a scientific assessment said Thursday, laying out 10 of the most policy-relevant climate findings from the past 18 months.