Brazil’s Ministry of Finance (MF) has released a detailed roadmap for implementing the country’s long-awaited emissions trading system (Portuguese: SBCE), which expects to reduce emissions from regulated sectors by 21% and raise $10 billion in auction proceeds by 2030.

Former representatives from Brazil’s national development bank (BNDES) and a Sao-Paulo based project developer have launched a conservation company that seeks to generate REDD+ and blue carbon credits from public land.

The new draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) encourages companies to use procurement and value chain partnerships to achieve their net zero targets, including sharing responsibility for buying carbon credits, experts told a webinar Thursday.

Call for experts - Standard body Equitable Earth (EE) is seeking applications for a new advisory body that will guide development of methodologies and practices to ensure they are grounded in local rights, realities, and knowledge. EE intends to bring together representatives from diverse regions, cultures, and ecosystems for its Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities (IP & LC) Working Group, which will start work in the second quarter of 2026. Members serve two-year terms with an option for renewal. EE will provide translation, interpretation, and accessibility support to ensure a fully inclusive process.

The developer of a forestry project in Ghana is turning to biochar to help its plantations weather the evermore unpredictable rainy seasons – and intends to sell the biochar credits to balance the cost of producing it.

A Singapore-based exchange is entering the race to benchmark the first phase of the international aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA, with the launch of a new spot contract next week.

Algae mitigation - Remediation of harmful algal blooms in lakes can significantly mitigate GHG emissions and provide durable carbon storage, according to a new study. The research strengthens the scientific basis for water-based mitigation of these blooms such as that carried out by BlueGreen Water Technologies. It found that treating blooms prevents their decomposition that otherwise releases significant methane and nitrous oxide, and that 23–45% of bloom-derived biomass carbon becomes stabilised in lake sediments for millennia after treatment. BlueGreen estimates its powder for algae self-destruction has the potential to remove 5-15 billion tonnes a year of carbon from fresh water, and 50-100 bln tonnes from the ocean.

Kazakhstan has strengthened its 2035 climate target and laid out an extensive roadmap for entering international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as well as overhaul its emissions trading system, according to the country’s latest climate plans.

There's a growing narrative in the voluntary carbon market that supply is converging around higher and clearer quality standards, regulated schemes, and more focused demand signals - but in reality, with a rising number of crediting bodies, and buyers still reluctant to dive into purchases, the sector may still be fragmenting, according to experts.

VCM partners - AlliedOffsets has announced it is partnering with climate consultancy First Climate to help their teams evaluate carbon projects and track market trends and policy developments. First Climate supports companies with their climate strategies including carbon credit buying and ESG reporting. AlliedOffsets is a source of data, insights, and intelligence on the voluntary carbon market.

Lagos is on track to unveil the first functional greenhouse gas emissions registry by a major African city early next year, creating infrastructure for future carbon trading in Nigeria's commercial capital.

Several countries are looking to issue Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) that would allow projects to supply carbon credits to the international aviation offsetting scheme CORSIA, but many say they prefer to have their Article 6 infrastructure fully operational before moving ahead.

A US-based carbon removals standard has launched a public consultation on a major update to its programme, seeking feedback as the organisation moves to tighten scientific, procedural, and accounting rules.

Ratings and removals – Climeworks, a Swiss direct air capture company, said on Wednesday it has partnered with Sylvera, a UK-based carbon-credit rating and intelligence platform, marking its second collaboration with a major ratings firm after BeZero Carbon. The companies said the partnership is intended to expand project-level assessment of carbon removal and make it easier for businesses to evaluate and invest in high-quality removals that offer verifiable climate impact.

A US-based nature-based solutions (NbS) company has received funding from tech giant Microsoft to expand its portfolio of peatland carbon removal projects, it said Monday.