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- Thu 23:49Panellists on Wednesday said the voluntary carbon market (VCM) is under pressure to address long-running integrity concerns, debating whether contribution claims and stricter baseline approaches could help stabilise confidence in the system.
- Paraguay has unveiled the implementation plan for its Article 6 partnership with Taiwan, prioritising electric mobility and reforestation as the backbone of a joint carbon credit pilot, local media reported.
- Thu 22:59Climate analysts considered the extent to which climate policy and carbon markets have had an impact on emission curves versus economic trends during a Thursday panel discussion, with all agreeing that it’s virtually impossible to objectively know for sure.
- Companies’ entrenched focus on carbon accounting is diverting scarce sustainability resources away from supplier engagement and real-world action to reduce emissions, a former chief sustainability officer (CSO) warned on Thursday.
VCM spree - The Saudi state-backed Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (VCM) on Thursday continued its spree of partnership agreements by announcing an MoU with the Marubeni Saudi Investment Company. VCM also on Thursday brought on carbon project developer and financier Climate Bridge International as an advisory partner, aiming to jointly accelerate carbon project development in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. These partnerships were formalised during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Priority Summit in Tokyo. VCM, established by sovereign wealth vehicle the Public Investment Fund and stock exchange parent company the Saudi Tadawul Group, has also in recent months arranged partnerships with analytics firm MSCI, ratings agency BeZero Carbon, software company Simplenight, durable CDR aggregator Altitude, and industrial recycling company Al Qaryan Group.
- Thu 18:16Scope 3 farming guidance - Guidance published by South Pole and WBCSD has called on companies to adopt more consistent approaches to engaging farmers in agricultural supply chain decarbonisation, with recommendations to ensure fair benefit-sharing, flexible financing, capacity building, and long-term investment. The document outlined strategies for different farm types and stressed the importance of tracking social outcomes such as livelihoods and food security alongside carbon metrics.
- Thu 16:17Net zero by 2040 - Climate consultancy ClimeCo has joined The Climate Pledge, a global coalition co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism aiming to reach net zero carbon by 2040. As part of the pledge, ClimeCo is formally setting a goal to reach net zero across Scopes 1,2, and 3 in 15 years' time. The company will neutralise any residual emissions with high-quality carbon credits to achieve the net zero target, as well as supporting clients reduce and mitigate emissions through market-based solutions.
- Thu 16:13Curbing energy emissions - The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched a pilot of its draft Net-Zero Standard for the power sector, which is open to companies active in power generation, transmission and distribution, storage, trading, and retail to take part. Applications are open until Jan. 16, 2026, and interested companies should complete the application form by the deadline. The draft standard offers a framework for companies across the sector to set near- and long-term science-based targets aligned with reaching net zero by 2050, and replaces and expands on the SBTi's Quick Start Guide for Electric Utilities.
- Zimbabwe has opened negotiations with several countries to develop bilateral agreements for carbon credit trade under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, including Singapore, Switzerland, and Malaysia, a government official said Thursday.
- Thu 14:24A study published Thursday has highlighted structural price inequalities at the heart of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), showing that carbon credits generated in advanced economies command nearly 30% higher prices than otherwise similar projects in emerging and developing countries.
- Thu 14:14Climate policy ambition is accelerating in Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, with carbon markets growing and policy ambition sometimes overtaking that of the EU, UK, and North America, found a new report.
- High-integrity natural climate solutions (NCS) carbon credits are essential to effective, efficient and equitable climate policy, including under Paris Article 6.4, write eleven scientists and researchers in response to a recent Nature comment.
- Thu 14:00Verra has issued the first carbon credits bearing the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market’s (ICVCM) Core Carbon Principles (CCP) label under its revised improved forest management (IFM) methodology, the US-based standards body said Thursday.
- DAC innovation - Climeworks has opened a direct air capture (DAC) innovation hub in Zurich, employing more than 50 engineers. The centre aims to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of DAC, as well as investigating sorbent performance and system design. The idea is to unite R&D under one roof and thereby speed up innovation and large-scale deployment.
- A key investor in one of Scotland’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects is preparing to sell its stake, introducing fresh uncertainty around the future of the initiative.
- Thu 10:43New templates - The International Carbon Registry (ICR) has released new validation and verification report templates to support validation and verification bodies (VVBs) to apply ISO 14064-3 and ICR’s validation and verification specifications in a consistent way. The new standardised templates are for Validation Report v6.1 (ValR), Verification Report v6.11 (VerR), and Validation and Verification Report v6.1 (VVR). The improvements are expected to drive integrity and clarity across the full project cycle. More details here.
- Thu 10:36Together for transparency - Climate consultancy Abatable is joining forces with BlueLayer, a digital platform for carbon project developers, to improve how developers share information with buyers and investors. The partnership will allow developers using BlueLayer to respond to Abatable-led carbon credit RFPs and procurement programmes more effectively using standardised data. This will allow them to streamline their workflows and participate more easily in procurement. Meanwhile, buyers will be able to access higher quality data from suppliers across a range of pathways, improving market transparency.
- Thu 10:19Digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) could significantly accelerate investment in industrial CO2 capture and removal projects, researchers have found, with measurement estimated to account for up to 15% of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and 13% direct air capture and storage (DACCS) project costs.
- A UK-backed climate programme will help Indonesia develop carbon market infrastructure via a 15-month technical assistance contract as the country seeks to close a $473 bln climate finance gap by 2035.
- Thu 08:48Carbon credits of a low quality saw their prices rise last month, moving close to an average $6 per tonne, according to updated analysts indices.
- Thu 08:00A startup risk management company is investing in electric cookstoves in Sub-Saharan Africa to ward off integrity concerns that is sees as undermining Article 6 trading, an executive told Carbon Pulse.
- Thu 07:04A global advisory and project developer have signed an agreement with an intergovernmental group to drive growth in nature-based carbon projects in Southeast Asia, they announced Thursday.
- Thu 07:00A state-backed Saudi company spearheading the development of the domestic voluntary carbon market on Thursday announced a partnership with a Singapore-based developer, seeking advice on project origination.
- Thu 05:46A global food company this week partnered with an Indian developer on a five-year regenerative agriculture project aimed at cutting emissions across its corn supply chain and improving outcomes for farmers.
